DARK SOULS: if you need me i'll be in an induced coma so mvrch comes tomorrow

ugh that was longer than i expected

so the deal is that my life is VERY busy and skyrim took precedence and this is still sitting as yet unplayed on my tv.
i'm kind of ashamed

goty

High level guys keep invading me and casting some sort of fuckofffirenapalmofdoom spell right in front of my face and then i lose all my souls and humanity and hate people for a bit because i'm still using the starting dagger.

been doing some co-op tonight; helping players out with the gaping dragon. so much easier, and quicker with buddies

making good progress now - just got to hoddit & doddit. 26 hours in, SL55

co-op is amazing

bring this to vita

system seller

dlc rumours doing the rounds

I will never be good at this game. I may not even be competent.

just started playing finally. i love it. kinda want to take a week off.

I can't tell if I'm insanely irritated or in love with the game. Probably both.

Plus reading through some walkthroughs, I'm missing a ton of stuff. I need to find these elusive merchants.

Getting better at this. Still don't understand the advantage of humanity/kindling/etc.

kindling means you get ten usages out of an estus flask when you camp at that fire. you can't kindle unless you're human.

I wish I could pause the game!!!!!! I hate having to find a safe area where things won't attack me every time I have to use the bathroom.

bathroom breaks are for sissies
REAL YOU DIED MEN piss the floor while they play

i started with a "deprived" and made him fat. he is a sad protagonist.

Ok I had had been playing this offline, but as soon as I go online and turn human some asschunk invades and kills me while I'm fighting other enemies. Really annoying.

"Dark Souls : Prepare to Die Edition" coming to PC. New bosses, August release date.
Maybe Blighttown will have a playable framerate now!

~quicksaves~

Man, I just stopped cold on this about 3/4 of the way through. Combination of Skyrim coming out and a hesitancy to go back because it's a bit of a time investment to fight your way to the next save point. Still maybe the most fun I've had with a video game in years though. I know it's cliche at this point, but its difficulty makes it genuinely rewarding in a way I remember games used to be. Feel like a big part of me losing interest in gaming in general is just how easy shit is these days. Anyway, want to go back but I'm honestly a little scared.

Feel the same way. Having a hard time going back after mass effect.

honestly spent 15 minutes trying to decide between arkahm city and this at gamestop yesterday. i'd read the back cover of one before reading the back cover of the other, before actually picking up both copies and flipping them atop eachother in my hands while i pretended to look at other games and not appear insane. finally i just remembered how fucking frustrated i was on the very first level of demon's souls and figured my quality of life would be better with a beat-'em-up

still tempted, tho. secretly hoping i can beat batman in a week's time and return it, claim all my cash back, and buy a copy of DS. the catwoman levels make such a move very hard.

i mean in demon's souls, i died in the fucking tutorial. boleteria (?) i attempted 6 times before returning it a friend, congratulating him on every bothering with the game, and vowing never to think masochism in videogaming is an admirable thing. in a weird sense, the souls series almost bears akin to videogaming's equivalent of jock-like behavior: pushing yourself too the limit, "quit being a pussy", struggling through shit. everyone who vehemently vouches for these games often come to remind me that even videogamers need opportunities for really being macho/masculine.

and yet still, i want this shit bad as ever.

the fuck did i write

There's a steep learning curve but once you get past it the game isn't THAT hard. It's not the hardest game ever. You just have to learn how to play it.

Speed run!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eO8RAEGnBGM

you may have overstepped a bit with the macho thing, but i feel ya, there aren't enough AAA games anymore designed around the enjoyment of a difficult game. i think the last game i played in that vein was... Viewtiful Joe?

will probably get DS at some point, though i might wait until it hits $5 on steam or something now that it's gonna be on PC. holiday sale 2012 gooooo

http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/11/dark-souls-for-pc-announced-masochism-begins-august-24/

quick glimpse of new stuff in pc release trailer. have to assume they will cash in and dlc this to consoles.

i'm about 60 hours into this and it's pretty much one of the best games i've ever played

the mood of the game fits it so perfectly: i'm having a hard time trying to put it into words but it kinda feels like what i would imagine dying and living in some weird purgatory would feel like. the combination of limited music, bleakness, melancholy, darkness and light, phantoms, and endless monsters all come together in this amazing aesthetic environment

yup. so good

not to mention it's has probably the best and most fair battle system i've ever played

the difficulty is so overplayed too. it's just right. hard & doesn't pander, most of its difficulty is because it refuses to patronise

totally

but thats not to say that i havent rushed into boss battles and got my ass handed to me instantly. that's part of the fun: learning to be patient and thoughtful in battle, leading to much higher sense of accomplishment and reward

I think I've given up. Can't beat the doggy with the sword or some other dragon either.

okay, RUN PAST THE DRAGON
and utilize the jump from high and chop attach for the doggy
that chop attack drove me nuts, wasn't in the first game but integral to this one

do you guys summon phantoms for boss battles? i tried for the first time last night and immediately fell off a ledge /:

i did and dude killed like six major guys and i was standing around going uhhhh UNDO UNDO UNDO
i didn't want THAT much help!

finally beat taurus demon. i thought that sense of elation you'd received would be kind of negated by the fact that i've read so much of it and naturally couldn't expect myself to go "the part where everyone's happy? it's going on right now! ok, be happy!". so i was pretty surprised when i beat him first try, received a serotonin surge, (in a day... it must've been my 4th try, realistically) and threw out a victory fist, which is something i don't think i've ever done in much anything

http://maxgif.com/Jj

I think this is a better example of "video games as art" than whatever Xbox Arcade Indie titles striving for that sort of thing. Such a weird, mysterious thing.

-a thing

i can successfully go for about 2-3 deaths before quitting and starting back up again the next day

each DS session lasts me about 45minutes. this is mostly good in terms of retaining a social and physical life.

just beat this.

best game evar.

congrats and otm

i'll beat it someday, i feel sure of it.
i need a little vacation.

congrats btw