Dark Souls

i cant wait for this

i know its still early but if you've played it what do u think so far?

it is sweet. im still goin back and forth with which one i like better (Demon or Dark Souls). Theres dif things that they did with this one that i like and dislike, but its still early in the game so theres a lot to rate yet. ill wait til you get and play a little before i go into detail with it. dont want to ruin anything for ya. i will say just like demon souls it is a challenge for sure and youll be able to put a lot of hours into it.

after reading about this game and how brutally hard and awesome it seems... i really really really want to get this game :O

Kinda pissed that my roomate and me both bought this game under the assumption that it used a huge server like Demon's Souls, while it's only P2P in it's stead.  We have tried NUMEROUS times to get into the same game, alas, hasn't, and more than likely won't happen.    Other than that, it's a solid game. 

@ darkn3ss yea demon souls was the first one. the story is not linked tho. the gameplay is the same.

@matt this game is def one of the few single player games worth the money

@ supra your def right. i was hoping that was something they would change about the game, to be able to play with friends. the other thing about that i wish they would have fixed was lvl matching when playing with people. ive been able to summon people 10x stronger then me and have had people invade my game 10x stronger then me. kinda sucks to have someone do all the work for you. i want to play with people and it still be a challenge for us, and it really sucks when someone invades and kills u in one hit.

@ deadaim the game is def bigger because they went a more open world format. so you can kinda go where you want but it also has its draw backs in this game. its so easy to get lost or forget where ur shortcuts to get back are. last night i spent 30min in an area trying to get back cause i realized i was in a place that i should have been yet cause of how hard the enemies where, so i knew i had traveled to far without completing a section first. long story short, i spent 30min running around and dying when if i remembered where my shortcut was it would have been 5min and no dying. i must say tho they did an amazing job designing the world. how the made the world intertwine in itself so you will always have a shortcut to get back to certain spots. its just remembering where they all are.

another thing the open world cut out was the way you could make the stones to enter a lvl in demon souls black or white, and all depending what color you made them you would open new paths and enemies to awesome items in the lvl.

not sure if anyone else gets this way towards this game but it makes you so mad that you keep playing cause you have to show that ur better then the game and that you will beat it. its so addicting even just clearing a little area is so satisfying after dying so many times. i guess the challenge is whats so addicting not to mention it has great map layout, weapons, items, enemies, magic, and hard as hell bosses. it has it all.

It's definitely possible, I play Demon's Souls offline whole time, now I'm on NG ++ and going for a platinum.

I must get Dark Souls ASAP, lemme just collect the money, and it will be the first thing I'm gonna spend it on!

Originally posted by SP61gTSupra @ Milly.  Demons Souls server was shut down release day of Dark Souls.  Also love that when someone summons you, they have to heal you, not yourself.  -Lunchy

sorry didnt want to call ya lunchy since i dont know ya, anyway

@ Lunchy ha. i didnt know the servers went down, and there is a way to heal urself. not sure how he was doin it. if he was using an item (not the flask) or if he was using a healing magic but a guy i summoned last night was healing himself. i kinda like that you have to be healed by the host if you dont have a way to do it urself. adds another element for the host to keep an eye on if he want to save them for himself or to use more of a team plan and use them to keep the team alive.

Originally posted by hinterland Originally posted by SP61gTSupra @ Milly.  Demons Souls server was shut down release day of Dark Souls.  Also love that when someone summons you, they have to heal you, not yourself.  -Lunchy Publishers handle the servers and Demon's Souls has a different publisher than Dark Souls (except in Europe). Atlus handles the North American Demon's Souls servers and they've promised to keep them up until at least 2012 ( http://www.joystiq.com/2011/09/22/atlus-continues-demons-souls-server-support-into-2012/ ). Not sure what Sony is doing with the Asian Demon's Souls servers or Namco Bandai with the European servers.

thanks for the info

Originally posted by Deadaim Originally posted by Milly Originally posted by SP61gTSupra @ Milly.  Demons Souls server was shut down release day of Dark Souls.  Also love that when someone summons you, they have to heal you, not yourself.  -Lunchy sorry didnt want to call ya lunchy since i dont know ya, anyway @ Lunchy ha. i didnt know the servers went down, and there is a way to heal urself. not sure how he was doin it. if he was using an item (not the flask) or if he was using a healing magic but a guy i summoned last night was healing himself. i kinda like that you have to be healed by the host if you dont have a way to do it urself. adds another element for the host to keep an eye on if he want to save them for himself or to use more of a team plan and use them to keep the team alive.   I'm pretty sure you cant use the flask as a phantom but you can still use healing spells.   I've had a few occasions where I've used phantoms selfishly and just let them die as I got into the proper position I wanted vs a boss. One thing I dont like doing is summoning a phantom for a non boss situation.. Its ussually me exploring the level at my pace and them already having done it and wanting to blaze right through.   I'm pretty far in the game though, I've rang both bells so far.   My character is a sorcerer.. a big difference from the ultra high dex katana wielding wanderer I used in Demon's Souls... but still getting good results vs black phantoms.. im 4-0 right now.. and I'd probably of run into more black phantoms but I dont spend all that much time in human form.

you def cant use the flask as a phantom.

yea i do the same thing i do my exploring and getting all my items by myself in hollow form. i always try and do the boss by myself before getting help. i like to help others tho too. so i might try it once by myself then ill lay my sign for some to try and help them. its a good way to get a strategy plan for when ur in human form.

i just rang the bottom bell last night (i already rang the top one). now i have to figure out if i need to keep goin forward or if i should go to were the door opened from ringing the bells. thats one thing about the open world format, its easy to wonder into a section ur not suppose to be yet and get ur ass handed to u.

yea i have been in the forest a little bit then seen a huge 3 headed thing that fired 3 magic things and i was like f this dont think im suppose to be here yet. ill prob go forward a bit to see if theres any good items then head back though all of it which will suck. i know i still have to beat that thing that throws lighting right before u enter the the woods. i usually just ran past him. so maybe ill try and beat him too on my way back.

is Sen's Fortress were the door opened from ringing the bells?

yea im pretty sure i searched most of the woods but i seen him and i was like im outta here. plus i didnt feel like losing the souls i had at the time.

o f*** i already did