Describe your first time playing dark souls

>>381339762
I never played it

>>381339762
I don't know how to describe it. I went to catacomb first, got stuck and rage quit.

Your mom is a nigger

>>381339762
Felt as good as Demon's Souls, so it wasn't new to me

>>381339762
Easier than I thought

File: 1491336212809.jpg (10KB, 300x250px) Image search: [Google]

10KB, 300x250px

>>381339762

>>381339762
That Asylum demon was THICC

I had already beaten demons souls so i knew what to do

Accidentally hit the guy at firelink shrine when I set down my controller to get a drink right after you first get there

He wouldn't stop attacking me after. Died about 20 times before I made him fall off something lmao.

Didn't love it like I loved demons desu

>>381339762
Spooky
Fucking monsters everywhere

>>381339935
Then describe your first time playing DeS

File: cock.png (275KB, 421x427px) Image search: [Google]

275KB, 421x427px

Didn't have too much trouble outside of the notoriously hard stuff.
It felt kind of familiar gameplay-wise since i'd already play a lot of Monster Hunter.

>>381339762
Took me quite a while to figure out that shields don't give passive defense like in most RPGs, and that you have to actively block.

>>381339924
Can we please ban this racist idiot? It's extremely immature to say the N word, grow up.

Beat the game as a dexfag with more stamina than HP. Grabbed the Zwei for my next character, and felt a bit cheated that no one told me I had picked hard mode the first time around.

>>381340265
lol nigger

>clop clop clop clop
>loud annoying footstep sound effects
>meet some dude
>mumbles some random cryptic bullshit
>damn this is deep
>every NPC does this
>first real boss fight
>roll roll roll roll roll
>this is the tactic for every boss/tough fight in the game
>very original

>graphics look like ps2 shit
>game world is generic dark fantasy, nothing special about it

amazing game
definitely not a meme
none of you idiots have shit taste

>>381339762
gaming heaven. literally reminded me of why I used to play video games. I thought that I didn't enjoy video games as much at the time just because I was older but DaS actually made me feel like a kid again. I loved that playthrough so much, definitely one of my all time favourites.

and it didnt stop giving. NG+, so many builds to make, online pvp/coop. I fucking loved das1. the online peak of it was fantastic.

>>381339762
I didn't even know there was a story until I got to Gwynevere.

Also died a dozen times to Drake and Josh.

File: 1486064202654.jpg (52KB, 622x604px) Image search: [Google]

52KB, 622x604px

>>381339762
Had tons of fun just exploring around, not knowing what to expect.

Dark Souls is the only game I played that gave me the same feeling I had when I played game as a kid.

>>381339762
Pretty good, can't match Demons atmosphere though, but the npc's were god-tier, and to this day DkS1 still has the best npc's out of all Souls imo. Almost all of them were just charming, even Lautrec.

>>381340384
Wasting food, the right of the overprivileged.

>>381339762
>Before Steam version
>No Controller
>Keyboard
>No mouse
> HJKU for roll and item use
>Shift for Heavy attack
>Space for Light attack
>Didnt know I could Lock on
>Didnt know I could run
>Made it to the Capra demon.

I was so young back then(23)

>>381340628
shut up, dork.

>>381339762
I'm pretty sure I had to fight the Taurus demon at least 60 times before beating him.

Funnily enough, I didn't die more than 3 times to any of the other bosses besides the four kings, and I didn't die nearly as much to the, so the rest of the game was pretty easy to me.

I still struggle against the Taurus demon to this day when starting a new game, I'm not sure why but he's still the hardest boss for me, maybe it's just a trauma.

>>381340714
>I was so young back then(23)
me too bb

where has the fucking time gone?

>>381339856
this

File: kalameet.png (84KB, 504x360px) Image search: [Google]

84KB, 504x360px

>'where the fuck do I go'
>'fuck skeletons they are scary I'm not going that way'
>'heh this game is not so hard'
>'REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE'
>'WHAT DO YOU MEAN CURSED????????????? FUCKING BULLSHIT'
>*stops playing for a week*
>'TWO BOSSES AT THE SAME TIME?????????'
>'Huh, suddenly this game is fucking easy'
>'how do you get into the DLC again?'
>'REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE'
>'REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE'
>'REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEyes FUCK YOU MANUS'
>'Killing this difficult ass cyclope dragon only gives me this SHIT?'
>'Time to finish the game'
>'Woah, Gwyn you suck, okay, now how do you link the fla-'
>*leaves kiln*
>'REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE'

>>381340714
Now I can play the whole game without dying.

>>381339762
Really fun. Loved the game.

>>381340265
how dare you cuck

I managed to avoid using a guide all the way until Anor Londo, when I killed the first gargoyle and had no idea where to go

>>381340872
>>381339856
Why even post?

>>381339856
kinda this
I just got through butterfly boss and quit there
but as far as I got I would describe it as: exploiting game engine with no gratification

>>381340338
That's funny, because I picked up zwei first and felt like it trivialized a lot of the encounters to the point that the game became kind of a slog.

Overall i liked the sense of exploration, but I was somewhat disappointed given the ungodly amount of praise the game gets. That's the problem with hype I guess.

Also Lost Izalith is one of the worst areas ever put into a game ever.

>>381340832
It went where all things go eventually...

Blightown.

>>381339762
Kept trying to kill the skeletons at the start because I heard how 'hard' the game was supposed to be. Ending up selling it pretty quick. I weirdly got into souls because of bloodborne and now souls games are the only thing I fucking play anymore. Bloodborne is my favorite game ever. Used to be resident evil 1/2

File: alert-symbol-450x450.png (102KB, 450x450px) Image search: [Google]

102KB, 450x450px

>>381340348
>>381340384
>>381340954
Read the fucking rules. And then fuck off back to /b/.
>2. You will immediately cease and not continue to access the site if you are under the age of 18.
>3. You will not post any of the following outside of /b/: Trolls, flames, racism, off-topic replies, uncalled for catchphrases, macro image replies, indecipherable text (example: "lol u tk him 2da bar|?"), anthropomorphic ("furry") or grotesque ("guro") images, post number GETs ("dubs"), or loli/shota pornography.
>6. The quality of posts is extremely important to this community. Contributors are encouraged to provide high-quality images and informative comments.

File: you madoka.jpg (406KB, 1024x1024px) Image search: [Google]

406KB, 1024x1024px

>>381341083

>>381339762
It was much easier than everyone made it out to be but I constantly got lost.

>>381340384
Is this gay porn?

>>381341003
Boredom.

File: 217168.png (376KB, 419x430px) Image search: [Google]

376KB, 419x430px

>>381339762
>Pirated Demon's souls because of the constant threads on /v/
>Gave up at the tower knight
>Buy DS
>First game in years to feel like a proper adventure game
Went back and fucked up the tower knight

>>381339762
Pretty fun
Beat eener and orn first time, went on 4chan to gloat, and they asked to see my build.

Fatrolling
ugly fucking gear
unupgraded weapon
knight shield

They laughed me out of the thread

>>381341306
I didn't even know there were other types of rolls until I started talking about the game with a friend

i played it a few months after release for around 30 minutes, thought it was shit, turned it off and never played again. then for some reason i started playing it a year later out of the blue and magically sunk over 100 hours into it

>>381341276
>Buy game at full price
>get fucked
>Buy game at a discount
>that's the shit man.

File: dQiyIFT.gif (303KB, 765x551px) Image search: [Google]

303KB, 765x551px

>alright lets see how hard this is
>man these pc controls and graphics are shit
>installs DSfix
>much better
>what is this thing
>how do i stop this poison
>fucking hell this is no fun at all
>ill play it another time

i never thouched it again

>>381339762
Is that a female wojak?

>>381339916

I think a lot of players went to catacombs first. The Firelink shrine is designed so that players feel like cata is the right way to go.

Gruelling. I assumed that you could go into the crypts straight from level one, so I did. I got all the way to nitos yellow gate before I realized I dunno goofed. I flew through the rest of the game cause I learned this mechanics pretty goddamn well because of my serious self imposed dumbass handicap

The midnight release, played in a room with 3 other people who also bought it

Didn't get out of Undead Burg until 7 in the morning. One of my favorite gaming experiences

>bought it near release only knowing it was an rpg and nothing else
>never played or heard of demons souls
>got the hang of it easily enough
>got to firelink, immediately head towards catacombs
>have a mindset of having to kill every single enemy, so of course the giant skeleton kills me over and over
>ragequit

Then I came back a year later, stopped being retarded, and played through it like 30 times.

>>381339948
This but probably only because I played DeS.

File: 1424960355807.png (837KB, 1280x720px) Image search: [Google]

837KB, 1280x720px

>can't just autopilot through everything like most games, actually pay attention
>learn the layout and intricacies of each new area as you explore
>your familiarity and closeness with the places makes them feel more real and ingrained in the setting
>comfy as fuck
>the fear and trepidation of continuing with lots of souls into uncharted territory
>struggling with even the simple bosses like the Gaping Dragon
>not really understanding many of the mechanics but -thats okay-
>NPCs feel like they've all got their own goals and personalities, rather than video-gamey 'Hi, I'm here to dispense lore exposition or tell you to go to the next spot' characters
I miss it, man. Only Demons Souls and Bloodborne have capturing that feeling since, then, but not quite as much as Dark Souls 1. And I don't get the feeling there won't be another game like it any time soon

Am I the only girl around here that likes playing Dark Souls?

>>381340475
This is true. The only other games hat have ever given me that feel were the first time I booted up Minecraft and stalker

>>381341082
>Kept trying to kill the skeletons at the start because I heard how 'hard' the game was supposed to be
I didn't do that, but after ringing the second bell I killed all those capra demons in the lava area thinking that's where I needed to go. I did it with a drake sword lol. thought that the game is just hard and that this is what has to be done. then I reached that glowy wall and realised I couldn't get through it. had to ask /v/ for where to go next and the adventures in sen's funhouse awaited me.

>is this 30fps?
>is this even 1080p?
>man these controls are a little funky and delayed
>this sure looks like a 360 game
>read the ugly tutorial messages
>kill a skeleton or something
>find a big ugly boss
>try to jump and hit it with a dropping attack only to comically slide off because the hitboxes are weird
>stop after another hour and go back to DMC3 on very hard
I just want Zelda but not brain dead easy, not this molasses stuff.

Wow it's like Demon's Souls but with more thought put into it.

>>381341998
>but after ringing the second bell I killed all those capra demons in the lava area thinking that's where I needed to go
*This was also version 1.0, where they were all aggro immediately, rather than how they stood around waiting and you could kill them one by one.

File: 1497741445202[1].jpg (29KB, 385x287px) Image search: [Google]

29KB, 385x287px

>>381339762
>So... this is the game that is supposedly super hard huh? let's see how I do.
>Make pyromancer because fire is cool
>Woah shit I can burn shit down very easily that fat fuck of a demon didn't stand a change against my fireballs
>*Get bow*
>Cool a bow
>*Cheese game*
>Cool the game was actually casual shit
>*Play Monster Hunter™*
>Cool finally a good and challenging game where the AI isn't retarded and have to compensate with bullshit stage shenanigans like, le dragon burn down the le bridge ur ded :DD or the entire Sen's Fortress or the ocasional lol barrel down the stairs in order to increase the difficulty in an artificial way.

>well this game is pretty cool, kinda challenging too, way better than Demons
>ooo a Black Knight
>ooo a Black Knight Sword
and then all the difficulty was gone.
>maybe this weapon is at least comparable to the BKS
>nnnnope
>maybe this one?
>nope
>maybe... this one?
>nope

And then I gave up

>>381342085
xD thought this too

File: smug frog.png (468KB, 1024x1024px) Image search: [Google]

468KB, 1024x1024px

Currently playing it for the first with cheats.

Too much cancer to deal with without infinite health. Some areas/enemies just straight up kill any possible fun.

>hey look a graveyard

File: DaS-Zweihander.webm (3MB, 640x360px) Image search: [Google]

3MB, 640x360px

>>381339762
>couldn't kill Taurus no mater what
>grinded enough level to two hand the zweihander
>stun-locked the boss and killed him in 4-5 hits.

My first playthrough was 100% turtle with great shields and havel armor.
I was a scrub.

File: 1466849379916.jpg (66KB, 780x780px) Image search: [Google]

66KB, 780x780px

>>381339762
Like very first time?
>get to Taurus
>"this sucks and isn't fun, I'm going to stop"

Second time?
>get to Blighttown
>"this runs like cockass and toxic is bullshit, I'm going to stop"

Third time?
>buy it for five bucks on humble
>"hey i guess this game is actually good"
>get to post-lordvessel
>"oh no this fucking sucks again but i guess i gotta finish it"

And ever since, I have continued to not understand how people believe this is a perfect 10/10 masterpiece.

>>381339762
It was basically just like my first time sex.
I have never done either.

File: 1477538659256.jpg (9KB, 249x200px) Image search: [Google]

9KB, 249x200px

>>381339762
>play through asylum
>"wow, this is isn't that hard"
>get to Lordran
>head to graveyard
>get boned by skeles
>come back, try to fight them one at a time
>defeat one, it rezzes and kills me
>"wtf this is too hard"
Stopped playing there for about a year.

>>381339762
I watched a walktrough by ENB and then played. Never had many problems. In my opinion the problems players have come from the game not explaining anything. Once you know what to do it's not hard at all.

>>381339762
It's been a while, but nothing too surprising for the tutorial area (I died a few times to the demon after getting my weapons).

When I reached firelink I didn't notice the small cliff path that leads to the undead burg, so I died dozens of time trying to proceed through the cemetery.

>>381342647

The game gives you those tools man, no shame in using them. "Getting good" mostly just means you play even cheesier by min maxing the totally absurd dodge roll i-frames

>>381339762
I went to Undead Burg first, had to look up how to beat Taurus Demon, grinded in the forest before beating Gargoyles, grinded a lot throughout because I wanted to wear the Elite Knight set, avoided Blight Town because I heard horror stories about it, found out how good pyromancy was, did New Londo Ruins, got pissed when the game locked me into a death trap behind the fog gate with no way out besides a Homeward Bone, went to the catacombs, got pissed at the bullshit that is Tomb of the Giants where you can't see shit and get blindsided by enemies constantly, went to Blight Town and it wasn't nearly as bad as I expected, got annoyed that I had to travel all the way back up after ringing the bell, friend told me I needed a ring from the forest, I fought Sif once and died and then didn't feel like trying again so I loaded him full of 500+ arrows, learned how much I can break the game by carrying a stock of 999 arrows, fought Four Kings a couple times getting my ass kicked hard then tried Havel's set once and dominated them, Sen's Fortress sucked donkey balls, grinded in Anor Londo for the Silver Knight Sword, learned how to parry and abused it very much on enemies, did some extra grinding when O&S kicked my ass, kept dying to Seath and asked /v/ how to kill him, found Gwyndolin and fought and killed him by accident, went to the painted world, used the phalanx for souls because its the best grind spot in the game, after asking a friend for help I returned to Tomb of the Giants now with a lantern, killed Patches as soon as I saw him, hated Nito because those skeletons he summons killed me at the same time I killed him and then I had to kill him again because the game glitched and he didn't stay dead this was one of many glitches I'd encountered, anyways then I went back and killed Priscilla, then I finished up the game after parrying Gwyn.
I didn't like the game much, it was on par with DaS2 for me, and I was quite disappointed after DeS lived up to the praise

test please do not reply

WHY THE FUCK IS IT SO DARK IN HERE AM I IN THE WRONG ZONE

t. Anon who went into the Catacombs in the first 2 hours

>>381339856
fpbp

File: Mosley.jpg (55KB, 460x673px) Image search: [Google]

55KB, 460x673px

>>381339762
>already familiar with mechanics
>get a lucky BKS drop
>burn through game easily
>go back to playing DeS

>>381341708
I think its designed so that players feel they should go to Undead Burg, you have a big set of stairs that you practically can't miss, just leading away from Firelink.

>>381339762
A boulder killed me when I went up some stairs. I got bored and played somehing else.

>>381339856
literally fpbp

>>381342647
Man I really hate the way the colour schemes progressed through this series. Dark Souls 1 has this moody, lived-in feel that's really cozy. Dark Souls 2 looks between good to like a cartoon in some areas. Dark Souls 3 is even worse - no colour at all, everything is just a grey blob.

File: 1413113469237.png (38KB, 475x347px) Image search: [Google]

38KB, 475x347px

This minotaur is too hard, I'm lost, my feet hurt, I wish I had a map

I lost my patience at O&S and started looking up stuff online

"I can't wait to see all the stuff I've read about in those /v/ comics"

the biggest disappointment of ds2 and 3 was the lack of OC

>>381343634
woah dude like git gud

>>381343243
how did you complete the Catacombs in your first playthrough? Shit is hard low level even if you're experienced in the game.

>>381340384
Waste of a good watermelon if you ask me

>>381339762
"Why is this shit considered hard?"
gets to Fume Knight
"Ohhh..."

>>381343673
I hear you. I loved the colour palette of the first Dark Souls. I think it's such a beautiful game, even despite its less than impressive technical graphics. I love its art style and atmosphere so much as well.

DaS3 looks nice in some places but goddamn so much of the game is so horrendously ugly. Places like Irithyl are beautiful but so many areas look washed out and are actually an eye sore. The contrast also really hits when you go from a place that looks like they hardly spent time in polishing, while other places look a lot more vivid.

>>381341936
Hi how are you

>>381343162
don't tell me what to do

File: 1462730322173.png (392KB, 253x555px) Image search: [Google]

392KB, 253x555px

>>381344040
>playing dark souls 2 sotfs as your first souls

File: 1490329562027.jpg (6KB, 250x246px) Image search: [Google]

6KB, 250x246px

>>381342884
>

>>381339762
Bored out of my fucking mind. Dark Souls is the only game in the series that I can't fucking stand. Never finished it, don't plan on it.

>>381344267
We all had to start from somewhere. From then went on to tackle DS, DS3, BB and Nioh and found BB definitely the easiest of them all.

I was a pussy so cheesed getting the Drake Sword, didn't understand scaling so got through the entire game with a non-levelled up Drake Sword doing fuck all damage and had no fun.

File: fascism.jpg (73KB, 728x971px) Image search: [Google]

73KB, 728x971px

>>381341936
>girl(male)

>>381344490
I find the difficulty of these game quite interesting.
BB was your last game in the series and you say it's the easiest, but for me while bb was also the last one, I found it the hardest...
Ludwig and Orphan were harder than any boss in souls games for me. Took me 2 weekends to kill orphan.

>>381344887
I'm mad that actual fascists are now calling donald fascist.

>>381344970
yeah. for me the hardest soulsborne boss I ever faced was defiled watchdog. motherfucker took me so many tries, jesus.

>>381344887
>the one fuckwad going down on his head
well of fucking course

fucking kike has nothing.

>>381345117
I only fought him overleveled while catching up on the dungeons, I don't know how hard he really is.
But grinding for dungeons is a pain in the ass.

>>381342187
If you play the game like a boring faggot of course the game is gonna be boring, faggot.

>>38134108
LOL ur so scary mr. Internet police xD

File: IMG_1067.jpg (101KB, 1024x672px) Image search: [Google]

101KB, 1024x672px

It took me 10 days to get platinum in one of the easiest games in the history of gaming franchises. Seriously each area following the "chosen hunter" and his excessively buffed weapons from assorted game locations as he fights brainless enemies has been less engaging than the last. Aside from the handholding, the game's only consistency is providing you with absolutely retarded, unchallenging mobs and allowing you to run through all of them without any combative motivation thoughout the entire game. All to make the difficult feel easy, to make action seem inert.

Perhaps the die was cast when From Software voted to make the game a PS4 exclusive; they made sure the series would never be mistaken for a work of art that meant anything to anybody. just ridiculously profitable cross-promotion for the souls series. Bloodborne might be anti-Christian (or not), but it’s certainly the normalfag game in its refusal of challenge, skill and excitement. No one wants to face that fact. Now, thankfully, they no longer have to.

>a-at least the Dark Souls games were good though
"No!"
The enemies were easy; the bosses were unfairly hard. As I played, I noticed that every time a enemy went for an attack, he spent an unrealistic amount of time telegraphing an attack.

I began marking on the back of an envelope every second the enemy stretched his arm back. I stopped only after I had marked the envelope a several dozen times. I was incredulous. Miyazaki's mind is so governed by outdated game design philosophies that he has no other style of challenge. Later I read a lavish, loving review of Dark Souls by the same Kevin-V from Gamespot. He wrote something to the effect of, "If these kids are playing Bloodborne at 11 or 12, then when they get older they will go on to play the Star Wars Jedi Knight." And he was quite right. He was not being ironic. When you play "Bloodborne" you are, in fact, trained to play Jedi Academy.

I JUST WANT TO GO TO THE CAVE UNDER FIRELINK BUT FUCKING SKELETONS

WHY ARE SKELETONS SO HARD

THIS IS WHERE IM SUPPOSED TO GO RIGHT???

>>381345529
wrong thread buddy

>>381341083
fuck off nigger

File: retarded.gif (2MB, 240x180px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 240x180px

>>381339762
upgrading all the stat trying to make a knight who could cast healing spells

>>381345618
It's pasta

>>381339762
Frustrating due to poor and sluggish controls

>>381339762
>friend never shuts the fuck up about it being the greatest game 100/10
>tricks me into coming over to do something multiplayer that he doesn't have
>badgers me to play dark souls instead
>asylum demon shows up
>games bugs out and I can't move
>die
>walk up stairs
>completely silent bowling ball rolls over me for half my life
>get to ledge above demon
>plunging attack
>clips through him
>rubberband right before the floor to way in the air
>hit the floor and die
>friend is in full damage control and starts making an endless wave of excuses, passive aggresively saying it's my fault for not being more careful
>all I say is "let's play something else"
>we never speak of the series again until I try Bloodborne on my own and have a pretty good time
The only other gane that has given me more trouble with bugs so quickly was XCOM 2, but at least I could refund that.

It was pretty great, took me like 90 hours exploring every single thing.

>they really couldn't just call this Demon's Souls 2?

>>381342187
>People still don't realize that you create your own difficulty in Dark Souls with the weapons you use, armor you wear, stats you level up, items you pick up, and the order in which you progress through levels.
You took the easy route, and so you thought the game was easy and boring.

>>381345910
I'll take "things that didn't happen" for $500 alex

File: 1496689248162.gif (2MB, 460x259px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 460x259px

>>381345614
>this is where I'm supposed to go right?
hmmmm, maybe there's a direction where the enemies are monumentally easier...

Tried to play a year ago but gave up after I angered the female merchant cutting off my purging stone supply. Recently started back up again and im trying not to use the walk through as much. At blighttown swamp right now, loving every second.

>>381339762
Pretty simple because I played Demon's Souls beforehand.

>>381346106
You sound just as passive aggressive as he did.
Games have bugs. That doesn't make them bad if they get fixed. I don't understand why you get so offended by this. The thread asks for a first experience with the game not for gushing praise of it.

File: 1491122810099.jpg (33KB, 453x500px) Image search: [Google]

33KB, 453x500px

>>381345764

Decided to play as a tank. Wore the heaviest armor and put a ton of points into resistance. Got my ass kicked until I over leveled.

File: 1422222780562.jpg (314KB, 1120x1284px) Image search: [Google]

314KB, 1120x1284px

>Adored Demon's Souls, so got Dark Souls at midnight on release
>Swung by McDonalds for a late night snack, intended to be up all night playing it
>Get home a little before 1
>My mom is still awake and on the couch, didn't even realize I had left the house
>Offer her some of my food, show her what I got
>We look at the artbook together, she talks about when I was little and we'd play Myst together
>She says she wants to play them again
>Talk about how cool the art looks, how she wants to see what the game is like
>Sit with her for an hour or so, and then go play
>Enjoy it, about as much as I expected to
>Two weeks later, we get into a fight before I leave town for the weekend
>She ends up in the hospital, and I have to rush home
>She passes away shortly after
>The last good memory I have with her is talking about Dark Souls
And then I corrupted my save and had to start the whole game over again.

>>381347307
>leveling resistance
I'm so sorry.

>>381347307
>decided to play as a tank, got my ass kicked
wait, how? Tanks are ez mode in dark souls. Lemme read this again
>put a ton of points into resistance
ah

At first I was like "wow it's not that hard isn't it" (I started with Dark Souls 2).

Then, ennemies behind walls everywhere, bosses out of nowhere, the pursuer was hard as ball for a beginner... I was wondering if it a good idea to start to play this shitty unfair game. And then I've finished the game and I'm a big souls like fan now. I've played them all and Bloodborne is my favourite game of all time.

>>381339762
>this is bullshit
Finish game
>that was bullshit.
>New game +7

>>381343495
On the other hand there's a spoopy cemetary with treasure and skellies.
If i'm not mistaken, that faggot in firelink says there are two bells and mentions the Bell below first.

Honestly i don't regret being stuck in the skellies for 2 hours, i learned a lot from them and was able to beat the likes of Capra.

>>381340349
what games do you like anon?

>>381339762
Went to the graveyard.

Couldn't get past the first couple skeletons.

Went to /vg/ to ask for help essentially "I know this game is supposed to be hard, but this is ridiculous."

Everyone laughed at me and no one thought I was serious, so they didn't help me.

>>381339762
Demon Great Machete +15

>>381339762
I played DaS1 first, i put in 11 hours before I even beat the taurus demon, across 3 characters. I was just utterly clueless and awful.

Then one day I ditched everything i'd done, made a new character - had seen the memes about the zwei and giant dad, figured id try a 2h zwei build. Looked up where it was - wow super easy, why not. Got zwei - then spent 6 months completing das 1 / sotfs and das 3.

All hail zwei.

Couldn't kill Taurus demon for the life of me. Eventually ended up farming souls, and stocking up on a crapton of firebombs. Kept leading Taurus over to the tower, pelting him with a few from the top, climbing back down when he jumped up, waited for him to go back down, and repeat.

File: space_dandy_and_the_phantom_ramen_by_valekress-d7xnn32.jpg (125KB, 1280x559px) Image search: [Google]

125KB, 1280x559px

Was december 2011, got Dark Souls 1 and I really loved it. I liked both the gameplay and the game design, how there was so much hidden stuff they trust the player to find out, lot of games don't do that anymore. Played and beat them all, now 2 is my favorite. As big of a meme Dark Souls is, I think the industry needed it.

>>381347649
Just wondering, whats your thoughts on 2? Seems to be a meme to hate it but like I said, its my favorite.

>>381339762
>bought game at release
>got cursed in the depths
>spend the next 3 hours of the game going insane trying to figure out how to fix it while surviving with half health

man, what a noob trap

>>381347892
have you tried going the other way you absolute fucking invalid

>>381348013
not him, but as someone who joined souls series late, I adore sotfs - its close to DaS1 imo, which i consider the best.

>>381348039
You literally can't see the way you are supposed to go from the bonfire.

It was an absolutely terrible design choice.

>>381348007
Did you miss the plunging attack tutorial in the asylum?

File: yurt.jpg (171KB, 633x742px) Image search: [Google]

171KB, 633x742px

it just made me want to go back to demon's souls because I didn't have that comfort of familiarity or maiden in black

>>381339762
I played dark souls II with undiagnosed pneumonia for like 3 weeks on my ps3.
it was a lot of fun
I loved doing the shit with the rat king, killing niggers when they come into my land. I beat the game once then just did that for so long. poison rapier + poison katana = best
i tried playing demons souls, dark souls 3 and bloodborne and hated them, so i guess it was the deleria from sickness

>>381347979
oh, i also didnt know you could kindle bonfires until i got past O&S, then a friend told me.

>>381339762
>starting off
>right just gotta kill a huge boss

??

I don't even know how to play the game yet?

File: 652354123523.jpg (50KB, 533x500px) Image search: [Google]

50KB, 533x500px

>>381348131
lolwut

even if that were true I suppose doing even a modicum of exploration is beneath you and you'd rather just bash your head into enemies that are clearly OP for your current level

>>381348183
This but I'm glad I stuck with it.

>>381348132
I stood there not knowing how or what I was supposed to be doing until the platform just collapsed on me. So yes

>>381348183
I wish they would remaster DeS. I'll likely never play it til then due to abysmal console performance, feels sad man.

>10 minutes in
this game is shit
>30 minutes in
this game is pretty fun
>60 minutes in
this game is the bee's knees
>dark souls 2
there is no god

File: t3_62cndq.jpg (478KB, 1433x1911px) Image search: [Google]

478KB, 1433x1911px

>>381339762

>>381340247
Well aren't you just fucking fantastic!

>>381348131
"Get to this objective, player"
"I can't see it"
Just walk dude. Its not even hidden, you should explore an entire area before you proceed where you think you have to go anyway

>>381339762
Went until the Butterfly without dying. I did play Demon's Souls a lot before it, though.

>>381348372
You should play it sometime, see what you think

>>381339762
First time I played it, i hated it. I don't remember much, just that I hated the controls or something.

Then a few months later I got the urge to give that "soul game" a try again and somehow fell in love. Did several playthroughs and got really into invasions. Raced through in single sittings with my friends for fun. Good shit.

>get claymore
>like claymore
>hard stuck on ornstein for months
Then I savescummed BKH on a different save and done the whole thing in a week.

The only game in recent memory, that I want to delete from my memory to play it the 1st time again.
Took about 80h. Did not look up anything during my first run. Ash lake went over my head, the Asylum return too and Ariamis too, since I never found the doll. DLC wasn't out back then, but I'm sure I never would've found it on my own. Sported full noob-gear all game. Complete with Gargoyle helmet and Knight shield - you know, the kind of gear you wear to fool invaders nowadays. 10h alone were perobably spend to get past Undead Burg/Depths alone. It was a fun ride.

>>381344267
Honestly was a good choice. Haven't regretted it yet and I'm well on my way to completing every game in the series. Beat DaS3 and 80% through Bloodborne. DaS is going well so far too.

The game made me anxious as hell. I'd go slow with my shield up all the time but the ambience and noise always creeped me out so I'd run around and proceed to die immediately. I stopped playing after I found myself in darkroot because i'm casual

File: bloodborne__micolash_laugh_by_menaslg-d902csy.jpg (249KB, 800x533px) Image search: [Google]

249KB, 800x533px

bb was the only soulsborne i've played
loved every minute of it except for microdick, host of the circlejerk and the chalices
platinumed it

>>381348183
Bonfire is still best level-waifu. Doesn't talk, doesn't prolong menu navigation, doesn't force you through 1-3 loadscreens to level up and doesn't pull you out of your journey to do so either.

>>381349182
BEAR
SEEK
SEEK
LEST

i did really like shanalotte tho desu

>>381348796
Look up the randomizer mod. It just might help you out in your wish

>>381339762
I already beat Demon's Souls, so it was all familiar territory at that point. First time playing Demon's was hell though, didn't realize how much I was spoiled by modern game design, got beat so many times before I sat down and actually learned the damn game.

I wish I could unlearn everything though, went through a good portion of 3 and Bloodborne on autopilot.

>>381349287
As a character yeah, but just let me level up ffs.
I always kill the doll in B too for faster access

>>381348994
dude darkroot was fucking nervewracking my first playthrough

>>381340150
Not him, but it was amazing. I had all the worlds in pure black tendency (unintentionally) and played as a mage with only the spells from the Student, since I didn't rescue Yuria and Freke. I've struggled a lot with the whole game, but the second time I played it was a total breeze.

It was probably my favorite gaming experience, especially Boletaria and the Shrine of Storms.

>>381348796
>The only game in recent memory, that I want to delete from my memory to play it the 1st time again.
Preach.

I haven't felt the kind of sense of wonder and adventure that I did with Dark Souls in years. Only some of the oldest classics even come close for me.

>>381349393
Yeah naw, I want a designed experience. With pacing and thought put into item locations. Iwatched one or two runs - might as well play rogue-lites, which I hate.

>>381339762
Played for a couple hours and uninstalled it. Gameplay was slow, repetitive(roll, hit,roll hit), and clunky, the story was boring and apparently you had to search for it.

Uninstalled it after that and never bothered again

>>381349632
Yeah, it had a sense of adventure the sequels just failed to reproduce.

It's not anime weebshit, so /v/ won't play it

>>381349710
Oh and the graphics were pretty bad too, character creator was disgusting

>>381349762
2 and 3 should be more up your alley then. They anime'd the shit out of the sequels, at least when it comes to weapons

>>381349762
Its literally the most talked about meme game on this board. Has been for years

File: 1490063371883.png (340KB, 858x360px) Image search: [Google]

340KB, 858x360px

>There are two bells you must ring
>One above ground and one below
>oh hey this place full of skeletons goes underground must be where one of the bells are


But hey I guess it was my fault because giting gud replaces the need for actual plot direction amirite

File: Dickwraiths gotta dick.png (212KB, 582x582px) Image search: [Google]

212KB, 582x582px

>>381339762
20 minutes into the game, got invaded by a twink dickwraith with the ninja ring. we both died rolling off the scaffold near undead burg bonfire.

that moment made me chose the path of the dickwraith

I was at uni and my PS3 was in another country so I had to wait until i visited my parents for xmas to play it.
I'd already played a lot of demon's souls so I knew what to expect, it was just demon's souls but bigger and without that cool but annoying tendency shit.

File: mean look.jpg (35KB, 620x258px) Image search: [Google]

35KB, 620x258px

Genuinely hated it up to the gargoyles. The I got to the depths and started loving it. (which is coincidentally when I could start using the black knight sword that dropped for me)

>>381339762
>Gravelord Nito best boy and did nothing wrong
>oh, the clanking of armor sounds really nice in this game
>this boss does a lot less damage than the impact of his attack would make me believe
>hey, cool bird
>let me throw myself at these skeletons until I can reliably kill them and loot this cemetery, then we can continue
>this Undead Burg shortcut under the hellkite bridge is the single most brilliant piece of simple level design I can recall in recent memory.
>Gargoyles are fun as hell to fight
>oh hell I bet Capra Demon is going to rape my face, I was already having problems with bloody Taurus of all thing-oh, beat it frist try. Nevermind that.
>this sewer is really cool
>that dragon is really cool
>that ominous giant hole is really cool
>this village is REALLY cool.
>Blowdarts are the devil though
>Astora Straight Sword? I'm goint o use this for the rest of the game
>why is there a giant snake in here? Hopefully that gets some explanation at some point
>I have to run through HOW MANY swinging blades?
>why am I being carried to the top of the mount-GODDAMN
>I sure wish I was good at kicking so I could get that archer off that ledge
>I wonder if Ornstein & Smough will be as easy as Capra was
>oh, they're going to rape my face for an entire day. Alright.
>yep, these breasts make it all worth it
>Ceaseless Discharge is one of the most infuriating bosses I have fought in my life
>Lost Izalith looks really cool
>Bed of Chaos looks really cool.
>OH GOD WHY DID THEY PUT AN ARMORED BOAR IN A SMALL TIGHT CORRIDOR
>OH GOD WHY ARE THERE INVISIBLE PLATFORMS
>SEATH STOP SPINNING SO I CAN CUT YOUR DAMN TAIL
>why is that skeleton tied to a wheel
>oh. That's why
>hey, I can see the Demon Ruins from here
>New Londo? It shouldn't be so bad
>it is
>Four Kings are unnerving as hell
>the Kiln looks really cool
>I hear Gwyn is really easy, I be I won't have any trou-OH GOD
>I have to backtrack from WHERE?
>That's a really big fire

>>381349759
that's cuz no game in the sequels actually tried to recreated the world of the first.
No other souls has a interconnected world like das1, and no other souls has no warping from the start.
Would blighttown be as memorable if you could teleport back to firelink at any time to restock on moss? Would the interconnect world be as interesting if you could teleport anywhere?

>>381349919
nigger stop complaining about your inability to explore for more than 10 seconds already

>>381350113
Fuck just thought of actually somewhat amusing content to post
>First invader of the game
>in undead burg, by the bridge with the molotov niggers
>dude is wearing onion armor, something that didn't exist in DeS so i got a good chuckle out of seeing him
>doesn't attack me, runs up next to me
>i wave
>he starts spamming the force push move and knocks us both off the ramparts
>YOU DIED
>i lol'd
not very funny in retrospect but i was happy my first invader was absolutely ridiculous

>>381339762
I got frustrated at taurus demon, dropped the game for a few months then came back to it

Shitty camera and controls. First boss is impossible to kill, because couldn't find replacement for my Broken Sword.

File: 1495743810658.png (63KB, 367x253px) Image search: [Google]

63KB, 367x253px

>>381349919
>One of the bells is up above in the Undead Church, but the lift is broken.
>You'll have to climb the stairs up the ruins, and access the Undead Burg through the waterway.
>The other bell is back down below the Undead Burg,
>within the plague-infested Blighttown.
>But I'd die again before I step foot in that cesspool!

File: 1479854870164.jpg (39KB, 540x534px) Image search: [Google]

39KB, 540x534px

my friend told me to get the zweihander.

i wish i never got the zweihander. it made the game way too easy. i never picked up any other weapon and i steam rolled through every boss and monster i came across.

i don't know if i want to pick up dark souls 3 after that.

>>381350490
To be fair when I first entered new londo i thought 'is this the fabled blighttown?'
Then got assraped by ghosts and didn't return for quite a while.
I also think that souls fans talking about how ITS SO HARD GUIZE made people think that yes, it's totally normal to get your shit raped by a bunch of skeletons and no, this isn't an area you should return to later in the game.

>>381339762
I PICKED THE FUCKING THIEF AS A STARTING CLASS YOU TELL ME HOW MY FIRST PLAYTRHOUH WERE.

>>381350215
10/10 post

would read again.

>>381350407
b8/10

>>381350669
>I also think that souls fans talking about how ITS SO HARD GUIZE made people think that yes, it's totally normal to get your shit raped by a bunch of skeletons and no, this isn't an area you should return to later in the game.
I believe this but I also believe if you autistically stuck to that ONE direction and never even tried exploring another path then you have brain problems

>try ds1
>pc controls are aids, REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEquit
>try ds2
>pc controls are ebola, REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE quit
>read that ds3 pc controls are decent, bought it and enjoyed it so fucking much
Second hardest hack and slash i ever played, so i got dicked around a bit, absolutely loved the atmosphere, the unfairness of the enemies on a blind run and the bosses' bgm

>>381351049
why not just play with a pad?

>>381350878
Oh they're still retarded, it's just I can see why people really thought they'd have to go through the cemetery.
It's been a while but i remember it looking like a more obvious path than the route to the burg too.
Plus I guess these people were used to more linear handholdy games so the concept of 'come back here later retard' doesn't click with them.
>>381351049
dude just buy a fucking controller

>>381350265
Instant teleporting was my biggest gripe with the sequels honestly.

File: prowling-demon-large.jpg (103KB, 955x535px) Image search: [Google]

103KB, 955x535px

Post your favorite area

Maybe ironic with all the skeleton bitching in this thread but the Catacombs are my pick. Running the gauntlet to kill each necromancer before you get swarmed by actually undead undead, lots of traps, nice vertical level design with lots of shortcuts and hidden areas...Had some sick loot in there too like best weapon Great Scythe

I don't think a single Dark Souls boss ever walled me, and I never had a single ounce of trouble until the 2nd game where the Ruin Sents just fucked me so hard I ended up dropping it completely.

>>381351757
Catacombs is fucking top tier. Only area in the series with some actual verticality, if you know your falls you can get to the bottom in no time, and love it.
I favorite, though, is Sen's fun house.

>first time playing souls
>it's dark souls 1
>get past asylum demon ez
>die 99999999999999 times after that and think I suck dick at video games now from years of casual shit coming out
>beat taurus demon
>lose interest
>years later play dark souls 2 and play the fuck out of it

>>381351993
Its cheating, but I like darkroot basin (past) and artorias' arena and oolacile. Basically the DLC areas - they were fantastic and flowed together really well.

>>381339762
>this isn't so hard
>proceeds to get boned by the skellingtons

>>381339762
The game felt slow and boring and tedious to me, but not particularly hard like people were saying. I never finished playing it. The game just didn't do it for me.

>>381352161
how far did you get?

>>381350821
I'm not baiting. I was not used to these controls, because I'm mainly play PC games, where camera and controls are responsive and intuitive.
I got used to them eventually and ended up liking the game and played 100+ hours.

File: 1490653637162.jpg (32KB, 342x260px) Image search: [Google]

32KB, 342x260px

My first run's build was rolled from a sheet on /v/.

I got daggers/knifes.

Took me like 70 hours, but I got parrying down pretty well and it took me 2 tries to kill Gywn

File: smug.jpg (27KB, 600x600px) Image search: [Google]

27KB, 600x600px

>>381340265
NIGGERS

>>381339762
Honestly? Dying a lot in the poison swamp before getting to the spider bitch. Then dying to biggie smalls a lot, then dying to artorias somewhat less as I had gotten better at the game by that point. Then I died to manus a lot and also got massacred by Kalameet. I did beat the game twice though.

Oh and the last boss was trivial due to one attack that I could consistently parry and a glitch with a pillar that I could take advantage of.

File: 1495500295561.gif (452KB, 267x320px) Image search: [Google]

452KB, 267x320px

>>381339762
>buy game because it looks cool knowing nothing about it
>have no idea the game is multiplayer
>going through Undead Burg
>You have been invaded by Dark Spirit Bonehammer
>guy walks up to me wearing armor of thorns+darkrwraith mask and one shots me with BKGA
>fucking terrified that he's a special enemy and he'll show up again the entire rest of the game

>>381352331
>I'm mainly play PC games, where camera and controls are responsive and intuitive.

okay i get you there, transition to pad stick camera control can be a bit jarring.

Not being able to find your weapon in the asylum tho,..wow :/

File: second character.jpg (57KB, 599x750px) Image search: [Google]

57KB, 599x750px

>>381339762
I luckily got into Dark Souls 1 uncorrupted and hearing essentially nothing about it or how it worked. I made a le funny fat guy and promptly ignored the prompt about locking on until I remembered during an attempt against the bell gargoyles hours later. I had no idea what humanity was so I hoarded it and never used any. I didn't understand how i-frames worked or what a fat roll was so my chain-armor made me do terrible and I dropped the game for some time once I hit the sewer area which scared the shit of me for some reason.

Later I saw a roll chart for the game and started a new character, this time a waifu who can only use magic and fists, and had to join the dragon covenant. So I cheated and used a guide to get to the dragon covenant early, and then farmed drakes for like 5 or 6 hours because the online was already dead at this point. Once I finally had my full dragon form I played through the rest of the game casting with my left hand and punching shit with my right.

I don't know why I typed this out because nobody gives a shit.

>>381352620
I played offline, didnt want faggots ruining my game.

I don't care what people say, souls games are singleplayer as far as im concerned. Massively more fun.

>>381342187
There's nothing bullshitty about Sen's fortress.
>wah wahhhh i cant cheese giant axes or boulders with my bow or fireballs
You can fucking wall through these things, you mong.

File: shrugs.png (3MB, 1907x1061px) Image search: [Google]

3MB, 1907x1061px

>>381352734
dragonbro master race represent. only ever got it legit once

>>381352894
Ive never played a dragon in any souls game.

How do you build them / what weapons etc?

I assume you cant use any armor? but do you still use sword and shields? miracles?

>>381352734
>I don't know why I typed this out because nobody gives a shit.
I don't know why I even bothered reading it. I don't even like Dark Souls.

>>381353005
I can't speak for Dark Souls 2 but in 1 and 3 the dragon form is pretty terrible because of the lack of poise and no damage resistance, the only way to build for them is to try and mitigate those flaws with rings. I think the fire breath scales very slightly with int and fai in Dark Souls 3 but that's useless shite in pvp anyway.

>>381352254
I made it through the Undead Burg, even killed that Knight in that one tight hallway, but like I said, I was bored and not getting into it so I just stopped playing. It just didn't grab me.

>>381353246
so its just a pointless meme build then?

>>381353269
still very early then, fair enough - not gonna try convince you otherwise, I was jus curious.

>>381352656
Exactly. I didn't search the area and went straight to the boss room. Or, maybe, I did find a weapon, but couldn't figure out how to equip it.

File: 1358741113703.jpg (210KB, 600x750px) Image search: [Google]

210KB, 600x750px

I can summ it in one image.

>>381353351
>it's a pointless meme build
Or scalyfag gratification, take your pick. The female dragon form in Dark Souls 1 was pretty thick though.

>couldn't even make it to Phalanx in Demon's Souls
>quit
>friend tells me to try Dark Souls
>go in trying to be as tanky as possible
>get frustrated in Undead Burg
>he tells me to keep at it
>sporadically make progress until Blighttown
>about thirty hours in
>can't seem to progress any further
>look up tips online
>realize the thirty points I put into resistance were a complete waste
>fuck this piece of shit game

After about a year of dropping it, I decided to start fresh, and now it's one of my favorite series.

>>381344887
>libertarianism, the ideaology that is most conducive to freedom leads to fascism

w-what

I don't really remember anything special or too hard. I started with DkS1 on ps3 and played until NG+10 or something, barely any online play, just wanted to get gudder at the PvE. PvP came later on the PC. It was more bearable to wait for invasions to happen when you can shitpost on the side on the same screen.

I do remember my first DkS3 playthrough though, I never upgraded my estus strength, only the amount of Estus because I thought that was all there was. Never checked what bone shards did.

>>381353482
wait what, they have different visuals per gender?

neat - i may look into it for dragonfashion - if it is even a thing

>>381344887
>if you hate SJWs, that means you support Trump and are alt-right
I hate this meme about as much as I hate SJWs.

>>381339762
Annoying bullshit, badly programmed game, shit design decisions that result in artificial difficulty and meme value.

I still think that, but the other two games fixed the issues a bit, specially 3 since it doesn't have that awful slowshit combat.

File: srsly.png (763KB, 788x612px) Image search: [Google]

763KB, 788x612px

>>381352826
I disagree completely, I think that the unique multiplayer structure is a big part of the games, especially in DaS 1 where invaders weren't gimped as hard as possible. Duelfags/PvP tryhards can fuck off.

>download torrent
>install
>no joystick
>mouse is too fast
>"this game is shit"
>unistall
>get a joystick to play dmc4 months later
>install dark souls again
>try to play it as a CUHRAYZEE game
>can't get past asylum demon
>fuck this shit
>months later
>winter sale
>ds 80% off
>jew mode activates
>buy it
>give it one last chance
>enjoy it

>>381339762
DeS would be a better question. DaS just felt like an extension of it. But I went into even DeS with the brains to know not to rush into things like a sperg. I didn't die until the second boss.

What always blows my mind is summoning. I thought it would be common to never summon help but it seems everyone does. I have never summoned in any of the games until NG+ when I don't feel assed to do all the work myself.

Bonus points: I beat O&S easily my first time facing them. Alone. If I recall I lightning speared the skinny guy in like 10 seconds. Oh and I never parry and always use a shield. I didn't get good at dodging until BB.

>>381339762
Amused by obese theif and obese demon.

File: 1334424671865.jpg (13KB, 298x320px) Image search: [Google]

13KB, 298x320px

Frustrated then bored.
Dropped the game not long after Anor Lando because I realized I wasn't having fun.

I actually went and get the cursebite ring in new londo to fight Seath, after getting cursed twice in his fight
(Note that noobs have 0 soft humanity most of the time, allowing for ez curse to ruin you)

>>381354027
Lemme guess, you were of those faggots who invaded with a lighting/fire weapon in the burg weren't you? Did you use a shotel too faggot?

Fuckers like you were and are the cancer of this series of games.

File: 1492017960747.gif (2MB, 400x225px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 400x225px

>>381339762

>>381350538
similar advice for Dark Souls 3 would be "don't get the short sword" because literally any short sword is god tier for pve in that game

File: 20170619224914_1.jpg (440KB, 1920x1080px) Image search: [Google]

440KB, 1920x1080px

>>381339762
>Extremely unsatisfying and barebones gameplay. New levels of clunkyness, my character feels like a disabled person trying to manhandle an alligator
>Punishing system, from the way you're restricted to how your enemies can do everything better is just there for the "hardcurr XD" and nothing else
>Anger
>Salt
>Ragequitting for almost a year

Then I went back to it. Fast-forward to today where I'm finishing up NG+ on 3. Well not quite, Ariandel is shitty, not feeling up to it honestly, maybe just Ringed City.

File: IMG_5987.png (1011KB, 640x1136px) Image search: [Google]

1011KB, 640x1136px

>>381354534
And even more cancerous faggots like you are the reason soul memory became a thing.
Next

>>381354534
No, I invaded with my build that I was running for fun and Souls PvP was great when people were doing just that. Now it's ruined by tryhards that view the PvE as a necessary evil to build their specific meta tryhard PvP faggot builds.

>>381354721
I hope you didn't start with fucking dakr souls 3.

>>381339762
>Played with keyboard
>Didn't knew this game was fucking trash w/o controller
>Command prompts were still for the xbox gamepad
>this fucked me so bad I went full DSP and battled up to blighttown without lockon
>thought it was indeed the hard as nails game I've been told about
>learn about lockon
>Wow, it's casual shit
>Finish game

Well that was fucking nothing, you know a game is shit when acting like a fucking retard who can't read is more fun than playing the game normally.

File: 1498027923045.jpg (60KB, 1024x518px) Image search: [Google]

60KB, 1024x518px

>>381341083
But I hate niggers.

>>381354871
>be retard who buys a game without doing any research first and then totally ignores the tutorial
>provide criticism like it's at all worthwhile

>>381353246
In 2 it was pretty much actual armor with some of the best fire resistance in the game pretty sure it had poise too but I could be wrong it was still worth using though.

File: 1392770908085.png (201KB, 500x380px) Image search: [Google]

201KB, 500x380px

>Go in as a Deprived with no gifts because I'm a Demon's Souls vet.
>Literally every aspect of DS1 felt inferior to me
>Art direction was worse, bonfire placement was worse, New Nexus was shit
>Dragon bridge is flat out artificial difficulty.

It took me a while but I eventually came to accept DS1 despite its flaws

File: 20160518180336_1.jpg (537KB, 1920x1200px) Image search: [Google]

537KB, 1920x1200px

>>381354852
No, what I wrote was for 1. And I NG+'d that one as well, with a guide ofc since 1st playthrough was completely blind and I completely missed how to get to the DLC. Man, that was and still is retarded. Like a lot of NPC sidequests in this series.

>>381339762
Was at friend's house, other friend brought it over. He helped me through the first bit of the game told me to not go to the graveyard and all that. Showed me how to get the drake sword but my stats weren't right for it he thought I needed 16 Dex not Str. Didn't really get to anything after that. Bought the game a year later and beat it on my own

>>381354027
thats fine, you do you.

I played Bloodborne -> an hour of DS2 -> DS3 -> DS1 -> most of DS2

>>381355138
yeah the way that you access the DLC in DaS is simply asinine. I appreciate trying to integrate seamlessly with the base game and make it so somebody playing a GOTY edition later wouldn't even notice that it wasn't just a secret area but you would NEVER find that shit without a guide and it constantly bugs out.

>>381355074
>posting on /v/
>expecting smart people

>>381339762
I was into streaming at the time and started Drunk Souls, where I took a drink every time I died. I made it to the Taurus demon and blacked out at some point, I don't think I beat him.

File: 1484314002749.jpg (17KB, 193x197px) Image search: [Google]

17KB, 193x197px

>>381354027
>Duelfags/PvP tryhards can fuck off.
Maybe I'm just biased about this since I wasn't part of the glory days when people were starting out on either of the 3 games and I came way later but invading for all 3 of them felt infested with those kinds, not a single invasion went without me turning to mush in 2-3 hits by anyone.

Eventually, I went full offline for 1,2 and stopped caring in 3 by not even trying. Don't know how it was before but PvP nowadays is pure cancer and shouldn't be taken seriously.

>>381354060
>lightning
>magic or otherwise
> being useful against ornstein or even doing enough damage at that level to take him out quickly
I smell bullshit.

>here game is hard
>try it out
>dodge the slow ass enemy attacks and obvious visual queues
>beat the game
>uninstall an get a refund

60 bucks taken and given back.

File: captain hero worried.gif (2MB, 300x200px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 300x200px

>talk to (((Frampt)))
>can't refuse to help him
>Kaathe not in the Abyss

File: 1451218736635.jpg (412KB, 900x900px) Image search: [Google]

412KB, 900x900px

>>381339762
it was the summer of 2013, I made a magic knight kind of build, I was getting repeatedly killed by bosses like Gargoyles and Quelaag, I looked up things on the wiki, I summoned Solaire for Gwyn.

>>381355491
Whoever figured that shit out deserves a medal

>>381339762
Made the worst possible build. extremely balanced stats, including int and fth

Got fed up with how little damage I was doing and couldnt beat the anor londo archers because I was midrolling and didnt understand roll had iframes to go right through the shots, so I started over

>>381354027
>where invaders weren't gimped as hard as possible
You mean where invaders always had the advantage? Yeah, I miss the days when I would be progressing through an area and someone would invade my game, hide in a mob of enemies, and only engage when I aggro'd NPC enemies. That was always fun.

Giant seeds were the best things to ever happen to invasions.

File: 1480489347641.gif (996KB, 500x253px) Image search: [Google]

996KB, 500x253px

>>381339762
>first time playing around late 2012 or early 2013
>die to skeletons a bunch of times
>get bored and quit

>6 months later
>second time
>get to undead burg
>get my ass kicked by taurus demon multiple times
>get bored and quit

>about 6-7 months later
>third time
>finally killed taurus demon
>hey wait a minute I get it now
>start rolling through the bosses with my trusty falchion
>have a blast from beginning to end

I remember beating Anor Londo archers first try, did people not know you could roll through arrows by then?

>Beat the Asylum Demon and go to Firelink Shrine.
>Walk forward and try to go through the graveyard.
>Ass-raped by skeletons.
>"Hmm, so this is the famous Dark Souls difficulty I've heard so much about. I better knuckle down and play better."
And then I spent twenty minutes getting assfucked until I turned around after respawning and saw the way I was actually meant to go as new player.

I never actually finished the game. I got distracted by some new release I was really looking forward to while I was in the middle of Duke's Archive and just never got back around to finishing it.
I enjoyed what I played of it though.

>>381339762
>Too retarded to find the way to Undead Burg
>went to the graveyard
>Thought this was the start of the game
>Boy this game sure is hard

I thought getting two shotted by random enemies and taking tons of attacks to bring em down was what this game was about untill i actually realized that the Catacombs wasnt where i was supposed to go.

>>381339762
>Shit controls
>Meme difficulty
>Gives you no direction
Gave up after the game killed me without any warning and forced me to go back. Turned off the game and got a refund. Never playing that trash again.

>>381339856
this

>>381340150
It made me want to play Bloodborne

File: 1497893320946.jpg (167KB, 690x460px) Image search: [Google]

167KB, 690x460px

>>381339762
>Start out on Dark Souls 3
>Always been into souls-games, just never had money to get them until now. Got bloodborne previously so I somewhat know what i'm getting into
>Go Knight class b/c simple
>Start wrecking shit no matter what
>Realize I need to upgrade from my whinsy teensy broadsword to something better and cooler
>Get Artorias Greatsword and feel the power
>Throughout the whole run I am wearing knight armor and shield 24/7
>Me and Artorias wreck shit and destroy Soul Of Cinder
>Continue the fire ending
>Don't play it ever again until ashes comes out. Then my playstation account got banned so I couldn't play ringed city(digital ds3)

File: 129791361352.png (152KB, 500x282px) Image search: [Google]

152KB, 500x282px

>didn't want to buy it so pirated it
>didn't know about dsfix
>picked knight as starting class
>why is this game so fucking ugly
>why is my character so slow
>why does this game control like dogshit
>end up getting to the stab spot for the asylum demon waiting for some kind of cutscene
>get smacked down and killed
>quit

I ended up playing the game a few months later with all of the extra shit installed and ended up loving it. I've got pretty much every Souls game now.

>>381354053
Almost the same experience. I couldn't beat Asylum demon on gamepad so I switched to keyboard and that's how I completed the game. I don't get these DS1 is unplayable on keyboard memes. Camera movement was so fucking slow and clunky on pad, even mouse didn't help much...

>>381339762
50 shades of hell

>starting playing because I heard about how good it is
>got my ass handed to me
>rage quit
>a few months later I watched a speedrun
>"hey this doesn't look too bad"
>try it again
>still got my ass handed to me
Then my brother told me about the zwei

>>381339856
This tbhfam

Entire series just looks boring

>>381347787

He mentions the one above first and then pretty much says the one below is in a horrible place he wouldn't want to go to.

>play through the first half of the game with a friend
>they stop wanting to play it so I soldier on ahead
>make the horrible mistake of playing through the Artorias DLC before going to Lost Izalith and New Londo
>see all the best content right before some of the absolute worst

I have a lot of regrets.

File: 1489327176282.jpg (101KB, 669x574px) Image search: [Google]

101KB, 669x574px

>>381357464
Giant Seeds are great, I'm talking about the system being rigged specifically to fuck invaders in the ass in DaS 2 and 3.
>DaS2
>have to grind cracked orbs
>soul memeory
>winning an invasion doesnt give you a fucking effigy but defeating an invader does
>effigies are rarer than humanity and used in PvE as well as PvP
>DaS 3
>invaders have gimped health and only ever get brought to worlds with 3 fucking phantoms and a faggot host wearing Fallen Knight gear

File: 1484588270133.jpg (204KB, 600x800px) Image search: [Google]

204KB, 600x800px

This magnificent thing carried me through 90% of my first playthrough.

>>381345529
>trained to play Jedi Knight
What did he mean by this?

File: 1497886188044.png (177KB, 270x278px) Image search: [Google]

177KB, 270x278px

>>381340265
Nigger faggot, nigger faggot, nigger faggot, all niggers deserve to hang.

File: 1479272735840.jpg (17KB, 390x512px) Image search: [Google]

17KB, 390x512px

>>381339762
>friend constantly nags me to try it cuz its the best game ever or some shit
>decide to try it bc of him and all the /v/ circle jerks
>we try for 6 hours to play together
>finally we can group and he carries me a bit and explains shit
>faceroll all the pve and get fucking constantly rocked in pvp bc i wanted to play sorcery
>finish the game just so I can say I did.
5/10 over rated as fuck, will probably never play the others.

File: 1405275172738.png (877KB, 900x1346px) Image search: [Google]

877KB, 900x1346px

>>381362976
>Fallen Knight gear

That shit frustrates me to no end. Prepare for tl:dr.

I try to imagine things from their perspective. They obviously think that their character looks good; it perfectly encapsulates their edgy power fantasy of being a mysterious, katana weilding knight. But how can you keep up that fantasy when you have two phantoms permantly attached to either side and do everything you can to make the game as trivial as possible?

The appeal of Dark Souls is the challenge and the satisfaction of finally beating a difficult boss. I remember being awake at 4 a.m. because, even after DaS1 and 2, I was still a shitter who couldn't beat Champion Gundyr. The moment when I finally killed him was one of my best memories from all three games, as was the time I finally managed to kill an invader for the first time. I liked that feeling of having to earn your power fantasy, that you were good because you learned the game. A lot of games make the protagonist important from the first level but in the Dark Souls I genuinely felt like just another random adventurer who had become strong through experience.

I admit I get angry because dying to a gank squad is irritating but what really gets me is imagining the people behind the gank squads. I don't hate the Darkmoon Knights or the Sunbros, they're just farming covenant items, helping out for extra souls or doing an role-play build. The people who summon however, who are they? What do they get out of blazing through the game, steam-rolling everything in their path because it clearly isn't balanced around co-op. Sometimes I watch them before they've seen me; they just sprint through the level, never stopping to look at anything, never going anywhere their phantoms don't point out to them first. How the fuck do you get any enjoyment out of this and why fucking do it in a game that encourages something different?

(Continued in next post).

File: __kanbaru_suruga_monogatari_series_drawn_by_nilitsu__f481a12debc070597e042437ce763768.png (321KB, 600x849px)

321KB, 600x849px

>>381366569
(Continued)

I try to imagine things from their perspective. They obviously think that their character looks good; it perfectly encapsulates their edgy power fantasy of being a mysterious, katana weilding knight. But how can you keep up that fantasy when you have two phantoms permantly attached to either side and do everything you can to make the game as trivial as possible?

The appeal of Dark Souls is the challenge and the satisfaction of finally beating a difficult boss. I remember being awake at 4 a.m. because, even after DaS1 and 2, I was still a shitter who couldn't beat Champion Gundyr. The moment when I finally killed him was one of my best memories from all three games, as was the time I finally managed to kill an invader for the first time. I liked that feeling of having to earn your power fantasy, that you were good because you learned the game. A lot of games make the protagonist important from the first level but in the Dark Souls I genuinely felt like just another random adventurer who had become strong through experience.

I admit I get angry because dying to a gank squad is irritating but what really gets me is imagining the people behind the gank squads. I don't hate the Darkmoon Knights or the Sunbros, they're just farming covenant items, helping out for extra souls or doing an role-play build. The people who summon however, who are they? What do they get out of blazing through the game, steam-rolling everything in their path because it clearly isn't balanced around co-op. Sometimes I watch them before they've seen me; they just sprint through the level, never stopping to look at anything, never going anywhere their phantoms don't point out to them first. How the fuck do you get any enjoyment out of this and why fucking do it in a game that encourages something different?

File: 1487906134236.jpg (2MB, 600x8321px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 600x8321px

>>381339762
>implying I would play such a shitty hipster game

I spent probably about 4 hours getting to Andre, and then just hung out around that areas for hours cause I thought it looked nice and I had no idea at the time that I was 5 feet away from an elevator back to Firelink

>>381339762

I found the combat to be pretty dull, and dude I was using was alow as shit. It got pretty repetitive

>>381339762
I spent 10+ hours in/getting to undead burg because I wanted to kill the the black knight but sucked dick

>>381366569
>>381366735

Fuck knows what happened with that post.

I can already hear the responses. That they just want to have fun. they don't want to be invaded but they do want the health boost and ability to summon. Balance is what makes video games fair and thus fun due to genuine challenge, but these people want all the benifits of embering but none of the downsides. What you find fun is your opinion. However, when you do a legion ettiquite with your dark enchanted katana and your fallen knight gear, run some poor dark spirit into a corner with your three friends, stunlock them to death and then bow I can't help but see it as kind of pathetic. Either you want to look at your character and see you badass lone-warrior self-insert but can't handle the possibility of seeing them get their shit kicked in, or you care so little about the game you want other people to play it for you. I don't know which is worse.

tl:dr I am immensely salty about ganksquads.

File: 1433294977272.jpg (36KB, 500x373px) Image search: [Google]

36KB, 500x373px

>>381339762
>went straight to the graveyard
>immortal skeletons?WHAT THE FUCK BRUH?!
>where's the map?what am i supposed to do?
Dropped it for 2 weeks,went back and got over 600 hours of gameplay.

>Dark souls is hard meme
when it will fucking die

File: zweihander.png (435KB, 700x700px) Image search: [Google]

435KB, 700x700px

>always been a fan of great swords
>somehow find zweihander
>can't use it
>grind till I can use it
>become death destroyer of worlds

>pirate it on PC
>don't understand where to go
>don't understand the stats
>wander around for a while
>spend a lot of time dying, eventually make my way out of the first area
>climb to top of church and get killed by some flying gargoyles a couple dozen times
>uninstall

Meh.

>>381340885
>Manus
he's the easiest boss once you realise to take havel's greatshield which has shithuge magic resistance

It was pretty cool, I'd played demons souls before so I had a basic understanding of shit. I tried to kill the asylum demon when I first ran into him, I figured it was gonna be like the vanguard, but I died and then showed back up and figured it wasn't (Didn't know you'd get the hammer but ah well, I found out later.) so I went through it.

Had a lot of trouble in parish, the forest, and blighttown's upper section. Otherwise, pretty fun, difficult but enjoyably so experience.

Describe your first time in Blighttown

File: 1496967144960.png (408KB, 960x540px) Image search: [Google]

408KB, 960x540px

>>381367281
>he's the easiest boss once you realise you can beat the game on easy mode turtling with a huge ass shield

>spend 20 minutes killing skeletons in the graveyard before figuring out there is a different path
>take like 5 times to kill the big cow on the bridge
>take like 10 times to kill the gargoyles
>find black knight halberd while exploring the forest
>guess its time to go to the grabeyard since it leads down
>meet patches
>die several times getting my revenge kill on patches (also wanted the faggots shield)
>no shield
>actually make it to pinwheel without the shortcut
>takes me about 3 attempts to kill him
>enter tomb of the giants
>have no light
>rest at every bonfire i found (i think i was finally able to use the black knight halberd now)
>find a golden aura telling me to fuck off until later
And that is when i realized my mistake
>walked my ass out and back to a bonfire in the catacombs

>>381367460
*screaming*

>>381339762
I went to the graveyard and got fucked in the ass by skeletons until I learnt to play, then I found the Zweihander and used it through the whole game and I had a good time

>>381367057

Just replace 'hard' with 'doesn't hand-hold'. Sure you can trivialize a lot of the bosses or areas if you know the one weird trick. The thing is figuring it all out without just looking up a walkthrough.

File: 1463398452433.jpg (109KB, 533x437px) Image search: [Google]

109KB, 533x437px

>>381367460

>>381339762
i died a lot but i didnt mind. i mean a lot.

also i was playing the release version which i swear the enemies had tougher stats. i remember baldur knights taking barely any damage from my unupgraded scimitar, healthbar barely moving.

>>381367057
dark souls is hard or easy depending on what sort of character you play. Someone who puts 0 points in health and uses a small dexterity weapon will have a tough time if they never played this type of game before whereas someone useing a big strength weapon will be playing the game on easy mode.

Also people who go online for tips should never be talking about difficulty because they are collosal faggots.

>>381339762
Never could find out where the key you get from the gargoyles went. Years later figured it out and got stuck/quit at Nito

i saw a spider and never played it again

>>381367460
>'Why is my purple moss not working'
>'What u mean toxic'
>'fuck this'
>'fuck u'
>'fuck me'

File: 1497268313710.jpg (26KB, 379x214px) Image search: [Google]

26KB, 379x214px

>PC only all my life
>never touched a gamepad before
>hear about DaS coming to PC
>decide to buy a controller and pirate that shit
>gampad is alien technology
>game of choice doesn't help
>spend like one and a half hour trying to crawl through the tutorial
>hollows are fucking my shit up
>I'm loving every second

I got the hang of controls around O&S, I was a dirty pirate back then so no co-op, Solaire was my only hope and I lost like 20 or something humanity on them.

I retrospect I think that choosing it as my first gamepad game really added to the experience.

Made a useless character, got stuck somewhere, restarted.

>>381367281
>>381367808

or you can just kill him with arrows from outside the bossroom kek.

I did it once just to see if it was actually possible, it is - about 3 months back. Likely unpatched - so gay lol.

>>381339762

I saw Demon's Souls threads on here for ages before the game finally released here.
I immediately bought it, got home, and playing nothing else for the next two days.

I got 'stuck' somewhat on 1:1 becuase I just was so out of practice at actual hard games.
Took me hours to get through Boletaria 1 and then Phalanx fucked me raw.

So i kept trying.
Then spent the entire next day doing Boletaria 1:3.

Then I played nothing else for like another whole week.
That game was so fucking good.

File: power-within.png (8KB, 102x120px) Image search: [Google]

8KB, 102x120px

>>381339762
Honestly feel like I cheated. The first character I did a full playthrough with was a pyromancer/warrior. Power Within completely trivialized the boss fights.

>>381339762
>leveled resistance

Got stuck on some bullshit boss. Used a trainer to max out humanity/all stats. Beat it easily then never touched the game again. Most overrated video game in existence.

man this is laggy as fuck on a modern PC. I heard you need mods to play it correctly and fix the resolution but I can't be bothered.

>>381369941
haha epic post my friend