What's up Yas Forums? So I made a thread a little while back about doing my first ever blind playthrough of Dark Souls (Remastered). I have to say that the 4 big bad bosses for the Lord Vessel seemed a bit basic and easy to kill. I looked them up on the wiki later to see if maybe I was missing something.
>Seath the Scaleless was only hard because I didn't see the crystal at the back of the room making him immune to damage
>Four Kings was an absolute cake walk. Managed to kill each king as they came up within 6 swings
>Nito was only a bastard because of his friends (that I killed with a divine weapon to keep them down)
>Lost Izalaith was HORRIBLE, it wasn't even a fucking fight. It felt like a bad platformer
General complaints
>There are not nearly enough places to get titanite chunks unless I farm the black knights at the very end of the game
>I only managed to find a single titanite slab and after looking it up on the wiki, there's no easy way to farm, all pure chance
>2 weapons (main and bow), shield, and 4 pieces of armor all need a slab to get +15
Do they expect you to beat the game 2+ times to completely max all your armor and weapons? Why bother? Other than that, Lord Gwynn was a fucking bastard and I ended up just going ham on him 2 handing my claymore (2 swings to stagger) rather than be a bitch behind my shield. I got very good at parrying Black Knights. Lastly, I missed out on the DLC because I didn't know how to access it, so now I have to beat the game AGAIN apparently to find the other gold golem in the lake. I did find the painting though. Killed the furry girl with the scythe. Overall 8/10. Going to start Dark Souls 2 now. I purchased Scholar of the First Sin edition. Tips? General Dark Souls thread?
What's up Yas Forums...
Dark Souls 2 is generally a 6 or a 7/10 until you reach the dlc. be aware of that.
yup I was heavily warned in the last thread lol. My friend had the original (non SotFS edition) for PS3, so he let me try it. It was very different looking and feeling than Dark Souls 1 was, but didn't seem completely insufferable. A lot brighter color palette too.
Try to go into the game not comparing it to any other game, really helps with the experience. The game actually really has really solid dlcs attached with it but the base game can be a slog to go through at times, rapier is OP btw.
how's the Claymore? I've gotten really attached to that weapon in Dark souls 1. The 2 handed attacks are heavy enough to stagger while still quick enough to not take forever (like the greatsword or zweihander). It's 1H attacks are great for clearing groups of enemies with the light attack or killing enemies in narrow hallways with the heavy 1H poke.
I ended Dark souls 1 at level 83 by the way.
>30 Vitality
>30 endurance
>28 strength
>40 dex
In 2 it is actually very good if you are familiar with how it moves, though it is going to be a fair while into the game before you can actually get it though.
>before you can actually get it though.
aww. Well that's OK, it was kind of like that in 1. Maybe I'll give some of the 1H straight swords a go. Or the Bastard Sword I kind of glanced right over in 1. Not a huge fan of super slow weapons or poking weapons. I gave everything a try in 1 and Rapiers/spears are just not my cup of tea.
Two is unironically my second favorite souls/bb game...right behind demon souls
I actually think you can get the bastard sword early on, some hollows drop it i think. I was also really used to how some weapons move but eventually I adapted and realized that they are all actually pretty nice (especially in 2 and 3)
My friend said that the game is meh, but the build differences and PvP is quite a lot of fun.