This is fun but I've literally got one boss to go and I need more eyestones.
Either I grind up 50000 souls to buy them one by one or I try to farm them in the horrible plague baby pit.
This is really fucking horrible guys I'm getting so bored.
>the run up to the last boss in DeS
>>334683693
RIP Biorr
>>334682927
>I need more eyestones.
What for?
Also there's like 30 in the rest of the game.
http://demonssouls.wikidot.com/stone-of-ephemeral-eyes
See if you missed one.
>>334683919
I've used like 20 and I can't find any more. I've only got five left thanks to that damn dragon.
Was DeS more balanced than the rest of the series?
>>334684329
Absolutely not.
>>334684158
If you're grinding, you may as well pump VIT, use the soul ring, and pop the eyes before allant, not before the dragon.
Also get a flame ring, the timing on avoiding the last stretch of the first flame deal is a bit fucked.
>>334684451
So, as we've seen from this whole series (& possible their other series), From simply can't into balancing right? On top of that they try to innovate (which is good) by fucking established mechanics up the ass.
>>334684607
Any of the Dark Souls, or even Bloodborne, is more balanced that Demon's Souls absolute shitshow.
On the other hand, I respect a game that's not terrified of you breaking it.
>>334684607
Let me give you two examples on how broken DeS online is.
1: Invaders could kill enemies of the host's world and the enemies would never agro against invader phantoms. So you can literally force yourself as a summon into a world if you want to.
2, There are 5 or 7 types of healing items and 3 MP restorers and healing spells that give you back 50% or 100% back of your life.
The healing items can be stacked in your quick inventory selection all at 99.
>>334684696
I wouldn't mind breaking single-player mechanics, Morrowind was one of my bread n butter. I wouldn't mind it in multiplayer games to a degree either, as long as it's entertaining. but this >>334684318 ? The whole "we fucked poise up since DaS 2" & "toothpicks stagger now" thing?
>>334684451
So I should just go grind souls on the storm king then and put points in vitality? Okay.
>>334684889
I don't want to be rude but I made this as a Demon's Souls thread because I'm playing the games in order. If you want to turn this into a Dark Souls discussion then I can just go I guess.
>>334684885
>1
you'd think they could patch that, unless there was some reasoning behind it.
>2
wew lad. did they at least not heal instantly like they do in 2/3?
>>334684997
The weakest healing item only gives back 10%
The second weakest gives back 20%
And so on.
But you could chomp 5 of the weakest down in 3 seconds.
>>334685068
Allow me to reiterate: wew lad.
So they made this mistake in DeS. Did something about it in DaS. Why'd they fuck it up all over again?
>>334684997
Demon's Souls never had a patch. Have no idea why.
>>334685132
They forgot?
It's been quite some years since DeS' release.
There would have been kids who were 11 in DeS' release that can post on 4chan now without a fear of a ban.
>>334684889
The webm you linked to is just the one player being shit and trying to swing instead of roll out the way
>>334685354
This is true but it doesn't change the fact that a rapier is staggering a thorn set in 1 hit.
>They forgot
How does a professional not note down things that are good vs things that are bad from their experiences?
>>334684976
Sorry bro, missed your post, but I never intended to post any spoilers or even start a DaS discussion. Just wondering what's the matter with From.
>>334685678
From was still a pretty unknown small company during the time of DeS. They had a small following only due to their Armored Core series of games. They only started getting huge popularity during DaS and DaS' success pushed them make DaS2, BB and DaS3. To them, DeS was likely irrelevant as fuck.
>>334686489
The game that they turned into DeS was an abandoned project and only picked up again because Miyazaki said he'd do it on a tiny budget. They probably wouldn't have even batted an eyelid if the game had failed.
>>334686684
Source on that first bit?
>>334686910
It was an interview with Miyazaki. Hold on, I'll see if I can find it
>>334682927
You don't need to grind for anything, get the Cling ring from 1-1 and just use that.
If all else fails you can try dupping them. I don't think that was patched out.
>Unlimited stones of ephemeral eyes trick.
In the shrine of storms, get kicked down by Patches the Hyena into the pit where Sage Urbain is held prisoner.
KILL Sage Urbain before killing the Black Phantom.
The Black Phantom will now respawn endlessly for free stones of ephemeral eyes.
Commit suicide by jumping off one of the nearby cliffs and run back to that room and kill the phantom indefinitely.
Remember to open the door though.
>>334688973
Cling Ring takes up a useful slot and it's only like 75% of your actual strength.
>>334691067
How do I dupe items?
>>334682927
isnt even any point to this, you die to often to bother returning to human form
just beat the game in dead form. I did.
>>334691067
Nothing in DeS was patched out.
>>334691756
http://demonssouls.wikidot.com/item-duplication-how-to-duplicate-how-to-dupe
>>334683693
why do people think false king allant is the final boss
is this a new meme
>>334692061
>real king allant
>not a story encounter
Giving him a healthbar doesn't make him a boss, you shit.
>>334692058
Well there's nobody else online, can I use that stockpile thomas one with eyestones?
>>334692226
Yes.
>>334692153
you could literally get to the old one by using any order
you can end with dragon god, storm king, astraea or old monk, you literally just need to kill one arch demon to unlock the fog door to 1-3
>>334692290
Okay. It's got a warning about save file corruption but I don't think that'd apply to this. Thanks.
I won't use it right away but if I can't beat the game with what I have now I might give it a whirl.
>>334692345
Did you do that? Does anyone do that?
>>33469249>>334692497
yes, i killed astraea last because i fucking hate poison swamp levels
tower of latria was amazing though, real disappointed none of the newer souls games had anything close to it
>>334692497
I can't imagine it is that rare. I remember killing Dragon God first and then Storm King last on my first playthrough
>>334692720
Bloodborne is literally "what if we turned the tower of latria into an entire game".
>>334692818
Weirdly, for a game so obsessed with blood, it's missing the bloodswamp.
>>334692848
It's got a blood river in the expansion.
>>334692818
i personally didn't feel much pressure from bloodborne as i did playing through latria, not saying it's bad, the atmosphere is just not as oppressive
>>334692889
That's more of an elongated blood puddle.
I really wanna go back and play it, but I don't own it anymore.
I used to be so shit at playing it, I don't even know how I beat it. Didn't understand fuck all about mechanics. I was fat rolling until the last few bosses since I was too dense to know that armor/weapons had weight. I think I was stuck at Flamelurker for over a week.
>>334693015
I think that's probably because of two things. Latria is pretty out-of-place, it catches you off guard because the description is kinda pleasant-sounding on the archstone and you're not really prepared for the nightmarishness of it. Meanwhile Bloodborne presents itself as gothic horror so you know what's coming. At least until the alien shit.
The other reason is that there's no fucking handrails on those narrow tower bridges, fuck.
>>334693015
Bloodborne isn't nearly as... vertical.
>>334693015
the croaking of old witches in Hemwick and that one place in Yahar'gul where they're enthralled by an Amygdala is more disturbing than anything in Latria
>>334693114
flamelurker is actually the biggest challenge in the entire game
not even joking.
>>334693284
Never had trouble with him.
But then I've always had a health bar half the size of the screen.
