Did /r9k/ like DaS?

>>34526491
Yeah it was good, but it's old now. Have to move on with the times and look towards the future

tried all the souls games but the 1st dark souls was what did it for me. drunken run after drunken run, it kept its charm. as long as you 'get' the game, you can beat it pretty much any way you want.

i like the chart OP, used to stuff like that with a buddy until my GPU ripped in piece. have fun with this great game

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I have it but I never played it
I got to the asylum demon and he was actually quite easy after I died once or twice, just a big fatass you have to avoid. It was the skeletons afterwards that were a pain. Thy fucked me hard with stagger locks. I gave up after that. Is it worth a retry?

>>34526924
>It was the skeletons afterwards that were a pain
My fucking sides. You went the wrong way you moron. The skellies lead to a dead end until about half way through the game, where you unlock the remainder of that path

>>34526491
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>>34526978
Where the fuck am I supposed to go then
I spent literally a die trying to do that shit

>>34526924
>he fell for the "graveyard" meme
You go there only for winged spear and zweihander, leave skeletons alone

Oh well still a good game

>tfw unironically stuck in undead (((burg))) after you find the male undead merchant

>>34527104
>unarmed dragonbro thief
I'm going in

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>Doing spartan pussy destroyer run
>Spear only no shield thats only looks
>Leo ring is a must
>Deal 86 dmg to Mega-Ornstein

Fucking hell

rolll. roll

post the fucking comment already

>>34526924
there's at least two other ways you can go if I remember correctly, you didn't even give them a try?

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>>34527532
I didn't know that
I looked all over ffs

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>>34526491
Best game ever made, and it's not even close.

>>34527774
If you go near the small well near the depressed exposition guy and look against the cliff edge there will be a narrow path.
This will lead to the area you should take on your first time playing

I feel like r9k isn't smug enough to dislike Dark Souls, which is good because I also enjoy that game.
the skeletons meme is pretty strong i love it

>>34527532
>>34527774
Just watch/read a fucking walkthrough

there's a staircase near the cliffface where you reach 3-4 skellys (the NPC who talks shit about you being "almost hollow" is facing it), one of them throws firebombs at you

this is where you go to reach the undead (((burg)))

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I liked it back in the day.
I'm glad the series is ending. I hated Dark Souls 2 and despite DS3 being a chore to play, it was pretty good for one playthrough, but I don't see myself playing it ever again.
Demons Souls was the tits back when I a PS3. It was a game I bought on release and despite the ugly visuals and terrible framerate, it was a fantastic game that I burned myself out on bigtime. Maybe that's why I got so tired so quickly with the other games. heck, I never played the DLC's for Dark Souls 2. It was just so boring.

>>34527804
if you've played so much I assume you tried/are good enough to try speedruns? I'm pretty good at beggining bosses but always choke during Nito and Seath, my PB is around two hours.

>>34526491
Definitely fun to mess around in for a couple of hours but never got serious to me.

>tfw ds is an old game

>>34527841
I don't like to spoil things for myself so I don't use walkthroughs

Played a tiny bit. I liked it.

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Alright, so I went the wrong way. I'll make a new game. What gift is a good choice?

>>34528178
I'm extremely new/dont have many hours ingame but so far the best gift I've chosen has been the master key

beats buying the undead burg key for 1k souls

>>34528178
bombs are helpful, if you pick the Master Key and find the right spot you can sequence-break the game and skip a lot of bosses. wouldn't recommend that on a first playthrough.

>>34526491
give me something interesting, i've played this game a disgusting amount of times

>>34528178
pendant obviously

>>34528310
get out and finish making the DLC Hidetaka

>>34528178
Master key all the way, keep us updated anon.

>>34528178
Yah, the first "playthrough" is the best. I wish I could feel getting to Anor Londo for the first time again. Best part of the game by far.

>>34526491
Let's give it a roll. It's in my top five favourite IPs I reckon. Something really special.

The world in DkS always felt so unwelcoming to me, you know what I mean? It's not your usual fantasy with crowded cities and normal villages. Cities in general are a recurring concept in the series and I really like how it's handled.

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>>34528643
Ok so unlike all the other games I play that allow character customization I'm not going to make cute girl
I'm going to die a lot so I'll look like burned bacon most of the time
He's got neon pink hair and I tried to invert his face by pushing the nose very far back into his skull
He's also very skinny because I think it might affect hit box. He's warrior class

>>34528792
That's very much intentional and it's part of the reason I love the series (let's be honest, mostly DeS and DaS) so much.

>>34528802
>He's also very skinny because I think it might affect hit box.
It doesn't.
>He's warrior class
Good choice for a first play through. You can usually take any melee path with that one.

Try not to use Zweihander, Greatsword, or Drake Sword for the first play through. It'll give you bad habits

Reminder that DaS1 was a metaphor for depression and could easily be considered a candidate for the 'games as art' meme. Truly excellent. The atmosphere, the uncaring world, the mostly tough but fair system. The piecemeal lore. The at times breathtaking environments and fun bosses. It's just great. I feel as though I've walked in most of the environments myself.

>>34528951
one of the games which makes me appreciate well constructed architecture and level design. I'm not sure about its artistic merit but it's subjective. and hell, if any game can pull off the feeling of unwelcoming it's this one.

>>34528886
That's fuckin unfortunate bc now he looks like an Ethiopian

>>34528986
I'll tell you what, Lordran is probably the closest thing I have to a home. Or maybe Drangleic

>>34526491
First time getting to O&S with the Estoc today. I'm honestly enjoying every bit of it.

Btw, Should I go lightning or fire with the Estoc.

>>34528951
>metaphor for depression
Explain?

>>34529008
Majula's theme does feel like home. I prefer 1 to 2 but it still has a lot of great environments, it might be weird but this is what I remember the most from games. I'm trying to learn level design and architecture myself to be honest

>>34529028
Do you have a backup weapon? if not just go the normal route, but if you do go lightning after you have beated O&S

>>34529028
Basically always lightning of course. Good luck with the lads though. They always gave me a spot of bother.

>>34529081
I think I have the most affection for two because I ended up playing it the most. Great balance as well. Most varied viability.

>>34529073
You overcome that initial challenge - the asylum - trying to pull yourself up despite having been given up on. What awaits you? No one cares. The universe is indifferent to you if not outright hostile. Even if you finish the game you end up back where you started.

Remember as well that once you lose hope, you become hollow. So every time you abandon a run then that undead goes Hollow. Now considering that you're stuck there indefinitely since there's no end of NG plusses, and it truly is only a matter of time before that character gives in.

You're trapped in a hostile world where everyone you come into contact with ends up worse for having known you. In the end, the best option you have is to kill yourself, and the alternative is that the world is just worse off for you continuing to live.

Everywhere you turn, there's just ruin, decay and horror.

Then you have the characters - Crestfallen is numb. Siegward - resolve - eventually realises how useless he is. Solaire - hope - strays too far from the sun and turns against you and himself. The saint - that speck of goodness - is killed or worse by the priest (guilt?). And so on.

>>34529136
>Do you have a backup weapon?
Lifehunt scythe after Pricilla.

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>>34529517
>Killing priscilla

Go lighting then

>>34526491
It's a decent game, enjoyable.

I liked using an arsenal of differently flavoured reinforced clubs and pyro so that SL1 was viable. I do appreciate that using pyro made it easier but the DLC manticore was mean. As was Manus.

>>34529573
>Not killing all bosses
Casual.

Was Anal Rondo the best area in the game?

Was Anal Rondo the best area in video games period?

ill do a playthrough, been a while

>>34529822
>Was Anal Rondo the best area in the game?
Yes.
>Was Anal Rondo the best area in video games period?
Literally the best introduction to any new area in a game I've ever played. It's how I imagine heaven to look like.

>>34529835
Damn what a great roll, anon.

Pls be kind.

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>>34526491
Yeah. The second longest grindfest, surpassed only by my WoW days...

until I discovered the boss souls thing after getting to pic related using phalanxes, I then stopped playing because of how much JUST I experienced

This is my normal run:
>Start
>Get to Darkroot Garden gate
>Kill Butterfly
>Dupe Soul
>Level up 35
>Coast through gargoyle, and capra
>Destroy Gaping
>Get recked in Blightown like always
>Kill Qualaag
>Dupe soul till enough for level 50
>Coast upto O&S
>Dupe to 75
>Kill Pinwheel and Nito
>Dupe to 100
>New Londo for WE WAZ KANGZ
>Darkroot Garden and kill Sif
>Dukes archive
>Go to Oolacile
>Cry when killing Artorias
>Fuck manis
>Lost Izalith
>Remember to save Solaire
>Go to Gwyn
It's not ideal, but it's my favorite path.

>>34529952
>>34530314
>you can dupe boss souls
hold on what

>>34530314
You can skip blight town if you have the master key.

>>34530314
What about seath and the archives?

Also you need to kill sif before 4 kings.

Rolling

Oregigianoli

>>34530425
I meant to put sif before kings.
>>34530381
I don't like the master key
>>34530334
Have you ever seen a speedrun? They literally do it the whole run.

>>34530511
Oh wow, I just looked it up and it looks really easy. I've seen speedruns once or twice and somehow I never noticed. I might be retarded.

>>34530566
I think the fastest speed run I saw used the bkh/red tearstone method, with the reset glitch on xb360 to skip the lordsouls.

>>34530314
P.S. This is not a speed run, it's just for casual runs.

there's been a new skip recently letting you get past the blocked Sen's Fortress gate, though you still need to kill Queelag regardless. viable for a Kiln Skip later, summed up it's like a 30min run

>Did /r9k/ like DaS?
Yes, i fucking loved that game, i rolled a thief in my first run and i almost shit my pants when i realised that i had to kill the asylum demon with a fucking dagger.
after that, i got anal raped by the skeletons a few times until i realised that there was another path, and then my pc died after killing the gargoyles.
I still want to finish the game, but i don't have where to play it.

I like DaS but I didn't like how there were bonfires everywhere and boss souls weapons were complete shit.

I remember spending countless hours grinding for the BSS and the SKS, the best weapon in the game is objectively the claymore

Dark Souls II was just depressingly boring, this is coming from someone who play through DaS and DeS while waiting for the release of DaSII and I still enjoyed them, I haven't played DaSIII yet.

I spent at least 1000 hours on Dark Souls (it was only a few months before I became a NEET when it came out)

>>34530789
Nigga did you even greatsword of artorias, or the enchanted painting guardian sword?

Low level plebs cant into scaling.

I don't want to hate on DS2 too much but it takes like 2 months for the character to start moving and it's just so sluggish and not very fun

roll

originanananitility

>>34530789
3 was alright. Nowhere near as good as 1 or DeS but better than 2. Still, it feels more "videogamey" than 1 or 2, for lack of a better word. It feels like the call of duty of dark souls, if that makes sense. There are some very forced cinematic sequences that are good but lack the impact of 1's world.

>>34526491
roll
original kek

rolling for a faggot

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>>34526491
It ain't easy rolling with original content.

>>34530887
Yah, after a few hours of three I got bored and went back to one.

I was very disappointed with the nostalgia pandering.

>>34526491
rolling cassually

People that use greatswords, specials, or the Uchi are casuals.

>>34532226
what about the iaito

>>34532357
Most casuals don't spend enough time in Blightown to get it. So, I'd say it's fair game.

>>34532406
Awesome, because that's my favorite non-special weapon. The moveset feels weird to me but in a good way, like it's unpredictable.

>>34526491
Been too long, this is going to be fun.

Alright anon, you can finally be a happy, functioning member of society, do that thing you always dreamed of doing, achieve your goals, your parents will love you, you'll get a gf or whatever, and you'll die with a smile on your face at the age of 80 or so (unless you can stick your brain in a robot by then).

You get to do this if you can beat dark souls in real life. You'll feel all the pain, you'll die a lot, and there's a very real risk of losing your mind, going hollow, and becoming trapped for eternity. Do you go for it?

>>34532475
Yah, a lot of the move sets in the game are weird.

>>34532880
yes.

originalleto

>>34532880
if i can level up like in the game, then sure, praise the sun yo.

>>34527774
No, you didn't. There are 3 other ways to go, one of which is visible from the fire

>>34532880
I haven't beaten DaS yet but I'd still gopher it, yes

anything has to be better than this

>>34532880
I'd fucking play Dark Souls IRL if there was no reward. Physical pain really doesn't bother me and it'd be nice to have the freedom to kill shit.

>>34527091
you go the opposite way, up and behind where you start at in firelink.

>>34527908
>would rather quit playing the game than use a walkthough

what did he mean by this

>>34533472
I meant that I don't like to spoil things for myself. I like to think things out on my own its part of my autism. Sometimes though I guess I gotta admit I'm a fucking retard who would have never found it.

>>34532880
More fun than my life now.

originalllllo

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any robots play bloodborne?

>tfw you're so autistic that you've cleared the game bl4 with all chalice dungeons

>>34534000
>any robots play bloodborne?
>ps4
Sorry anon, PC master race here. I might buy on the inevitable PS5 remake.

>>34532880
Sounds like a fucking blast to me, i'd go to Lordran even without the reward.
>>34534056
>tfw no inevitable PS4 version of Demons so i can't play it.

>>34532880
Man worst case scenario I'd just sleep for eternity at firelink shrine. I can think of worse fates.

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I'm playing DS3 at the moment
>Choosing a class
>I kicked DS1s ass I'll pick the naked guy
>Get my ass handed to me by the first boss before you can level up
>Knight it is then

>>34535540
You lost to the Asylum Demon as naked guy class (nomad)?

It's tough since you have no armor, but did you remember to stay locked-on and use the roll technique? c'mon seriously

>>34535600
I hadn't played for years. The wooden shield you have takes like 10 seconds to parry.

I've almost finished it now, I might make a new character just to see if I can beat him.

>>34535643
>parrying against the asylum demon
Is that even possible?

Just lock-on, make sure you stay behind him, attack his legs/tail/asscheeks, and use the roll/sprint to keep on getting behind him when he starts turning around

>>34535665
I'm not even sure what I was doing, I was rusty and it was 45 hours (gameplay) ago.

Spoiler: Last boss I beat was him, the 2nd time when it's night time.

>>34535665
anon he's playing ds3
it's not asylum demon

>>34535754
oh nevermind I am retarded

>>34535707
Thought you were talking about DS1, not DS3

>>34526491
Darksouls 1 was my byfar favorite darksouls

Played it for the first time twice this month, well almost in the second one I haven't beaten Gwyndolin and Knight Artorias. I might save them for another play through because I mained Zweihander and shit got cumbersome as hell to use.

>>34526491
It is my favorite game of all time followed by Pokemon Red (the original, not the remake).

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>>34536131
Why the original? The remake was everything but better.

>>34536175
>forced steel move for charmander that never shows up in any other gen
>that shitty orange islands segment
>GBA sounds like shit
>not even physical/special split yet
the only good thing was the VS seeker

>>34536948
Is this /vp/ autism?

>>34526491

My issue with DaS is that the monsters don't have proper movement. limitations on their attack animations.

E.g.
>Fighting big ass monster
>He's going for the double-overhand, and is about to let it swing
>Roll underneath their legs behind them: perfect advantage

>The monster, WITHOUT MOVING THEIR FEET, turns 180' and smashes me.

Once I found Exanima, there was no going back.

They basically need to remake DaS, with Exanima's engine.

>>34526491
rolin dsouls

>>34528178
It's generally recommended you don't get the master key on your first playthrough since you could easily skip entire areas of the game. Any playthrough after when you have knowledge of the game and you can sequence break a bit or rush to certain items you want which is fun.

>>34537654
the worst part is you still need to buy the resident's key

>>34526491
i look good today

I always pick the old witches ring because of Quelaan

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Currently playing Bloodborne and playing the Chalice Dungeons for the first time. Coop with some randoms online right now actually.

For me it's
DeS>BB>DaS>DaS3>>>>>>>DaS2

>>34538399
How do the chalice dungeons work? I've only done one and I've got no idea what the fuck I'm doing.

I have DaS2 but don't have a controller. Whats a good keyboard set up because the controls are too fucking confusing for my tiny brain.

>>34538472

Me neither t.b.h, I think you just make a chalice, start off at the lowest one, beat 4 levels/bosses, gain material to make stronger chalices with stronger enemies/bosses and keep going from there. Apparently there's a hidden boss that's supposed to be a real PITA to defeat in the hardest dungeon.

Souls is known for not telling you much but they really dropped the ball in not explaining chalice dungeons in game.

>>34537654
I played with the key the first time, and I do every time. Got to get Havel's Ring desu. I refused to move on until I beat him the first time and was rewarded for doing so.

>>34526491
The end of the golden age of gaming.

360/ps3 era was the end of good times and the last bit before the dropoff.

>>34529952
>level 333
>97 dex
>99 int
>ONLY 35 VIT
for what purpose?

>>34526491
mihgt play it some day tqqh

>>34526491
This thread's still up, nice
Ok fuck it roll I've got nothing to do the rest of the week

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>>34526491
Love it. Sometimes I prefer DeS though, which one I prefer is usually the last one I played.
DaSII was kind of disappointing, but that horse has been beaten to death. DaSIII just felt like a worse DaSI

roll
i hereby dub this post original 69420

>>34526491
The series is okay.

First one was okay, had a lot of flaws though: like a lot of the bosses are just gimmicks or just very boring; and a lot of the areas are a bit ugly; and after you kill ornstein and smough the game just becomes noticeably worse since the interconnectivity stops being a thing

ds2's quite flawed too, but at least things are a bit more consistent and there's a lot more quality of life features, and the pc version didn't require modding to make it playable. I suppose it had a lot more content.
Also I think the devs really just wanted to make a Don Quixote game

then the third one's just horribly linear (though it's okay for one playthrough)

>>34540916
What do you mean by a Don Quixote game? The DLC for both one and two were mostly very strong. Haven't tried three's though. Somehow I just haven't felt the same pull to come back to it. The parts are all there but it's not as fun. Perhaps it's because magic is shit and you're probably stuck with a longsword or a handful of other weapons. Viability is through the floor unfortunately. I end up using a Raw Astora's every time and putting the points elsewhere. Estoc is a good weapon I hear though.

Loved dark souls 1, got really into it after seeing a speedrun. Didn't like ds2 at all. Got probably half to 3/4 of the way through before dropping it.

Got every achieve on ds3. Pretty proud of it desu. Although the pvp really disappoints me.

I can watch and guide a new player through das1 all day, I find it really enjoyable watching them slowly learn the game

>>34541075
Never got the praise for DaSII DLC.
Anyway I'd find it hard to recommend DaSIII DLC, it has one really good (but kind of overkill) boss, but the rest feels unfinished and dead.

>>34526491
i feel like doing a playthru

Rollandobobando

Is there a better roll image?

>>34541578
The samurai duel was pretty sweet. Fighting a dragon is always nice. A lot of people really liked Fume Knight though I wasn't that impressed. The frosty location had a great look and a couple of nice bosses (albeit one totally shite mob one) and of course, lorefagging the Bed of Chaos was nice as well. Plus a load of new weapons, accessories and spells. There was one to make a low equip thief build much more viable as I recall. Puzzling swords. Biggest evar hammer. All that.

>>34526491
rollerino neighbourinoi