What's /v/'s opinion on dark souls?

They ve probably never heard of it

What's dark souls?

2>1

>>322773430
Great game as long as you play your fist run blind and don't abuse cheesy weapons.

>>322773430
>souls
>open world
hella bait

>>322773430
saints row?

>>322773931
bait
>>322774020
Cali go home

>>322774020
But Anon. You can go to the Catacombs first if you wanted to.

What's a good build for a beginner?

>>322774370
VIT/STR/END/FTH + miracles

>>322774127
nonlinear =! open world

>>322775163
Huge swathes of nothing != fun

>>322774020
>>322775163
>Open world is a term for video games where a player can move freely through a virtual world and is given considerable freedom in choosing how or when to approach objectives, as opposed to other computer games that have a more linear structure.

Dark Souls is open world.

I own them on pc. How do I fix it?

>>322775514
>OoT is open world

>>322775538
Get them on a console.

>>322775538
dsfix you mongoloid

>>322775538
Don't listen to >>322775974, both games are objectively superior on PC compared to their console versions.

Althought get DSFix and PVP Watchdog for DaS1 to make it actually playable

>>322776156

>objectively superior on PC
>requires mods

>>322776405
The ability to make the game better is a positive.

>>322776405
DaS1 on PC without mods is still objectively superior on PC compared to on consoles.

Just because console standards are so low doesn't mean it's playable however.

>Playing Dark Souls last night
>Forget to turn off PS3, leave it on all night
>Wake up to see my guy has 20 Estus (Despite the fact that I've never kindled anything past 10)

What the fuck happened? Did the magic Estus fairy stop by? I'm at Sen's fortress and my guy was by the Undead Parish bonfire.

>>322777449
Whenever someone kindles a fire you have a chance to get more estus

>>322775728
But OoT is a streamlined path, DS isn't ma familia.

>>322773430
Currently watching Joseph Anderson's videos about the differences between DS1&2. Pretty interesting, I'd encourage you all to watch it if you like the series.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9jrShSwjPU

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Overhyped. As far as I like the storytelling/world of the game it have many flaws that people seem blind to(but many are addressed in bloodborn):
-too slow paced(especially DaS 1)
-retarded hitboxes
-game is quiet easy but have retarded learning which acquired for it meme status "git gud"
Overall it is a good game but not that great.

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>>322773931
>2
Found this really early in the game, haven't found a non greatshield that has 100% block since and I'm really far in. What was their thinking here exactly? Because I feel like I've had to gimp my character into not wearing the best armours and shields just to get some variety for myself. I feel like the shields and armors could ahve been a lot closer to each other in terms of protection.

Just bought SOTFS off PSN, what am I in for

>>322781829

I think if you upgrade some of the other shields they'll get 100% block.

But the idea of not having all shields have 100% block was to move away from turtling which wasn't exactly present in DaS1 so I'm not sure what the hell the point was.

>>322781829
Royal kite shield is 100 block, weighs way less and upgrades using regular titanite.

The best video game.

>>322782694
well it's like, why would you use the shields that have like 50-70% block? it just seems stupid, and when I chekc the upgrades, the defense upgraded in incraments of like 0.5% so it wasn't nearly enough

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>>322773931
Truly.

>>322782908
They want you to stop being a fucking shitter that relies on blocking for the entire game. To coerce you into this they make 100% block shields rare/shitty early game.

>>322776156

>DS1 is full of hackers
>trying to mod DS2 to not look like shit gets you softbanned while actually hackers can roam around free

GG mustards.

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>>322783234
You can get 90-95% shields pretty early in the game though. It's more like they didn't want another pic related and just made all the shields with it effects have shittier stats.

>>322782908
Shields with low physical block will generally have strong elemental blocking and/or nice passive effects, like deflecting spells with parry.

>>322783657
And don't forget stability

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Demon's Souls > Dark Souls = Bloodborne > Dark Souls II

>>322782201
Lol, turtling is present everywhere, bruh. The fact of the matter is /v/ doesn't like this game because it's too balanced.

>>322773430
Great series (including 2) with a shit fanbase.

>>322784030
this
dark souls combat is way too slow, you have to walk 3 hours to get anywhhere, enemies respawning after bonfires is an annoying and stupid mechanic, can't warp until 75% through the game, etc.

>>322784271
>slow combat
>bad

>no warping
>bad

You're a cunt.

>>322783482
>modding ds2 gets yousoft banned

nigger, what? either youre full of bullshit or bating.

>>322784394
Yes, because it sure is fun having to spend twenty minutes backtracking to an NPC to do a single dialogue to advance a quest because you didn't press talk enough time.

>>322784796
>Yes, because it sure is fun having to spend twenty minutes backtracking to an NPC to do a single dialogue to advance a quest because you didn't press talk enough time.
Good thing it never takes more than a couple of minutes to get anywhere and NPCs aren't tied to your progress in any way.

>>322773430
Fun game, great atmosphere, gorgeous visuals
Falls off somewhat halfway through but still very good
It's community is 85% dogshit and the way the marketing focused on the difficulty has irreparably damaged the ability to have a public discussion about it

>>322784271
>enemies respawning at bonfires is an annoying and stupid mechanic
The fuck? What do you want to do, go back and refill your estus after every single enemy?

>>322784271
Behold the casual audience

>>322782908
Most early game shields are 80-95% physical block, easily overcome with the Ring of Restoration against anything that isn't a boss fight.

>>322774084
I've always wondered why Saints Row isn't more loved by Tumblr for this. I guess it's because it's missing romances and a dialogue wheel. and the plot isn't that great

>>322775474

Nobody is saying it is. Only that Dark Souls is not open-world.

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>>322788163
>not open world
>not linear
Is Dark Souls trans?

love it 350h in dark souls 2 (300on single char ng +8) and dark souls 60h till now, best rpg that has multiplayer so far ,great story and lore

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>>322773931
2=1
it's the truth and you know it

>>322773430
Overrated as fuck
Dethroned by undertale in worst fucking fanbase

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>>322784271
Filthy casual detected

>>322790329

For shitty fanbases:

Undertale > Valve > Souls > Kojidrones > Console war fags > Everything else