Dark Souls 3

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Thu Apr 14, 2016 10:23

Mmm, I'd say the difficulty is perhaps crafted with experienced players in mind.

I'm certainly of the thought that rattling souls 1 is the best starting point, but I'm not one to care much about frame rates.

myp · **Posted:** Thu Apr 14, 2016 10:35

I started Dark Souls on PC the other night. Killed the Asylum Demon first time with my deprived character! Easy.

Findus Fop · **Joined:** 14th May, 2009 **Posts:** 4299

Mr Dave wrote:

Mmm, I'd say the difficulty is perhaps crafted with experienced players in mind.

I'm certainly of the thought that rattling souls 1 is the best starting point, but I'm not one to care much about frame rates.

That was my worry, thank you.

I'm not usually one for frame rates either, but it felt really jarring and made me a little queasy.

May try and get DaS cheap on PC, see if it's any better.

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Thu Apr 14, 2016 10:52

It might be worth seeing what other people think once they've played more of it. I suspect I rather screwed I up my character progression, which doesn't help matters, (and I haven't found any dark souls 2 like respec option) but the later game seems harder than any other souls game I've played. (although they usually had some patches which made it easier by the time I played. No randy dragon arses for me.)

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Apr 14, 2016 10:56

Start on Bloodbourne, maybe?

myp · **Posted:** Thu Apr 14, 2016 10:57

Grim... wrote:

Start on Bloodbourne, maybe?

Ugh

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Apr 14, 2016 10:59

Wuss.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Thu Apr 14, 2016 11:09

myp · **Posted:** Thu Apr 14, 2016 11:13

It just didn't click at all. DaS seems better so far.

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Thu Apr 14, 2016 11:32

Lonewolves wrote:

It just didn't click at all. DaS seems better so far.

It took a while to click for me. The dark Victorian gothic setting appealed much less than varied crumbling ruins.

Having said that, it was really only after the first non tutorial boss that Dark Souls clicked.

Meanwhile, on DS3, I keep going back to old areas and finding new stuff, which is good (exploration is awesomes) although I've not found anything yet that would've been massively useful at the time. (although when I finally found the way to use boss soils...)

Dr Lave · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5979

Bored at work? Well I'm back on, being shit.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14489

15 tips on DS3 - one of them is that the co-op stuff is much much easier to do - since there are a lot of us playing it right now if anyone wants to co-op it then it looks like its just a case of setting a password and then summoning

http://www.kotaku.co.uk/2016/04/13/a-da ... rk-souls-3

Dr Lave · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5979

Fucked that tree! Thanks to healing my tits! Damn doorbell stopped me basking in the glory.

Thanks to Grim and Mr Dave for the moral support there. Christ I'm shit. And to think I beat all of dark souls 1 and bloodborne without co-op....

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Thu Apr 14, 2016 18:22

Dr Lave wrote:

Fucked that tree! Thanks to healing my tits! Damn doorbell stopped me basking in the glory.

Thanks to Grim and Mr Dave for the moral support there. Christ I'm shit. And to think I beat all of dark souls 1 and bloodborne without co-op....

Shame you don't have the videos being automatically archived. Would be interested to see what I missed.

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The tree aint easy, hard to read with limited weak spots, and the weak point most vulnerable to damage (the hand) moves around so quickly that a slower weapon such as the halberd doesn't work so well. Probably the best way to do it is to bait the stand up attack and attack it before it recovers from that (about 3:35 in my video, although I get kicked in the face about the time that I notice it's a decent opening). Which I only realised on my last attempt. and then never used because I beat the damn thing. (this post

I did have a more upgraded weapon too, and more estus having completely ignored the tree boss due to shying away from the arrow area when I first got to it. He is, I believe, completely optional.

Get that whip upgraded, stat.

Pundabaya · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5016

I haven't even encountered the first 'proper' boss yet.

I did rescue thief bloke though! And beat a couple of knights! And got a better shield and stuff.

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Thu Apr 14, 2016 19:12

Oh, and a small thing about controls that could be useful to those who haven't found it:

Holding the down button on the dpad quick changes to the first item on your quick bar (Usually the estus) Similarly holding up takes you to your first spell, I think (I only have two slots so can't be sure).

Alas, the same doesn't apply to left and right.

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Apr 14, 2016 19:39

Whip! Whip! Whip! Whip!

Dr Lave · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5979

Mr Dave wrote:

Dr Lave wrote:

Fucked that tree! Thanks to healing my tits! Damn doorbell stopped me basking in the glory.

Thanks to Grim and Mr Dave for the moral support there. Christ I'm shit. And to think I beat all of dark souls 1 and bloodborne without co-op....

Shame you don't have the videos being automatically archived. Would be interested to see what I missed.

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The tree aint easy, hard to read with limited weak spots, and the weak point most vulnerable to damage (the hand) moves around so quickly that a slower weapon such as the halberd doesn't work so well. Probably the best way to do it is to bait the stand up attack and attack it before it recovers from that (about 3:35 in my video, although I get kicked in the face about the time that I notice it's a decent opening). Which I only realised on my last attempt. and then never used because I beat the damn thing. (this post

I did have a more upgraded weapon too, and more estus having completely ignored the tree boss due to shying away from the arrow area when I first got to it. He is, I believe, completely optional.

Get that whip upgraded, stat.

Fantastic advice. My level of thought was far more simple. Which is why I kept dying. I always over extend myself.

Dr Lave · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5979

Grim... wrote:

Whip! Whip! Whip! Whip!

Grim's whip play through will be my most watched show of 2016.

Pundabaya · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5016

I met naughty Dog Boy last night. I nearly beat him too. Nearly.

I also met Slashy McButthole off to the left of the Firelink Shrine. I beat him fair and square.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14489

Pundabaya wrote:

I also met Slashy McButthole off to the left of the Firelink Shrine. I beat him fair and square.

I cant beat him (yet) - at the very start I did not even go into the shrine but was looking around and ran into him instead - right now he's probably killed me as many times as the first boss

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Fri Apr 15, 2016 11:04

I fried his arse with fireballs. But only after I'd upgraded my fire glove a little.

Pundabaya · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5016

Dog Boy down!

Pundabaya · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5016

Treebastard down. Also met Onion Dude and killed a demon with him.

Pundabaya · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5016

Man.. Hit a bit of a wall in Cathedral of the Deep. Done the first bit back to the bonfire.

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Thu Apr 21, 2016 11:36

Pundabaya wrote:

Man.. Hit a bit of a wall in Cathedral of the Deep. Done the first bit back to the bonfire.

Is a bit of a hard area, but pales compared to later areas. I found a bow to be quite useful for the part I think you're on.

Pundabaya · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5016

The bit where you

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run past the giant, then there's the first Cathedral Knight with the big mace and Great shield, who's a bitch

I think I might just need to level grind a bit, and try to get a weapon above +3.

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Thu Apr 21, 2016 14:41

Pundabaya wrote:

The bit where you

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run past the giant, then there's the first Cathedral Knight with the big mace and Great shield, who's a bitch

I think I might just need to level grind a bit, and try to get a weapon above +3.

Ahh, that bit.

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I just converted all my estus you blue estus and then fried the giant with fireballs. Although I'd guess you can hide in the corners until he goes back to sleep. He's piss easy to beat when you reach his legs. Mace guy isn't too bad, although I think my halberd was +4. And you can probs by run past him Don't remember finding much large titanate before then.

Pundabaya · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5016

I have 1 from the crow and I know where I can get another... It involves a lot of arrows.

Pundabaya · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5016

Doh...

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re: the knight... I can beat him, it takes a fair amount of resources though.

Pundabaya · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5016

I went for a wander in a poison swamp, got a new sword and levelled it to +4. I also finally beat that Blue Lothric Knight in High Wall.

Pundabaya · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5016

cathedral done. Easiest boss so far.

Pundabaya · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5016

Has everyone else given up?

I've done 3 more bosses.

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Abyss Watchers, High Lord Wolnir and Pontiff Suy...Suh...Fuckhead with the lightsabers.

Abyss Watchers is the coolest so far, Wolnir was pretty memorable but I beat him first go. Darth Twatface is hard, couldn't get any hits in so I summoned one of the AI dudes (Londor Paleshade) who basically tanked him for me. I still think I've died most to the first boss. Which I put down to a combination of getting used to the combat again and having pretty shitty starting gear as a cleric.

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Tue Apr 26, 2016 12:36

For various reasons, I haven't played it for a week or two.

You have just about caught up to where I am.

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Wolnir is an absolute twat if you have low damage. He'll just push up against the wall and put down the instant death cloud before you can beat him. With high damage, he was nothing. Beating sarivaan solo is one if the reasons I haven't played recently. Needed a rest after that. (And more annoyingly, forgot to save the clip of it, along with the abyss watchers, which was another tough fight)

Dr Lave · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5979

Desperately want to play, but real world is in the way. And I need at least an hour with the game at a time. Roll on my next holiday!

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Wed Apr 27, 2016 2:33

Well, beat a boss. About a second later, the bosses delayed attack beat me.

On the plus side, it remained beaten. And after I died, I became alive again.
On the minus side, as a consequence of things being missed, I spent almost exactly an hour traipsing round the world trying to figure out where I needed to go next.

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After killing the boss, you get teleported. Presumably to where you need to go next. However, I died as soon as I appeared, not seeing where I was to allow me to return.

Pundabaya · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5016

Checked a guide

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assuming you've beaten Yhorm, Abyss Walkers, and Aldrich... Lothric High Wall, where you got the banner, at the other end of the plaza from where you fought Dog Boy Vorht.

Meanwhile... I reached

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Anor Londo! Didn't manage to get to the boss though. I also got... Um... Married...I guess?

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Wed Apr 27, 2016 13:32

Pundabaya wrote:

Checked a guide

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assuming you've beaten Yhorm, Abyss Walkers, and Aldrich... Lothric High Wall, where you got the banner, at the other end of the plaza from where you fought Dog Boy Vorht.

Meanwhile... I reached

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Anor Londo! Didn't manage to get to the boss though. I also got... Um... Married...I guess?

Yeah, I figured out where to go eventually. The summon signs were a big clue, along with the empty throne name.

And yeah, same happened to me where you are. Was a little surprising.

Pundabaya · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5016

3 more bosses down.

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Yhorm, Dancer, Oceiros. Dancer... fuck me thats an epic boss fight.

Oh hello, you seem familiar! Ouch, stop it, Stop it! Fuck you

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Gundyr!

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Thu May 05, 2016 0:52

I'm sort of sitting outside what I'm fairly sure is the final boss, not really trying overly hard to beat it. Because it'd be over then.

myp · **Posted:** Fri May 06, 2016 11:28

Anyone been invaded by the Fashion Police yet?

Grim... · **Posted:** Fri May 06, 2016 11:37

Excellent

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

Brilliant

Pundabaya · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5016

Reached the final Lord of Cinder... ouch.

Pundabaya · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5016

Arrgh.

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Wed May 11, 2016 1:05

Hard?

Pundabaya · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5016

Bounced off the chuckle brothers all night. Then ganked the fuckers with the help of a Sun Bro. Then encountered Mr final boss, had a few attempts, keep getting owned by his second phase.

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Wed May 11, 2016 6:15

First run, yah, brothers were tricky. Got up to them in my second run, and my roll timing for them went to shit.

Final boss is far from the hardest of the game, mind.

Pundabaya · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5016

The final boss seems easier than the brothers, tbh. I got the second form down to about a 5th of his health on my first go, got cocky and fucked up a dodge on his 5 hit combo. The one that juggles you so you have to eat the rest of the combo with no chance of escape.

I just found brothers annoying. I could do the big one easily except he keeps teleporting out of lock-on, and once the little one comes into play it feels too busy. The homing soul masses in particular suck, and if he uses that a lot you're in trouble.

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Wed May 11, 2016 10:30

Yeah, brothers is an interesting fight, but it's not a mechanic that I'd like to see overly regularly.

Final boss I find OK, so long as I can take out the start part without it getting all mage some.

Bosses of

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The graves and dragon peak

can suck a big fat one. Although I have yet to try with my Dex character to see if they're any easier.

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