Dark Souls aka the gamer's nightmare
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Dark Souls aka the gamer's nightmare
Sure the game has some bad rep, but lets leave that by the roadside like its a dingy hobo-hitchhiker and get down to the facts. Dark Souls is not for the faint of heart.
Overview:
Out of all the games I know of, Dark Souls has the biggest fanbase, except for Halo, Cod, and XCOM. Big difference is that this fanbase is loyal to a fault . Dark Souls is like that father that wants you to succeed even though you fail over and over and over ad infinium. Many people say Dark Souls is just too hard for them, I say they need to get good and start WATCHING the enemies for they aren't cardboard cutout NPCs. Each one has its own AI and moveset and if you know the moveset, you know when to come in for the kill.
Ways to die:
1. Falling off a cliff
2. Falling in general
3. Being slashed to bits
4. Being cursed (You go down to 50% health immediately and you can't be in human form.)
5. Poisoned
6. Toxic'd
7. Being bashed to a pulp
8. Traps (Looking at you Sen's Fucktress!)
9. Giant rolling boulders of fuck you
10. Giant crossbow bolts
11. Being bled (Bleeding takes a static chunk of health away INSTANTLY. Usually its 15-20% of your health.)
12. Being nibbled by evil dogs
13. Fire
14. Water (Character, y u no swim?!)
15. Environmental fuckery
Builds:
Now we come to the fun part, the builds. Dark Souls has classes, but they aren't static. The classes are there to give you starting items and starting stats. Otherwise, when you level up, its completely freeform. Feel free to make a tanky caster, or a glass cannon dual wielder (Not recommended). Your imagination is the limit of your character.)
Popular builds:
1. Cosplay
2. Giantdad (*shudder*)
3. Havel monsters (Full Havel's armor, greatshield and a random weapon, you'll know if you play Dark Souls 1 or 2.)
Conclusion:
So... I hope I shed some light on Dark Souls, let me know if you are interested in playing the game. Remember, death is a learning experience, even the veterans make mistakes. Sidenote: You WILL be smacked around like a bitch everywhere you go.
Overview:
Out of all the games I know of, Dark Souls has the biggest fanbase, except for Halo, Cod, and XCOM. Big difference is that this fanbase is loyal to a fault . Dark Souls is like that father that wants you to succeed even though you fail over and over and over ad infinium. Many people say Dark Souls is just too hard for them, I say they need to get good and start WATCHING the enemies for they aren't cardboard cutout NPCs. Each one has its own AI and moveset and if you know the moveset, you know when to come in for the kill.
Ways to die:
1. Falling off a cliff
2. Falling in general
3. Being slashed to bits
4. Being cursed (You go down to 50% health immediately and you can't be in human form.)
5. Poisoned
6. Toxic'd
7. Being bashed to a pulp
8. Traps (Looking at you Sen's Fucktress!)
9. Giant rolling boulders of fuck you
10. Giant crossbow bolts
11. Being bled (Bleeding takes a static chunk of health away INSTANTLY. Usually its 15-20% of your health.)
12. Being nibbled by evil dogs
13. Fire
14. Water (Character, y u no swim?!)
15. Environmental fuckery
Builds:
Now we come to the fun part, the builds. Dark Souls has classes, but they aren't static. The classes are there to give you starting items and starting stats. Otherwise, when you level up, its completely freeform. Feel free to make a tanky caster, or a glass cannon dual wielder (Not recommended). Your imagination is the limit of your character.)
Popular builds:
1. Cosplay
2. Giantdad (*shudder*)
3. Havel monsters (Full Havel's armor, greatshield and a random weapon, you'll know if you play Dark Souls 1 or 2.)
Conclusion:
So... I hope I shed some light on Dark Souls, let me know if you are interested in playing the game. Remember, death is a learning experience, even the veterans make mistakes. Sidenote: You WILL be smacked around like a bitch everywhere you go.
Last edited by Azmodan412 on 21 Jan 2016, 09:17, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Dark Souls aka the gamer's nightmare
How the game can be made easier: 1. Get the ring that reduces hollow penalty to minimum of 75%. 2. Increase and choose only warrior attributes(str, stamina, endurance) 3. Have a ton of healing items.
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Re: Dark Souls aka the gamer's nightmare
And I mean a METRIC TON of healing items.Grypho wrote:How the game can be made easier: 1. Get the ring that reduces hollow penalty to minimum of 75%. 2. Increase and choose only warrior attributes(str, stamina, endurance) 3. Have a ton of healing items.
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Fun to be had, time to be glad.
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Re: Dark Souls aka the gamer's nightmare
This should probably go into "Other Games".
Now;
Bearer of the curse, seek Ricard's Rapier. For the Rapier will lead you to greater, stronger souls. You will never meet the King with a sword so frail and pallid.
But seriously, a good estoc - rapier build will break the game.
Now;
Bearer of the curse, seek Ricard's Rapier. For the Rapier will lead you to greater, stronger souls. You will never meet the King with a sword so frail and pallid.
But seriously, a good estoc - rapier build will break the game.
When the voice from the shadows calls you
When the wind whips past your ears
Will you stand when the weight is upon you
Or will you go to your knees in fear?
When the wind whips past your ears
Will you stand when the weight is upon you
Or will you go to your knees in fear?
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Re: Dark Souls aka the gamer's nightmare
I am actually working on a halberd/CBS hexer build. #Emissary of Manus.
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Re: Dark Souls aka the gamer's nightmare
Shouldn't this be in "other games"?
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Re: Dark Souls aka the gamer's nightmare
C A S U A LDark Souls
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Just kidding, but since we are in topic of hardcore games I'll give you guys a challenge:
You'll play three games in three days, each day a game.
Those games are free-to-play so money is not an excuse, I ordered them in(my opinion) order of difficulty.
They would be:
Day 1: Angband
Day 2: Aurora4x
Day 3: Nethack
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Re: Dark Souls aka the gamer's nightmare
Roguelikes tend to make other games seem like iPad find the hidden object apps in comparison. Also Aurora4x oh god. For a slightly easier challenge play Spelunky. Took me about 297 deaths before my first victory.LordLoko wrote: C A S U A L
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Just kidding, but since we are in topic of hardcore games I'll give you guys a challenge:
You'll play three games in three days, each day a game.
Those games are free-to-play so money is not an excuse, I ordered them in(my opinion) order of difficulty.
They would be:
Day 1: Angband
Day 2: Aurora4x
Day 3: Nethack
Post results plox ir i report u huehuehueheu
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Re: Dark Souls aka the gamer's nightmare
Funny how the selling point of the game is "its hard", ive never played DS but i watched a few videos of it, it doesnt really look hard and the combat is nothing unique, plus they try hard to make the game seem obscure and mysterious.
Doesnt look like something i would play.
Doesnt look like something i would play.
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Play it for yourself to decide how hard it is. Looks can be deceiving and people win pvp in bizarre ways. A rapier at +3 can trump a Greatsword at +10 if the player is good enough.Mephistophiles wrote:Funny how the selling point of the game is "its hard", ive never played DS but i watched a few videos of it, it doesnt really look hard and the combat is nothing unique, plus they try hard to make the game seem obscure and mysterious.
Doesnt look like something i would play.
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Re: Dark Souls aka the gamer's nightmare
It's not even that hard.
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Heretic.DernSquirrels^3 wrote:It's not even that hard.
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Looks clunky.
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Re: Dark Souls aka the gamer's nightmare
After passing through the first part of the game, my chair burned thoroughly
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Re: Dark Souls aka the gamer's nightmare
the gamer's nightmare
More like
Dark Souls aka 1h speedrun not even breaking a sweat
Just git gud 4Head
More like
Dark Souls aka 1h speedrun not even breaking a sweat
Just git gud 4Head
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Re: Dark Souls aka the gamer's nightmare
I quite honestly just got kinda bored when i played the game
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Re: Dark Souls aka the gamer's nightmare
what rings u got bicth?
havels
ring of favor and protection
health
stamina
endurance
everything you need
havels
ring of favor and protection
health
stamina
endurance
everything you need
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