Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition(360,PS3,PC)v3 - Dark Magic is perfectly balanced - Games

yo someone hit me with a good melee build preferably one that involves getting the entire black knight set (like sword and shield and then the armor) because i wanna look ballin' no PvP also because im not paying for xbox live gold

[QUOTE=LeonS;39091092]yo someone hit me with a good melee build preferably one that involves getting the entire black knight set (like sword and shield and then the armor) because i wanna look ballin' no PvP also because im not paying for xbox live gold[/QUOTE] You realize you're asking for a build that could take until the final area of the game to even start gearing up, right?

umm yeah i just wanna look good and kill stuff fast

lock onto enemy press r1 get money [editline]4th January 2013[/editline] Why do you want a build to look good and kill stuff without playing PvP, if you're PvE you can do just about anything and win

Blighttown became so much better after killing those sneaky dart people.

So, I'm in dire need of humanity, what's the best way to get humanity? (Before the DLC)

[t]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/10565588/Game%20pictures/DATA%202013-01-04%2014-57-58-71.png[/t] This fucking game THIS FUCKING GAME IS GOD DAMN BEAUTIFUL

Just beat Artorias. Hardest and most fun boss so far, it was so satisfying to finally beat him. [editline]4th January 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=ZombieDawgs;39092405][t]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/10565588/Game%20pictures/DATA%202013-01-04%2014-57-58-71.png[/t] This fucking game THIS FUCKING GAME IS GOD DAMN BEAUTIFUL[/QUOTE]Yeah anor londo looks just amazing. Ash lake is maybe my favourite place, it's beautiful

[QUOTE=ZombieDawgs;39092405][t]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/10565588/Game%20pictures/DATA%202013-01-04%2014-57-58-71.png[/t] This fucking game THIS FUCKING GAME IS GOD DAMN BEAUTIFUL[/QUOTE] That doesn't look particularly beautiful...

[QUOTE=POLOPOZOZO;39092460]That doesn't look particularly beautiful...[/QUOTE] The graphics of the game don't determine how well it looks, you have to commend the beauty and scale of it.

argrhrghhrgh how the fuck so many ragequits

[QUOTE=black_tech;39092122]So, I'm in dire need of humanity, what's the best way to get humanity? (Before the DLC)[/QUOTE] Put down summon signs before bosses and help them win the fight You can buy one at the aqueduct vendor Pisaca (squid things in Dukes) and Skeleton baby's (Tomb of Giants) drop them occasionally Do you need them for a boss fight or something?

[QUOTE=ZombieDawgs;39092488]The graphics of the game don't determine how well it looks, you have to commend the beauty and scale of it.[/QUOTE]I just love how you can see other places. Like from the top of sens fortress you can see undead parish and stuff.

One of the coolest things I like about the game is discovering those secret little shortcuts, like how you don't have to fight the Taurus demon at the start of the game, you can just go down the staircase and into the forest.

I just lost 33 humanity to Sen's Fortress at the top swinging blades.

[QUOTE=CLungcancer;39092728]I just love how you can see other places. Like from the top of sens fortress you can see undead parish and stuff.[/QUOTE] Thats because most of the game (maybe all) is one whole map. [img_thumb]http://i.neoseeker.com/mgv/14628-Mr%20Gray/628/26/dark_souls_map_5.jpg[/img_thumb] It's amazing seeing other places like the Ash Lake in Tomb of the Giants etc

[QUOTE=ZombieDawgs;39092868]One of the coolest things I like about the game is discovering those secret little shortcuts, like how you don't have to fight the Taurus demon at the start of the game, you can just go down the staircase and into the forest.[/QUOTE] yeah if you kill mr big dong johnson

[QUOTE=Zinayzen;39089459]I'm pretty sure at this point I can get from Parish to Anor Londo in under five minutes. I've yet to time it but I'm pretty sure it's around there. [editline]4th January 2013[/editline] Pretty much like this: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_gpxrAsj9I[/media] [editline]4th January 2013[/editline] I wish a Tarkus build was possible that would let me fast roll. Oh well.[/QUOTE] Bwhaha perfect song [editline]4th January 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=Swebonny;39091405]Blighttown became so much better after killing those sneaky dart people.[/QUOTE] So glad those fuckers don't respawn when they die. They really were the only hard part about blight town for me

[QUOTE=CLungcancer;39092406]Just beat Artorias. Hardest and most fun boss so far, it was so satisfying to finally beat him. [editline]4th January 2013[/editline] Yeah anor londo looks just amazing. Ash lake is maybe my favourite place, it's beautiful[/QUOTE] I'm trying to beat Artorias right now, too. What'd you use? Also, I'm swapping between upgraded Zweihander and Claymore, should I upgrade the claymore to Lightning?

Is the stray demon even worth the trouble? [QUOTE=ZombieDawgs;39092488]The graphics of the game don't determine how well it looks, you have to commend the beauty and scale of it.[/QUOTE] What? The small details are just as important and plenty of stuff is completely missing detail. Rooms will have completely flat walls that intersect with the floor at 90 degree angles. The best looking things in the game IMO is the armor and bosses.

Going from Lower Undead Burg -> Depths -> Blighttown is making me depressed. I want to see the sky. Now it seems I have to go even depper down some hole.

You can see the sky in Blighttown. Kinda.

[QUOTE=POLOPOZOZO;39093448]Is the stray demon even worth the trouble? What? The small details are just as important and plenty of stuff is completely missing detail. Rooms will have completely flat walls that intersect with the floor at 90 degree angles. The best looking things in the game IMO is the armor and bosses.[/QUOTE] Well technological barriers are kind of a huge issue with seamless open world games on the Xbox.

[QUOTE=ZombieDawgs;39092868]One of the coolest things I like about the game is discovering those secret little shortcuts, like how you don't have to fight the Taurus demon at the start of the game, you can just go down the staircase and into the forest.[/QUOTE] You can see the Duke's Archive all the way from the bridge in the Undead Burg. You can also see Darkroot Basin from there.

[QUOTE=Louis;39092881]Thats because most of the game (maybe all) is one whole map. [img_thumb]http://i.neoseeker.com/mgv/14628-Mr%20Gray/628/26/dark_souls_map_5.jpg[/img_thumb] It's amazing seeing other places like the Ash Lake in Tomb of the Giants etc[/QUOTE] Suddenly the game feels much smaller than it first did :v:

[QUOTE=ZombieDawgs;39093676]Well technological barriers are kind of a huge issue with seamless open world games on the Xbox.[/QUOTE] Yeah it's pretty sad that the sequel will still be made on this gen.

[QUOTE=POLOPOZOZO;39093448]Is the stray demon even worth the trouble? What? The small details are just as important and plenty of stuff is completely missing detail. Rooms will have completely flat walls that intersect with the floor at 90 degree angles. The best looking things in the game IMO is the armor and bosses.[/QUOTE] I think the same still looks really good at a high resolution with some good AA and DoF. The DoF is what really saves the game for me, it really makes the huge vistas look really big and impressive. Sure the game could go for some higher res textures or whatever in places, but they certainly aren't low res. A lot of Anor Londo's charm too is that it's basically this giant city of the gods, so its layout is very uncoventional and it feels very very sterile. Giant rooms with nothing but polished marble and colmns in them, that sort of thing. It wouldn't really fit IMO if anor londo was full of chairs, tables, desks, whatever. Also IMO the stray demon isn't worth the trouble. He's completely avoidable (stick to the sides and you won't fall in) and all the good stuff you get in the asylum is past him. That said he's a great boss to tackle late game for a challenge. He is also garunteed a drop of a titinite slab, which is very hard to come by. So if you want to complete a weapon upgrade path he's a good choice to beat so you can get the slab to do it with. But you won't even need to get to that point until way late game.

The stray demon isn't terribly difficult, he's definitely worth killing for the titanite slab to +5 lightning/+15 a weapon.

[QUOTE=POLOPOZOZO;39093844]Yeah it's pretty sad that the sequel will still be made on this gen.[/QUOTE] Depends really on how they handle it, apparently the last time they spoke the level design was only 25% done, 2013 might not be their deadline so they might just say "whatever" and go to the Durango.

[QUOTE=Legolas;39093780]Suddenly the game feels much smaller than it first did :v:[/QUOTE] You only really see a small portion of Lordran overall