Dark Souls 2

Derkon · Dec 23, 2013

It takes 3 arrows iirc to actually poison them.

Vorph · Dec 23, 2013

Yeah, you have to fill their poison meter before it takes effect. It's just like when you're running through the swamp and the bar fills up before you actually get poisoned.

regret_sl · Dec 23, 2013

Indeed, that's what I told him. He said he shot a dozen or so and it wasn't doing dick. I'll have to test it out myself later.

Noodleface · Dec 23, 2013

This is the only game I've played in the last 5 years that makes me think about strategies when I'm sleeping. SHIT

Hatorade · Dec 23, 2013

So PS3 or wait for PC version?

Tuco · Dec 23, 2013

DS2 is one of the games that'd be fun to play at release because this thread will be full of tears and new information. OTOH if you play it months after release you can look things up if you get stuck. But if you want to go in blind it really doesn't matter.

Joeboo · Dec 23, 2013

Tough call, the PC version of Dark Souls was a mess until some user-created patches fixed various problems. Hopefully the developer has learned from their mistakes the first time around.

Hatorade · Dec 23, 2013

joeboo_sl said:
Tough call, the PC version of Dark Souls was a mess until some user-created patches fixed various problems. Hopefully the developer has learned from their mistakes the first time around.

They did stress they are giving PC version equal attention this time and it will be releases "shortly" after console version. My complaint with Demon Souls was no in game VOIP, if they fix that it would be good times on PS3 with friends. Being able to play support role(tank/pointman/torch bitch) would be good times.

Tuco · Dec 23, 2013

Point man in dark souls is a rough gig.

Hatorade · Dec 23, 2013

Tuco_sl said:
Point man in dark souls is a rough gig.

I agree while solo, but in a group I would laugh my ass off. More so when I say it is clear but some how miss a mob that promptly eats some ones face.

Noodleface · Dec 23, 2013

joeboo_sl said:
Tough call, the PC version of Dark Souls was a mess until some user-created patches fixed various problems. Hopefully the developer has learned from their mistakes the first time around.

Wasn't the fix released by that user within hours of the PC launch or something?

Tuco · Dec 23, 2013

Noodleface_sl said:
Wasn't the fix released by that user within hours of the PC launch or something?

Yup. Within hours of being released DS was best on PC. Which is funny because DS is the worst AAA console port ever.

Vorph · Dec 23, 2013

Hatorade_sl said:
They did stress they are giving PC version equal attention this time and it will be releases "shortly" after console version. My complaint with Demon Souls was no in game VOIP, if they fix that it would be good times on PS3 with friends. Being able to play support role(tank/pointman/torch bitch) would be good times.

I doubt any Souls game will ever support communication. They don't even really want you to be able to pick who you bring into your game, let alone be able to talk to them.

My plan is to get it from GameFly on PS3 to see if they fixed the things I hated about DkS (and the DkS2 beta, sadly), and then buy it for PC. Right away if it's what I wanted, otherwise months later when it's on sale.

Dandain · Dec 23, 2013

The archers were definitely a bitch, I'll give you that. Given the size and scope of the game however it is quite easy to overlook that bullshit and laugh about it afterwords. Best part of this thread is everyone chimes in with those fucking archers.

Utnayan · Dec 23, 2013

I am glad I held on to my PS3 upstairs. I just cancelled my Xbox 360 Gold Sub, and with PS3 free with online, that will be the obvious choice for this game since it isn't coming out for next gen systems.

And to echo others, this is definitely one of those launch games you want to be a part of. The anguish is hilariously awesome. And it helps knowing others on the forum are in just as much pain as you are haha. Depending on how long it is between PC and PS3, I won't want to miss out.

This is a game where I wish I could have Dark Souls Sunday Ticket and have 8 screens of different people playing watching as they slam controllers into the ground.

Hatorade · Dec 23, 2013

I am strongly considering the purchase of proper streaming hardware for this game. Fun to watch games are very rare and this one of them.

Phaenos_sl · Dec 23, 2013

Noodleface_sl said:
Also, did I hear they made that King's Field or whatever PSX game was? I remember that game being incredibly difficult, and if they made it that's awesome.

A little late to the answer on this question, but yeah - From Soft definitely made the King's Field line of games. I played the hell of that series during the early Playstation years. Dark and oppressive atmosphere, challenging and unforgiving difficulty, no clear path or direction with extremely limited in-game maps. It was one of the first times in a game where I would explore new areas and feel as though I could be killed at any moment (or fall into a pit or something, with no idea how on earth to get back to where I just was). I haven't played them in forever so I don't know if they've aged well, but I recognized the genius of those games early on and they really paved the road for what would become the principle design philosophies in today's Souls' games.

In the same way that Dark Souls was a spiritual successor to Demon's Souls - many consider Demon's Souls to have been a spiritual successor to the King's Field series.

Heck read the synopsis of the titles on wikipedia and you might even think you were reading about other "souls" games:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King's_Field_(series)

Noodleface · Dec 23, 2013

Yeah I remember it now. I bought a King's Field game for PSX because I thought the cover looked cool. I remember them not really telling you much and tossing you into an open world. Game was difficult as shit too.

Hatorade · Dec 23, 2013

Hardest part of Kings Field is the fact it took an entire memory card to save one game, forced to delete all my saved games or buy a new one was balls.

Quineloe · Dec 23, 2013

Dandain_sl said:
I don't know what you mean, have you ever played the game a second time? I don't think any death in darksouls is cheap, once you understand the game systems. Learning the areas and making mistakes is part of learning the game - that's the fun. Which deaths in Dark souls to you were unavoidable by player skill/knowledge/ability?

That run on the Anor Londo ledge vs two Silver knight archers is cheap. Most of the time the knights die, they actually fall off themselves.

Tuco_sl said:
Anor Londo archers are definitely one of the cheapest encounters in any game ever. But I felt that they and the Capra Demon were the only examples of overly cheap mobs. Felt good out-cheaping the Capra Demon though.

You mean because of the dogs? The demon itself is perfectly fine

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