Mr_Bungle
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Dark Souls
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Adebisi
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Multiplayer terrifies me
I'll be just minding my own business and somehow I allowed invasions and I'm suddently fighting red men
Also - I love DS1 so much more than DS3. It just feels better in every way. I think it's mostly the DS1 map I love. It was near perfect. With the exception of Lost Izalith which feels like a designer turd.
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Rajaah
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Lost Izalith was definitely unfinished.
I also love DS1 and its map / world design. It's the closest thing I've played to Super Metroid's perfect world layout since...well, Super Metroid. The way everything is interconnected is awesome.
Never played DS3, still saving it. I'm hoping it'll take the best elements of DS1 and Bloodborne and combine them. Hopefully I don't dislike it compared to DS1.
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Chanur
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DS1 is one of the best world designs in gaming history. It feels so much more like a world than the other 2.
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I work im game industry and I agree. DS1 is probably the best 3d level design ever. I was having a discussion with a friend who teach level design and we both agreed that Sen's Forteress was a master class in design. Right in the middle of the game, it's the choke point in DS1 where you are tested on all you skills.
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Chanur
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Rajaah
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Yeah Sen's Fortress is something else. I found Anor Londo right after it to be the big trial for me personally though.
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I work in the law profession and I also concur that DS1 level design is quite good.
Those long armed tree thingies are like "oh holy shit wtf"
Those long armed tree thingies are like "oh holy shit wtf"
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Sorry didn't wanted to be rude. I'm french Canadian and sometime my english lack subtilities. I was just saying it's something that level designer sometime talk about.
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Phazael
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Assuming you are trying it solo, stability on a shield and high stamina are your friend here. Once you figure out which attacks need to be blocked and which ones have to be dodged, its just about patience and execution. I know its weak to dark magic, but solo it is kind of rough to get a window to use it. Also, I think you can drag the NPC summon from the other side of the entry walkway if you don't mind clearing the knights out each attempt. If you are a twitch god, you can also parry a couple of the attacks and get a massive opening that way, but the window is very narrow. Mainly, just learn the patterns and pick your openings. Do not get greedy, just get the hits you need and avoid the fucking skewer move at all costs.
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Nameless King's not too bad if you play conservatively and keep running away and dodging until you see an opening you like.
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Phazael
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Nameless king is not required to progress the game, so you can grind past him a ways until you get leveled up to where you want. As a mele, not getting hit with the skewer is essential in the second phase. Early part, you have to fight the camera to make sure the rider does not pop you when you are wailing on the dragon (they operate independently). A big two hander rocks in this fight, especially the MLGS or anything fire based, because you can stun the dragon and kill it really fast with one. This is a fight where you either have to have high stamina (need to be able to dodge often in the second phase) or just cheese it with magic.
Rajaah
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Can I get some opinions on the difficulty scale of my remaining Soulsborne games? AKA rank them from easiest to hardest? I want to play more of these for Halloween but I want to start with whatever's easiest because I haven't played much of anything difficult in months.
DS1 is the only one of these that I've played previously, with the original version. Here's what I have left, rank away pls:
Dark Souls Remastered
Dark Souls 3
Nioh
Nioh 2
Sekiro
Code Vein
DS1 is the only one of these that I've played previously, with the original version. Here's what I have left, rank away pls:
Dark Souls Remastered
Dark Souls 3
Nioh
Nioh 2
Sekiro
Code Vein
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Imo Souls games are somewhat hard to rank, because the more you play them, the easier they get. Like Demon Souls was super hard, and Dark Souls was hard but by Dark Souls 2, then 3 and Bloodborne, it all felt similar enough that the difficulty kinda disappears. You still have hard fights for sure especially if you're a bit rusty(playing them as they release) but it's really hard for me to scale them in any way.
From what I've hard, Code Vein is easier than a generic souls though. Nioh while similar still has some fair differences and I'd say it's easier for the most part too, there's less of an exploration aspect to it imo and it feels more arcade-y, the combat had a much higher skill ceiling though, like you can do some crazy stuff in that game. Nioh2 more of the same I believe but haven't played. Sekiro can't comment at all, it's next on my list but my list isn't really moving much cause I'm fucking lazy about playing through my backlog and I'm about to dive back into FFXIV for a couple months at least soon so that won't help. Hard it was hard, but it changes the formula quite a bit.
From what I've hard, Code Vein is easier than a generic souls though. Nioh while similar still has some fair differences and I'd say it's easier for the most part too, there's less of an exploration aspect to it imo and it feels more arcade-y, the combat had a much higher skill ceiling though, like you can do some crazy stuff in that game. Nioh2 more of the same I believe but haven't played. Sekiro can't comment at all, it's next on my list but my list isn't really moving much cause I'm fucking lazy about playing through my backlog and I'm about to dive back into FFXIV for a couple months at least soon so that won't help. Hard it was hard, but it changes the formula quite a bit.
