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Dark Souls: Remastered |OT| The Dark Souls of remasters
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Yeah, I don't think it's really a design flaw either. I do think it should be slightly easier to figure out some of the requirements without needing to look online, but it's honestly not a big deal and I feel they've improved in this area anyway. And we're certainly not talking about "Castlevaina 2" levels of obscure lol.
Im sorry, but that's hilarious. I can just imagine Dusk finally being free from the grasp of the golden golem, only to fall into a puddle of lava and melt before your very eyes.
I concur. Something that I like about FromSoft's approach to game design is that the player is not entitled to the content. I really cannot think of many contemporary games that deliberately hide or obscure so much content from the player; in contrast, most games go out of their way to funnel the player through the content. Which is understandable since content is expensive to produce, and they would want to show it off, but it yields the unfortunate result that every player ends up having the same experience with the game.
True sense of discovery is only achieved when, not knowing exactly where to go, the game can elicit the feeling of 'I'm not supposed to be here'.
I gave the BK Halberd a spin, had it maxed out without being able to one hand it. In Demon Ruins I could finally use it with a shield. Its fucking glorious. The enemies in that area never stood a chance.
Don't think I like Blighttown, bonfire trying to make my way down to the lower one isn't much fun at the minute. I can get to the lake alright mist times, but I've no ring to run through it and I'm not sure what direction I'm meant to take.
Some kind soul had a sign beside the fire and we had some jolly co operation, but he disappeared and I've no clue where to.
I'll get it though.
Some kind soul had a sign beside the fire and we had some jolly co operation, but he disappeared and I've no clue where to.
I'll get it though.
I am very surprised at the lack of a modding movement for the remastered version.
No one seems to be bothering with it on Nexus.
I would love a bit of transparency for the menus, and scaling that doesn't move everything to the right of the screen.
No one seems to be bothering with it on Nexus.
I would love a bit of transparency for the menus, and scaling that doesn't move everything to the right of the screen.
Welp, seeing all those summon signs convinced me to join my favorite Souls game during a launch I never had the chance to experience. Here's to jolly cooperation all! Also going to celebrate by grabbing one of these later this year, there's something about this series that just gets me lmao
Someone in this thread spoke earlier about a "Link" build and I think I'm going to try to emulate that design as well. I've never done a dedicated sorcerer build before, I find melee too fun to ignore. I've also never killed Kasameet... I think this will be the perfect opportunity.
Someone in this thread spoke earlier about a "Link" build and I think I'm going to try to emulate that design as well. I've never done a dedicated sorcerer build before, I find melee too fun to ignore. I've also never killed Kasameet... I think this will be the perfect opportunity.
Alternatively when I finally played BB earlier this year (and oh was it glorious) I was screaming with joy to have Shinobi-like reflexes.
Pff, Capra Demon is kicking my ass. Luckily I spent all my souls on items beforehand, so I don't have to worry about that.
You know what I don't get? Why they put the shortcut back to Upper Undead Burgh so close to the entrance to Lower Undead Burgh (where you use the Basement Key and descend the long-ass ladder). They might as well made the shortcut the actual entrance, since the entrance only requires you to survive a fire blast from the Hellkite Wyvern or take a detour and fight the same undead you've already killed a hundred times at that point. So it either costs you an Estus Flask or five minutes of your time. Not a huge deal by any means, but it just makes me wonder what the point is.
You know what I don't get? Why they put the shortcut back to Upper Undead Burgh so close to the entrance to Lower Undead Burgh (where you use the Basement Key and descend the long-ass ladder). They might as well made the shortcut the actual entrance, since the entrance only requires you to survive a fire blast from the Hellkite Wyvern or take a detour and fight the same undead you've already killed a hundred times at that point. So it either costs you an Estus Flask or five minutes of your time. Not a huge deal by any means, but it just makes me wonder what the point is.
NPCs die horrifically easy in this one and it definitely makes me afraid to use AOE spells in certain areas at all. It's at least an improvement over Demon's Souls, where they could wander off and die on their own when you weren't even there.
I do think they've streamlined and even simplified it a little with time. You can still screw yourself out of joining the Mound-Makers, for example, but only by hurrying through the normal progression path instead of thoroughly exploring the area. Darkwraiths are admittedly designed to have you go off the beaten path ahead of time. I would say in later Souls games it's a lot easier to join the invasion focused covenant, but those games were also designed with the intent to make things slightly harder for the invader during the act of invading than in DS1.
The change I'm happiest about is that the future games were really designed to let you try out other covenants at will instead of feeling stuck for fear of pissing off your covenant leader. One of the reasons I enjoy DS2 a lot is because I had so much fun in the PVP and co-op, but DS3's system that lets you change banners at will is the ultimate implementation.
He used a Chaos Fireball to kill the golden goldens that trap NPCs. The lingering damage from the puddles of lava that form after this spell, also killed the NPCs they have freed. So that sucks, but it's also kinda hilarious for the reason Van Bur3n said.
That said, do you miss out on the DLC if you kill (accidentally or otherwise, game doesn't know/care) Dusk? That would suuuuuck.... and indeed be bad design because DLC is extra content one pays for.
I'm glad I just looked that ring up. I never would have found it otherwise and it sounds amazing.
Blighttown is pretty rugged your first time through for sure. Even on later play throughs I am always relieved to have it finished. At least it has a decent frame rate now. Used to be a slide show.
From an optimization stand point it's a good port. It plays better than it ever has. My surface pro 2 can run this in battery saver mode at 4k with minimal slowdown.
In Darkroot Basin, there is a Golden Golem you can kill and immediately a NPC appears named Dusk who is the main NPC for the DLC story and you need her to appear so you can get the Crown of Dusk. If you kill the golem with a spell that has a lingering damage effect, she immediately dies without much of an indication it even happens. I had no idea she was dead and was wondering why I couldn't get the Crown of Dusk until I googled it. Also, I'll miss out on the story of the DLC and a vendor in the DLC because of it. One of the key spells for a pyromancer is Greater Chaos Fireball which does extra damage with a lingering lava.
This is a pretty big design flaw, melee and ranged characters would never be penalized and neither would most casters aside from Pyro whose big mainstay damaging spell is GCF. What makes the situation even worse is FROM tied the DLC to this character so you lose out on story and DLC vendor from an oversight on their part.
In Dark Souls pre-patch, I once had the invisible ninja (Shiva's friend from the Forest Hunter covenant) spawn a pixel above ground near the edge, and he fell to his death. His death was blamed on me by the game, and made the entire Forest Hunter covenant hostile....
Can you imagine my surprise when I quit the game next to Alvina, reloaded later, and not only found a cool ring as loot suddenly there, but then had an entire forest aggro me? xD
(Took me some time to figure out what happened, saw about the glitch online at the time, pretty sure it's been patched at least)
Agreed. DSR's covenant switching at bonfire is a nice compromise at least.
ah OK. I didn't remember the golden golem. been awhile.
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Yes. I had memories of having to go back to each area when I wanted to change covenants. That sucked.
Ah OK so you don't miss on the DLC, just some story? Is Elizabeth not there in the DLC? She sells the same stuff Dusk did. Sucks that you miss out on the crown, but it's otherwise not TOO bad.
Yeah, that's a huge flaw and I'm pretty sure From agrees because in DS3 it's almost impossible to kill the guy who serves the same function and even if you do manage it he respawns.
Honestly, that's something that should have been fixed for the remaster.
Reading about that bug was why I was really paranoid about joining the forest covenant for a long time. (It does appear to be fixed now since I spent a lot of time there the other day.)
Just reached The Depths. I have to say, the only thing I like more about this game than DS3 (my first DS) is the relative ease that I'm getting through it. DS3 had so many QoL changes that DS could benefit from. Starting with the awful menus and UI.
I know you probably know this, but I love the fact she doesn't just appear, but is in the Golem's big shoulder crystal the whole time!
I was thinking of leaving you know who alive to do the quest later, but that ring of favor seems way too tempting right now. It offers some wonderful boosts to stats.
Sorry, Fair Lady, but thx for the pyro.
Anyway, now to join the Forest bros. And kill some of them, too.
Commit to the ring.
Or alternatively wait until later and get the armor set, too.
Anyway, now to join the Forest bros. And kill some of them, too.
Commit to the ring.
Or alternatively wait until later and get the armor set, too.
If you have a moderate rig, I would just grab it on PC.
I'm running with everything turned up on an old I5 2400 / GTX 960 and haven't experienced any drops below 60fps, even with a shit load of alpha effects. I did have some micro stutter, but I fixed this by using control panel Vsync and not the in-game one.
For people that do want to play online, for any game, buy the console versions.
If you're talking about what I think you're talking about, you can still get it if you keep him alive.
I killed him immediately, lol. And then I went for Havel.
I'll give a pass to some obscure secrets because I found the great hollow on my first run through Blight town and got stuck down in Ash Lake trying to beat the hyrda to death with a plus 2 battleaxe, it was horrible and magical, I was shitting bricks at the basilisks in the hollow having already been cursed in the depths prior.
Funny how now Basilisks are kinda laughable, they're probably the main victims of accumulated player experience.
Funny how now Basilisks are kinda laughable, they're probably the main victims of accumulated player experience.
Up to Ornstein and Smough. Never got this far in the original release and fuck me sideways, hah.
I have to say, there are some legitimately badass armor sets in this game that make me regret going Sorcerer and looking like a crazy forest vagrant (though it's optimized for the build).
I have to say, there are some legitimately badass armor sets in this game that make me regret going Sorcerer and looking like a crazy forest vagrant (though it's optimized for the build).
The black knight weapons actually have a hidden modifier that grants them bonus damage towards enemies classified as demons. Any BK weapon will help tremendously in Demon Ruins and Izalizth.
You don't miss out on doing the DLC areas, but you lose out on the story and I believe Elizabeth vendor never appears. I'll be doing the DLC soon so I'll be able to confirm if Elizabeth is missing.
Yeah, I wasn't even sure what was happening. I was like did someone else just die? And wasn't Dusk supposed to be around here now, lol?
Bowing before the Goddess. He may be the Chosen Undead but he is also a Chosen Charmer.
P.S I didn't kill her she's too innocent.
P.S I didn't kill her she's too innocent.
Bowing before the Goddess. He may be the Chosen Undead but he is also a Chosen Charmer.
P.S I didn't kill her she's too innocent.
No, she's not. Cut off her tail !!!
Bowing before the Goddess. He may be the Chosen Undead but he is also a Chosen Charmer.
P.S I didn't kill her she's too innocent.
I killed her once just for the trophy but her blood WILL NOT be spilled again. She is just the best, and too fluffy for any more violence...
Bowing before the Goddess. He may be the Chosen Undead but he is also a Chosen Charmer.
P.S I didn't kill her she's too innocent.
Kill her.
Oh man I'm sorry you're in this position but this made me laugh. I remeber almost restarting the damn game when i went through this place my first time around before ringing the second bell. I managed to get out of there but man was that place torture.
Wiki says you only need what Dusk drops to enter the DLC. And yeah Elizabeth does sell all the same stuff. Sucks you miss out on the armor, but that's not really that egregious.
Yesss! Capra Demon is dead. First time I've managed that. I think I quit in the original version just before the Capra Demon, so from here on out it's all new content for me.
I went thru Darkroot garden and got to the boss. I know dark souls isn't supposed to be fair but as a knight character all I could do is just stand there and watch it kill me. I unhollowes myself and summoned someone, as well a witch NPC, but the same thing happened again. My ally was slowly chipping away at the boss with spells and the witch did absolutely nothing. The boss ignored both of them and killed me instead.
Feel like I have hit a wall here.
Feel like I have hit a wall here.
LOL You have obviously already gone hollow and are possibly the worst kind of monster...
If you kill Dusk after the DLC you kill Elizabeth, if you kill Dusk before Elizabeth, elizabeth is still alive selling Dusk spells.
There is a extra
Dusk recognize you were the one who saved her but quickly discard it
I completely forgot about the CD yesterday and randomly came upon him while I was looking for the poison arrow lady. Beat him first try. :)
Well done! Keep moving forward you have so many great moments ahead...
After some castings the Butterfly gets tired and rest on the bridge
Get a bow and a shield strong against magic and she's easy. Also when she lands double hand you weapon and go ham.
Moonlight Butterfly is probably the most soothing boss fight in the series. That very calm OST with a very slow boss that you just run with across the platform until she lands.
Yeah I still have trouble with that boss as a knight. Get the grass shield, which will help block its magic. It always shoots for the main player with the green stuff, and it hits like a freight train. You can sometimes roll but those spells track you. Once it lands you can wail away at it. Should only take 2-3 landings to kill it.