Who is this asshole? and why doesn't the bonfire work anymore WTF?
www.google.com
>>335846430
WOW yeah Frampt so what? why doesn't the bonfire work anymore?
>>335846529
WOW
>>335846554
WEW
>frampt
>asshole
he gets a lil grumpy sometimes but he's cool
now that lautrec guy, fuck him
>>335846529
www.bing.com
>>335846637
bing.com? kill yourself tripfag
>>335846712
https://duckduckgo.com/
you have to kill the guy whos sitting near the bonfire and the cleric close to the elevator in order to make it work again
www.blackle.com
also
>halberd
yeah definitely first playthrough
>>335846430
Tripfag
Is this real thread?
Don't ask OP, go forward and see if you figure it out.
>tfw you kill all the firekeepers for free estus
>>335846430
>>335846637
>>335846801
Fuck off faggot.
this game man
>try fighting hydra for the first time
>charge it with muh zweihander
>drown
i need to git gud
>>335848214
ah, I see you're a man of high class
www.askjeeves.com
>>335846323
>DARKSOULS-2015-08-08
troll thread
>>335846323
The suspicious man in yellow shanked yo bitch. You gotta get revenge.
>>335846323
>play Dark Souls 1 for first time ever
>notice fire doesn't work anymore and firekeeper is dead
>call friend that gave me the game
>he starts laughing and hangs up
>couple minutes later he texts me this pic
Why is Dark Souls infinitely better than its sequels?
>tfw ruined my first playthrough of dark souls by following a guide for the entire good half of the game
>>335846529You fucked up freeing that dude mang
>>335849778
It was made as an improved Demon's Souls. The rest just try to ramp up the difficulty.
>>335849778
Because it was your first Souls game.
>>335846323
>DARKSOULS-2015-08-08-08-1(...).jpg
nice try
>play through DaS
>absolutely love it
>anxiously download DaS2
>try fighting against that slow as fuck big guy at the beginning
>die repeatadly because apparently your character is slow as fuck with rolling now
>notice my health bar is shrinking
>find out it shrinks every time you die
>against opponents with terribly programmed hitboxes, while your character is slow and clunky as fuck
>uninstall.exe
>request refund
i guess i am done with souls series for now
>>335849778
Instead of thinking about what made the previous game good they focused on making sure the player dies as much as possible. I'm 100% sure DaS wasn't supposed to get sequels so soon but they were forced to anyways.
>>335850473
3rd one is worth it. Team B is full of idiots, i'm glad team A returned from bloodborne to DaS 3
>>335850473
You might not know this but they released a new game recently called Dark Souls 3 surprisingly and it's good again.
>>335850473
Adaptability, son. Shit is vital.
Losing health with every death is bullshit tho. If you get punished for losing, you'll probably lose more often
Frampt is the spookiest thing in DaS. Worst than any skeleton dog or the hollow monstrosities in the abyss. He looks so fucking weird and he just pops up in your game at a place that's considered relatively safe.
>first ever playthrough
>find the first fire keeper soul
>description says "used to strengthen estus"
>use the soul
fuck me
>>335849559
Kek
>>335849559
Heh
What a dick.
>>335850623
It wasn't supposed to have a sequel. Miyazaki has stated himself that he doesn't like doing sequels and it shows. I dunno, Dark Souls has its flaws, but there is still something about it that the other games don't reach, it has so much heart in it I guess.
>>335850165
It was my first Souls game, but Bloodborne is my favorite. I'm talking about the Dark Souls series specifically, I played DeS after DaS and while I didn't think it was better I still think it's better than the sequels.
>>335849778
I feel like Dark Souls is the best in the series for everything but combat, which Dark Souls III wins in. Level design did go to shit towards the end though, something that didn't happen in 3. I think I prefer 3 overall, but the way the world progresses along with the player'should actions and just in general is better in both the first game and demons souls.
>>335851232
Yeah, playing the game for the first time without the wiki is really punishing.
In my first playthrough, after gargoyles, when that dude at Firelink Shrine told me to go down, I thought he meant the Catacombs as it was the obvious "down" location, so I actually cleared them all the way to Nito before even touching Lower Undead Burg or other locations.
It was painful, to say the least.
>>335850473
DaS3 > DaS = DeS > BB > > DaS2
>>335846637
literally only good for porn
>>335846323
Frampy is that guy and the bonfire went out cause you let lautrec out.
>>335849559
Keep that friend.
>>335851747
BB>DS3>DaS>DeS>DSII
>>335851571
Not the guy you're replying to, but I did the same. I went down the catacombs first and pinwheel was my first proper boss. I didn't notice the ladder in the boss room and homeward bone'd out. I didn't find those steps to the berg for ages, I feel like an idiot.
>>335851559
Dark Souls has better combat imo, Dark Souls 3 is too easy and I honestly think the lack of fat rolling is dumb. Being able to fast roll in full knight armor right out of the gate was a bit of a letdown for me as well as the fact that the knight's starting weapon was retardedly OP. Longsword can carry you through Dark Souls as well obviously, but it never gets to the point of being absurdly OP, also I feel like there is more viability in Dark Souls, many weapons are good and there are pros and cons to all of them whereas 3 from what I can tell so far has weapons that are objectively the best and all the rest are solely if you think they're cool. The lack of poise is ultimately the downfall of the sequels imo.
>>335851747
What didn't you like about Bloodborne? Please don't turn this into a consolewar shitfest anybody I'm honestly just curious.
>>335850197
No the picture is not from my game, i just googled for a screen shot for reference, but I do like the Halbred? Whats wrong with the Halbred?
>>335851963
I honestly don't know why Bloodborne is loved so much. I appreciate the uniqueness of the weapons, the cool level and enemy designs, and the boss fights, especially those with multiple stages. But overall I felt that the combat was far too easy. Getting health back with hits and having 20 quick to use healing items made the game too easy... not to mention it was super short, online was shitty and all the armor was lame as fuck. It was a good game, and I've yet to beat the DLC, but it doesn't hold a candle to the real souls games imo. It failed to replicate the magic of DaS and was one up'd in every way by DaS3. Each to their own, but I don't understand it.
>>335851968
It feels like DS is actually meant to be played with the wiki. It also nearly turns into a RPG that way, as otherwise it's a "go to random locations and kill some guys" game, as there is nearly no exposure of lore and story in the game outside of item descriptions. After returning to the game after few weeks break, I often found myself not remembering what is even going on, and why am I going to the next location.
>>335852485
>Getting health back with hits and having 20 quick to use healing items made the game too easy
That's exactly it. Let me preface by saying it's got nothing to do with casual vs hardcore. It has everything to do with keeping the player IN the game, and engaged in its fast combat. The combat of Souls/Bloodborne is not very complicated, but VERY satisfying. Bloodborne maximizes the time you get to be IN combat. Couple that with amazing art direction, atmosphere, etc. and people like it more than Souls.
>>335848071
There are so many things in this game that are impossible to figure out without help, which is what makes it great/completely frustrating all at the same time, like "hit wall with my sword to reveal secret spider sister room?" never would have thought to do that
>>335852485
Yeah the combat was easy, but it's easy in every game. Honestly, I died 20+ times using the NPC summon on Darkbeast Paarl.
Granted, I was underleveled, but I never had anything that rough in DaS or DaS3
>>335847289
It's not like it's one of the best weapons in the game or anything, and IS the best in terms of it's effectiveness vs. how easy it is to get.
>>335852838
And make sure you have the witches ring so you can understand her, yeah k... sorry i missed that
>>335852838
That's what the message system is for. And after awhile you can kinda intuit where they put the false walls just based on level design.
>>335852838
best spider grl
>>335852182
I see what you're saying about DaS and it's advantages over the third game, and I'm honestly on the fence. I don't feel too strongly about putting DaS3 over the first one, but right now having just beat it, I think in a lot of aspects it improves on the first one, if not entirely. I used the Claymore for the majority of my Dark Souls playthroughs and after finding it again in the third game, with it having a nearly identical move set, it just felt like I was playing a kickass expansion of the first game and that's honestly all I want from a sequel. It was fantastic, especially the boss fights, they certainly beat the ones in DaS.
>>335852485
The combat is easier in BB because it's much more fluid imo, when you get into it you are an unstoppable killing machine and even though the combat is easier I still managed to die more times in it than in Dark Souls 3. Granted 3 was using combat I had already familiarized myself with, but it also feels much easier than Dark Souls mainly due to the lack of poise and the shortswords being retardedly overpowered.
Like you said though to each their own, at least you're cool about it unlike the majority of /v/.
>>335853124
>spider girls where the vagina is the spider part
>>335853039
>That's what the message system is for
yes, except that online play is dead and there are no messages whatsoever
Man oh man, this takes me back. I remember on my first playthrough being pissed I couldn't use the bonfire at Firelink. Kinda makes me nostalgic. Thanks OP.
>>335851167
he's just a harmless big dumb serpent
he's cute
>>335853294
I DID get invaded the other night while fending off 4 rats in the depths, died nice and quick since the rats would stun lock me while the invader shoved a sword up my ass, guess i need to GIT GUD
>>335853380
Dude after an entire day of trying to find my way out of Blightown with both my Zweihander and Halbred almost completely broken i was heart broken to find out the bonfire wasn't lit at Firelink FUCK
>>335853242
See, I enjoyed the Claymore as well in Dark Souls and opted to use it in 3 around the time I got to Wolnir. Up until that point, however, I had been using the Lothric Knight Sword and the only difference I noticed was that Claymore was slower. Due to no poise, the Claymore wasn't giving me much of a benefit because I could just stunlockshit to death with my straight sword already so it was kind of a letdown for me even though it has its same awesome moveset. I dunno, it could've also been because I had my annoying friend watching me and being like "dude why u gimping yourself just use straightsword lol" the whole time. The bosses were great and while I do think the majority was tougher than in Dark Souls there was still something lacking, I think it was the presentation. Gaping Dragon for instance is easy as fuck, but his presentation and design is just so awesome that I love him anyway and I didn't feel that as much for any bosses in 3. The only one that really struck me was Lothric, which is now one of my favorite boss fights in the whole series and maybe my favorite "dual" bossfight solely because of the lore and that incredible cutscene.
I think part of it may be me having overhyped the game a bit as well since after playing The Old Hunters in December I was under the assumption that Dark Souls 3 would be on that level the whole time, which is ridiculous to assume considering TOH is one concise expnsion as opposed to Dark Souls 3 being a much bigger thing.
>defeat O&S
>see that Ornstein's armor is cool as fuck
>wonder if its available for the player
>yes, but only from the merchant that appears mid game at an empty secluded early game location that no player would ever visit again
Seriously? There is no excuse, it's just an extremly poor game desing. There is no way you could figure it out without checking out the Internet.
When I was playing Morrowind, during NPC dialogues, I often felt like I am reading wikipedia entries to get to know about the lore and what is going on. When playing Dark Souls, I actually have to read wikipedia entries to know what is going on.
Despite excellent gameplay, the game feels extremely poor in that department.
>>335854032
Souls stories are pretty damn straight forward though, outside of background fluff. "The fire is fading and it's making shit fucked, also there is this stuff called dark, and it also is making shit fucked."
>>335854032
you know he moves from there right? also dark souls entire selling point is rewarding players for exploring / backtracking
>>335854032
>i didnt read item descriptions: the post
>>335854032
Provided you spoke to him the first time, he's plainly visible on the bridge from Firelink
>>335854330
>also dark souls entire selling point is rewarding players for exploring / backtracking
rewarding for backtracking EVERY SINGLE LOCATION you have ever visited for no reason? for what purpose? nearly nothing changes
Also, how are you supposed to figure out DLC location? I looted the Broken Pendant, but nothing in its description indicated that I am supposed to go back to Hydra location to enter the portal. I only learned about this from some twitch speedrun after I beat the game, because I don't get how you are supposed to figure it out yourself ingame.
>>335854723
git gud
>>335854998
go back to your Dark Souls 3 thread
>>335854998
but the game is really easy compared to other RPG titles
it's simply really obscured behind lack of any kind of information
>>335854032
Are you serious? Getting boss armor is easy as fuck, did you even try to figure it out or did you just immediately go to the internet for it? Maybe if you had some patience and put some time into the game you would realize that a lot of things aren't as obscure as you're making them out to be, although I will agree that accessing the DLC is extremely vague.
>>335855787
>is easy as fuck
>it's somehow sold for no reason by a random merchant that appeared in one location at time, but moved to another location, completely secluded from everything else, without giving you any clue whatsoever
yeah, i wonder how didn't i figure it out myself
>>335856223
I hope it's not the Great Hollow, i don't ever want to go back to that fucking turd, one corpse left to loot, don't even give any fucks it can stay there
>>335846323
>MFW i love dark souls 1 so much
>MFW i never played it on more than 20 fps
>MFW after seeing this high quality pick made me want to play it even more
I hope one day i can get a better pc and play it how it was meant to be played.
>>335856223
>secluded from everything else
>right next to Firelink Shrine, one of the most prominent and revisited areas in the game
I don't know what to tell you man, I saw him under the bridge and went to say hey. I mean you can sit here and pretend that you absolutely have to look it up, but the truth is that you don't and a lot of people didn't have to when they played, they just figured it out on their own.
>>335856610
does the console version have the ridiculous DoF effect that makes everything further than 10 feet away a blurry mess? if not, then I can see how people could spot him
otherwise, nope
DaS1>Das2>DaS3
I'm sorry....
newfag to DaS
I'm doing a block-counterattack type gameplay, and I'm wondering if I should lose the habit ASAP and roll instead
>>335856512
OP here, My actual Screen Shot, I know my sword is broken
>>335857062
No need to apologize for being correct although DaS3 is better than 2.
>>335857201
Play how you want, getting the rolling down is a good way to go, but shields are there so you can use them.
>>335857201
blocking is fine for early game, but shields get more and more useless as the game goes on.
So unless you wanna be a greatshield crutch using casul then best get rollin
>>335857273
put powder on that shit what the fuck.
>>335857443
>Wiki said that shield will block Black Hydra head smash
>Bring up shield to block,
>Raped
Shields are a false sense of security
>>335849778
bloodborne and 3 surpass it though.
when I have kids, I'm going to tell them that Bloodborne is a standalone title, have them play it, then casually mention that another studio made this game called "dark souls" as a lower quality homage to it, and they'll believe me.
>>335857201
You can facetank the game with havels, just check which shield offers what defenses. No shame in doing it your first playthrough, I certainly did.
>>335857761
I'm heading straight to the blacksmith don't worry about it
>>335857796
Bloodborne is the best one yes. Dark Souls 3 is not better than 1 imo. I like your style though anon.
>kill 4 kings on first try
>ng+1 get one hit killed full health by other kings while trying to kill another one
can one of you anons get summoned by me to help kill this fucker? I'm level 58.
>>335858004
>58
Level up nigga, you should be at least 20 levels higher, maybe even 40
>>335858004
new game plus.... lvl 58.... somethig's fucky.
>>335853278
whats the alternative?
>>335858463
Top half spider, bottom half woman. You have to level up anon.
>>335852838
honestly I thought that room was pretty obvious, same with the bonfire in deeproot and the entrance to the great hollow
>>335858004
I usually finish NG at like 70 or 80
>>335849778
world was very cleverly designed and level were interresting. Also the difficulty wasnt a forced meme back then
>>335852182
>Dark Souls has better combat imo, Dark Souls 3 is too easy
lolwut. DaS 3 is way harder than 1. In 1 you could just backstab everything to obvlivion.
>>335858004
Level up and if you're still having trouble just slap on Havels and heal through their hits.
>>335852182
Level design
DaS: Everything till getting the lordvessel, plus Duke's Archives were fantastic. Everything else not so much. Areas were small but heavily interconnected with other areas
DaS3: Consistently good level design through all areas. Though doesn't necessarily reach the heights of some of DaS1's areas. It doesn't reach the lows either. Areas were huge and interconnected within themselves but not necessarily connected to eachother in various ways
Combat
DaS: Slower, but allows tanking to at least be viable. Non-boss enemies are trivialized by ease of backstabs.
DaS3: Combat is considerably faster and enemies tend to hit harder. But the downside to this is that tanking enemies often isn't viable due to some having insane combos.
Upgrades:
DaS: armor upgrading is useless, no infusion for melee builds.
DaS3: Armor upgrading removed because it was useless, mutiple forms of infusion for different builds. Luck can even be useful now with hollow infusion.
Enemies
DaS: enemies were cake once you knew how to actually play. The only mildly threatening enemies didn't respawn.
DaS3: fuckhard enemies goddamn everywhere later in game. Holy shit why the fuck do gargoyles respawn? The only ones that don't respawn are the raperider knights. Fucking giant enemy crabs
Bosses:
DaS: had all really good bosses outside of pinwheel, bed of chaos, and maybe Seath. Could be relentless but always had decent openings for healing
DaS3: had all really good bosses outside of Wolnir, and Yhorm depending on whether or not sieg died to yhorm. Greatwood was also kinda dumb. Some bosses are TOO aggressive and don't give you any opportunity to heal.
Story:
Obviously DaS1 has the better story.
Bonfires:
DaS: Bonfired space decently apart
DaS3: Good placement for the most part but some were just too close together.
Music:
DaS: Pretty Good
DaS3: kind of bland
Bloodborne: Obviously best in the series.
