[Felix]

[misadventurous]

[rye]

I'm scared to read the rest of this thread, but I'm at the starting area and my torch has stopped working (no option to light it at bonfire).

Not really sure what's going on there. Am I just out of torch? I want to light the other pedestals in the beginning area to see if something cool happens.
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[Felix]

[Greng]

Hey sunbro's, look who was at the midnight launch with me!

http://www.imgur.com/vk9YTnf.jpeg

Edited to link since it was huge, apologies!
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[analogos]

[Felix]

You are brutal and I'm not even at that fight yet

greng maybe resize that photo?

[mauve]

i like how sb continuously logs me out for no reason, so it made sure i got to see that image in all its full-sized glory
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[analogos]

hey wait a sec: does smashing wooden treasure boxes have a chance of breaking the item inside? i started breaking most brown boxes for fear of traps (and in one case one that was explicitly marked as being such), and i wanna say at least three of the times i did this the contents ended up being Rubbish. when it happened to the one that was marked trap i thought it was just a cruel joke, but now i'm wondering if i've missed out on cool stuff and/or if maybe they just don't put anything too valuable in those boxes or what. hm.

[analogos]

yeah guess i used up a pharros lockstone and got effectively nothing in return. oops.

[Felix]

Well I'm now at a point where there are three different bosses I can fight and each one devastates me in seconds so that's cool

great torching round these parts though!

[Ronnoc]

The areas that need torches are really cool!

The Drangleic Sword is my favorite weapon so far. I wish it was easier to upgrade, but I've been pouring upgrades into other stuff and it's still outclassing them.

[mauve]

the more i explored the more the game gave a very strong demon's souls vibe, moreso than dark souls. except slower because we can't have that level of speed anymore.

i count five directions from the start, each of which doesn't seem to intercept the other paths. not sure how i feel about that, honestly, but it's definitely a lot less metrovania-ish now.

also i watched a japanese dark souls 2 video at random and people were cracking helix fossil jokes at the petrified item gift. dammit. (...not that i didn't do the same thing when I saw it on the list...)
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[analogos]

even a lot of areas that don't necessarily "need" torches still end up looking really neat when lit up by contrast and/or are still of some potential use. i'm obviously very curious about what could have been, but i'm really not upset by what we ended up with.

[Ronnoc]

Also, but disappointed that the hard leather armor doesn't look as cool as in DS1. I rocked that the whole game because I thought it was badass.

Finger crossed for black leather I guess.

[Felix]

Wait, no, nevermind, four bosses

[mauve]

there is a boss that eats you up and then spits you out. with all your equipment removed. you still have it, though, you're just naked.

you can kill it without ever finding that out though.
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[Felix]

Anyone want to tell me whether this magic mace I found has any special skeleton-killing properties before I grind the couple STR I need for it?

alternately, anyone want to help with any of the four bosses I'm at? I'm sure you can guess...

[analogos]

ey yo Straid: eff you for real, man

[mauve]

[mauve]

i was noting more and more stuff was leaving bodies on the ground as the game went on

...then i realized that it's only the undead that are vanishing on death. just like you.
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[DJ]

[analogos]

i didn't realize that the depetrification item was one-use only. double-eff you Straid.

[OffalAl]

yeah still really not feeling these bosses. like, there was some pretty kooky stuff in demons souls but nothing that really compares to jabba the hut and headless mermaid over here.

have a go panning the camera around a bit while standing at the central earthen peak bonfire, some sweet psx grade texture maps going on.
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[Felix]

I decided to take a chance on the easiest of the bosses available to me, and opened up like four new areas inside of an hour, including the aforementioned earthen peak

I now finally have a pyromancy trainer but still no apparent way to get my hands on a flame? Not that I badly want one

I'm getting to be curious how big this game is since I'm like 13 hours in and still basically branching outward in every direction. I am really enjoying having so many things I can potentially do at any given time.

even if I were somehow obliged to "objectively" judge the game negatively for its visuals, there is still nothing else out there that gives me so much to work with like this.

also, sunbros!!

[rye]

Don't have much to say so far, but enjoying the game! Getting my bearings.

Like apfEID said, I sort of wish this was on PS4 (I also don't, because I have no PS4). I get down to 20 frames regularly. I found EH my first time in town. I wish she/her voice were a little more interesting to listen to.

Hope I find a white soapstone soon.
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[OffalAl]

[Felix]

Oh man oh man

judging from mauve's most recent posts he may be one step ahead of me but I feel like I just found ash lake...

I'm totally at the mid-game peak of exploration right now, I must be, but even so, given that I'm actively avoiding three bosses I know of at the moment and I have four or five new areas to explore, this is nuts.

also, analogos, that item you were concerned about only having one of? I just found three. Any idea where straid went, though? I'm developing a nice little collection of NPCs back in majula (I'm actually surprised From indulged to this extent, but I do enjoy it) but he's nowhere to be found, and I only made one of his weapons...

[OffalAl]

[Felix]

[OffalAl]

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it's increasingly difficult to be critical the more I delve into these exciting and occasionally poorly shaded new areas

Anybody reckon Felkin is a poke at the fan-base? You encounter him behind a magical plot wall outdoors in total darkness, sitting a chair staring at a cave wall. If you talk to him without appropriate prerequisites he says 'Leave me alone. I'm interested in one thing. Dark. You haven't the gift'.

maybe i'm just particularly sympathetic to him at the moment (off work for the week, hatefully sick, thermostat problems, sitting here devouring this game)
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[Felix]

Also, let the record show that I have hardly ever been on top of a game's first couple weeks after release and been sufficiently enthusiastic to partake in one of these threads as we discover it together~

the last time I remember doing this was honestly shadow of the colossus

man this is great. I'm going to bed.

[shrugtheironteacup]

[shrugtheironteacup]

I realized I had enough souls for the cat ring and thought why not? Barely survived the first fall. When I got the bottom and met what was waiting for me I promptly died and didn't stop laughing for five minutes.

I guess I'll save that for later.
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[all monsters]

[analogos]

[analogos]

[shrugtheironteacup]

979
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[OffalAl]

made it down unhollowed with the cat ring and 16 VGR. reckon you could survive it in the 13-14 range. also be sure to Get Naked. no idea if this actually helps but wearing nothing but helmet seems an appropriate look for the task.
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