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Postby Aidan » Thu Apr 11, 13 5:40 pm

James wrote:http://uk.ign.com/articles/2013/04/10/dark-souls-2-gameplay-reveal-coming

this game looks phenomenal


Read/watched this yesterday. Good stuff, I can't wait.
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Postby ynnaD » Sat Apr 13, 13 2:50 am

Now that its out on PSN, PS Plus users get it free

I'm all over it
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Postby Aidan » Sat Apr 13, 13 3:50 pm

ynnaD wrote:Now that its out on PSN, PS Plus users get it free

I'm all over it


That's actually an awesome deal lol.
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Postby James » Sat Apr 13, 13 3:53 pm

it's for Demon's Souls
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Postby Aidan » Sun Apr 14, 13 3:16 am

yeah but still, if you were just getting into the series, it's a pretty cool start..
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Postby Psychotic » Tue May 28, 13 1:14 pm

Finally got around to getting an actual controller for my copy of Dark Souls.

Got to say it's one of most frustrating but also the most rewarding experiences I've played in a long time. Has it's fair share of cheap deaths, of course, but none of this has stopped me from playing it.

Complacency is my biggest enemy.
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Postby Tantalus » Tue May 28, 13 1:41 pm

James wrote:it's for Demon's Souls


Isn't Demon's Souls considered harder?
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Postby James » Tue May 28, 13 2:40 pm

Only by clueless people. Demon's Souls does an extremely good way of cheesing people but that's where the only difficulty truly is. Enemy and trap placement looks awkward but due to limits such as pathfinding and AI there's no real trouble beyond your first experience. Dark Souls is consistently harder and less harder (ignoring initial lightning on release of DaS) to break with weapon upgrades.

edit: Demon's Souls does however excel better in areas like monster/boss art-style and some of the boss mechanics compared to Dark Souls, but anything from Prepare to Die Edition content outweigh the quality of both DeS and DaS.

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Postby Psychotic » Tue May 28, 13 3:31 pm

I almost hate how addictive this game is. It makes me frustrated like no tomorrow and you just can't help but want to keep playing. Aside from the few rage-quits (which happens if you're me) this game seriously brings out both the masochistic and the want to succeed in people.

I am looking forward to seeing how the second one holds up in comparison (particularly on PC, a platform they're developing the game for now).
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Postby James » Tue May 28, 13 3:35 pm

Miyasaki is a genius, escape for the rushed development of Lost Izalith. :(
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Postby Tantalus » Sat Jun 01, 13 7:24 pm

This game, this fucking game.

It has so much magic and mystery to it, and plays like a damn dream.

But it's also infuriating and challenging. AND I can't bitch at it, because it's always my fault dammit! So invested, but can't afford to be during exams.
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Postby Psychotic » Mon Jun 03, 13 7:55 am

James wrote:Miyasaki is a genius, escape for the rushed development of Lost Izalith. :(


I've heard of that horror but am not that far just yet. It didn't look particularly friendly pre-patch though, from what little I saw of it.
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Postby James » Thu Jul 18, 13 10:13 am

Right you fuckers.

I've seen you cunts buy all the DLCs for shit games and great games that are ruined by DLC http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrN1eGhh4-g

But none of you bought Dark Souls

WHY
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Postby Tantalus » Thu Jul 18, 13 7:23 pm

I DID! Genuinely in top 10.

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Postby James » Thu Jul 18, 13 11:00 pm

LOVED

REST OF YOU EXCEPT SOME

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Postby clyzm » Thu Jul 18, 13 11:08 pm

Shit's hard on the PC yo barely made it past the spider bitch
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Postby James » Fri Jul 19, 13 9:57 am

oh and guys you dont need a controller, keyboard and mouse is easier now.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/f ... 145325#196
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Postby Aidan » Sat Jul 20, 13 12:00 am

James wrote:oh and guys you dont need a controller, keyboard and mouse is easier now.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/f ... 145325#196


Awesome. Thanks man, this was the one thing stopping me from playing.
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Postby James » Sat Nov 30, 13 4:21 pm

Dark Souls 2 soon. :)
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Postby Tantalus » Sun Dec 01, 13 3:35 am

I AM EXCITE.
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Postby clyzm » Wed Mar 26, 14 9:40 am

ds2 great game just needs some dragon riding missions

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Postby James » Fri Apr 04, 14 12:24 pm

Only 21 days until mustards get it. :D

I've avoided a lot of news about Dark Souls 2, I'm really excited.
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Postby Psychotic » Fri Apr 04, 14 4:16 pm

I know a bit about the new mechanics but that's about it. I actually resigned myself from the Dark Souls subreddit that I'm fairly active on just to avoid the spoilers.

Ideally I'll be getting my new graphics card just before the 25th, too.
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Re: Souls series (Demon's Souls, Dark Souls 1, 2)

Postby -TheSpecialist- » Wed Apr 16, 14 12:03 am

You guys holding out for the PC version in the UK?

Currently on my 3rd play through on NG+ (PS3)

Invasions are getting pretty ridiculous in certain parts of the game...

All in all a more entertaining experience, and trust me you will die a lot!
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Re: Souls series (Demon's Souls, Dark Souls 1, 2)

Postby Psychotic » Wed Apr 16, 14 5:04 am

-TheSpecialist- wrote:All in all a more entertaining experience, and trust me you will die a lot!


It wouldn't be Dark Souls without infuriating deaths.

I've managed to convince around 3 of my mates to buy the game and I'm turning it into a bit of competition that I'll likely record (would love to stream it if my upload speed didn't suck).

4 people. Two have played and beaten Dark Souls and two have not.

I'm on the team who has played and finished the original at least once. Neither of us are "veterans" but the point is that we have a preconceived idea of how difficulty Dark Souls 2 should be and what to expect based on the first game, whereas the other two guys have only watched a few videos and have never really experienced it for themselves, leaving them susceptible to all the cock-eyed mistakes we all made when we first played.

It's a standard competition, as far as I'm concerned. Personally, I don't care for the competitive part as I just wanted to record four people raging on camera. The amusing part about the whole ordeal is that my mate and I aren't telling my other two mates how to summon or do co-op at all. We're trying to keep the experience as fresh as possible for them, which should hopefully instill as much hate as humanely possible between the teams.

Should be hilarious and cruel as fuck.
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Re: Souls series (Demon's Souls, Dark Souls 1, 2)

Postby James » Sat Apr 26, 14 2:03 pm

Durante has begun a new project:
http://blog.metaclassofnil.com/?p=481

GeDoSaTo is a project to expand upon graphical and performance settings for videogames that are limited.
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Re: Souls series (Demon's Souls, Dark Souls 1, 2)

Postby Psychotic » Sat Apr 26, 14 3:35 pm

Saw that. Doesn't work on Windows 8 yet.
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Re: Souls series (Demon's Souls, Dark Souls 1, 2)

Postby -TheSpecialist- » Thu Jun 12, 14 1:09 am

I would assume a few of you guys are following E3...

The spiritual successor to Demon Souls was announced, Bloodborne.

Plus a few other interesting showings.
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Re: Souls series (Demon's Souls, Dark Souls 1, 2)

Postby Psychotic » Thu Jun 12, 14 2:57 am

Bloodborne looks like a mix between Van Helsing-style assets and the Souls games. Wouldn't buy a PS4 just for that alone but it's tempting.
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