[sponkmonkey]

This isn't out till Friday in Europe, but Amazon says they're gonna ship my copy out on Wednesday and typically things from Amazon arrive at my doorstep one day after I get the shipping confirmation~~~

so I'm pumped as hell. Does anyone who's still waiting want to talk about what kind of character you're going to play? I'll definitely opt for close combat since I figure it's the best way to experience everything I encounter. A focus on defense would be helpful then, I can live with lower damage.
Looks like it's gonna be big guy with big armor again, same as my first Demon's Souls character. He only made it to Soul Level 57 though before I swapped him for a magical all-rounder. This time I'll hang in, though.
Will also take blurry pics of my guy!
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[Flylighter]

I went about a half hour in the wrong direction before I figured out the game wasn't supposed to be -that- hard and I was going in the wrong direction. I'm proud that I went as far as I did, I guess!

Just figured out how to repair gear. That was an important revelation.
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[Rud31]

The CE edition kind of sucks BTW.

I will probably sell mine.
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[thestage]

[spectralsound]

[Teflon]

[analogos]

[remote]

Sufficient enough!

I started with a warrior. Low beginning level, nice hefty stats. Kinda the obvious way to go?

Bandit and Pyromancer look awesome for subsequent rerolls.

Gotta say, this is pretty obvious but damn the smoother framerate and everything is nice after the frequent slowdown of Demon's Souls.

I think I might miss the atmosphere of the Nexus a tiny bit, but Dark Souls manages to feel even bleaker with the absence of such a place.
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letterboxd | last.fm | steam

[TXTSWORD]

Yeah, I miss the Nexus as well.

I'm a cleric because of my fondness for the str/faith build in demon's.

[analogos]

the volume of enemies compounded with the vastly improved pathfinding and ai routines, the fact that staying at a bonfire respawns all the enemies in that area--good lord there is no rest for the weary. i got back attacked immediately after exiting out of the menu when i got to one of my first bonfires. this was probably because i was rushing and ended up kiting the guy along with me but jeez. it seemed to result in it not counting that checkpoint update too, so i ended up back at the start of the second area.

[Broco]

[Ratoslov]

Rented it. It gives me a E66 error whenever I try to run the disc. Just the Dark Souls disc, nothing else. WTF.

[8128]

omg I forgot to preorder this on amazon and now it's not gonna be here til tomorrow or the next day

frothing head to toe
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[Focus]

so humanity is something you use to become human, and while you're human, you use extra humanity to kindle the fires, and then? that's the only part of the game i've really been stumped about. granted, only 1 1/2 hours in.

started with the wanderer because i like scimitars.
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[remote]

I'm using a morning star with my warrior. Also got one of the Hollow's shields — it's bigger and a bit stronger than the one I started with, but it slows me down pretty noticeably. I have yet to figure out how equip weight and all that works just yet. Kind of focused on getting past a certain chunk of this place.

Hm. Actually, it occurs to me now that I should probably backtrack and try heading another way. Guessing the open world style is going to force you to realize you can only go so far one way before you just have to find another way to push outward/forward. Which is pretty cool...

Those big evil knights you'll come upon here and there are pretty scary. Didn't have too much trouble with the first couple of bosses, though.

By the way, that jumping backstab thing people thought might be a QTE? It's literally just the attack you perform when hitting R1 after jumping off a ledge.
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letterboxd | last.fm | steam

[analogos]

[TXTSWORD]

Yeah and the jumping back attack works on normal dudes too. Went up a staircase and pounced on a unique character. Works p good. More reliable than the normal backstab.

[analogos]

not to be pedantic but it isn't a backstab as far as i'm aware? i mean, the target's facing isn't relevant, only that you have enough height/momentum to initiate the attack.

[remote]

Haven't quite figured out why some bonfires give 10 estrus flasks and some only give 5.

Something about your humanity level at that bonfire, maybe...?

The whole concept of flasks adds another layer of difficulty to this game. You can't just load up on herbs like you could in Demon's Souls, and I'm guessing those Goddess potions you can choose at the beginning of the game (I should've chosen something else) are pretty scarce...
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[analogos]

i think adding your humanity to the bonfire kindles the flames, making it larger, improving the stock of estus you can reap from that area in the future.

[Sniper Honeyviper]

The Gamestop here only got one copy of the 360 CE, and the metal box was dented in shipping, but everything inside is intact. Sucks about most of the stuff being download-only, though.

Anyway, I have to say that this game is absolutely everything I expected from what you guys said about Demon's Souls, and much more. Definitely in my all-time Top 10.

Didn't expect to encounter the knight from the European box art so early! He was facing the other direction, and there was a message saying "Weakness: Fire," so I tested out a Black Firebomb for the first time, assuming it was a more powerful variety. Instead, it harmlessly rolled on the floor, alerting him to come over and chop me to pieces.

Are they on a timer or something?

Also, is it possible to permanently run out of flasks? It says they're replenished at bonfires, but my count hasn't gone back above five at the third one...I started with ten.

[remote]

[Sniper Honeyviper]

Yet another question: the framerate drops pretty severely in some large areas (such as the upper levels of the Asylum's courtyard), is this exclusive to the 360 version?

[thestage]

[Sniper Honeyviper]

"All-time" being "everything up to this point."

[analogos]

[TXTSWORD]

[Sniper Honeyviper]

Code didn't work.

[MattCD42]

Oy I hadn't played demon souls, so I'm gonna try and hack it in PS3 Dark Souls, picked up my copy (for 40 since best buy gave me a 20 dollar gift card) but if anyone has any friendly starting advice I will be needing it, I'm sure.
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[remote]

[Sniper Honeyviper]

I have a couple Humanities, is reversing my Hollow a one-time deal, or will I need to keep staving off the curse?

And yeah, Bamco really fucked up with the code redemption site. preparetodie.com, indeed.

[dongle]

godDAMN it i preordered this like a year ago and i moved in that time and the package is being sent to my old address

[wolfteam]

[Sniper Honeyviper]

whatever dogg

[wolfteam]

two handed style with some longsword on the warrior class, using the strong attack. i'm in that skeleton castle with the dragon and the minotaur boss and whatever.

oh right! they're not skeletons, just really skinny and dead. the other skeletons i haven't been able to touch yet.

[MattCD42]

[Sniper Honeyviper]

Please elaborate on the "grindy" description. This sure as hell isn't Diablo or DQVIII.

[analogos]

[Moogs]

The hardest part is choosing a class. I can't decide.

[Sniper Honeyviper]

I went with Knight, because I need all the defense and stamina I can get, and I'm not familiar enough with the game to make good use of magic etc.

[Broco]