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Ha hahaha ha
I really need to replay Demon's souls...but mah backlog is too big to be replaying games.
I thought this guy would fuck me up, but I wreck his ass by throwing spells at him and hiding in the upper part of the level
I felt bad for winning in such a pussy way
>>342576039
Learning how to cheese is part of the Souls gameplay,
BADUM DUM DUM DUM
DOOOOOOT
DOOOOOOOOOT
DOOOOOOT
DOOOOOOOOOT
>>342576039
forgot to add, this was on my first try
3>1>4>2>5
Astrea was a top tier boss tho.
>>342576039
this is the spirit of Souls
it's full of impressive and badass looking enemies that you defeat in the goofiest looking ways possible
dun DUN DUN
dun DUN DUN
dun DUN DUN
>>342576114
Phalanx and tower knight were great. The boleteria bosses was my favorite.
>first playthrough is a shield and spear run cause one of the first few games to allow this kind of combat
>meet these two bosses
They were my vergil fights
The Adjudicator had the best theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIAQY2xwXPc
>>342576627
>not maiden Astraea's theme
I guess I'm alone in loving that theme
>>342575461
It's
>Ho hohoho ho
>>342577204
>IMBLYING
literally one of the best themes in the game, how dare you imply you are the only one to like it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9piElENpvmM
It really captures the futility of their situation. Surrounded by death and destruction, they struggle on, only to lose everything they had worked for. You can just see Astraea's eyes filling with tears as Vinland crumples to the ground, blood pouring out of his armor
Demon's Souls had one of the best OSTs in gaming
Prove me wrong
>>342576627
All the themes are great! I still listen to them all on a semi-regular basis.
Demon's Souls still has a certain something the other Souls games don't, I'm not gonna say it's the best in the series but it still feels the most fresh to me (partly because the Dark series has been run into the fucking ground at this point) but I just love the slightly more grounded Medieval atmosphere so much, Dark Souls always felt a bit too high fantasy with it's everlasting dragons and sun deities and all of that.
>>342575461
I wanna play demon souls but fuck getting a ps3 again, sony sent me a fucking vietnamese one that broke in a week after i sent it for a repair thing.
Is that ps3 emulator going good? i heard they've got sonic unleashed broadly playable
>>342577630
I'm with you. It was also somehow less >edgy. But there was a pretty rich lore behind the scenes when it came to the game. Each level felt truly unique and different, the atmosphere in the game was just top notch
GIVE ME HIS ARMOR ALREADY FROM
>>342577841
>You will NEVER EVER be able to play as the Penetrator
>>342578046
3's dlc is my last chance
ITT: We discuss why Demon's Souls is better than Dark Souls
I still don't know why this game puts you 10 minutes behind if you die to a boss.
I get so close to beating him, and then I die from a mistake or shockwaves and have to go all the way back to the first boss's area and from there go all the way back to the boss to get another attempt.
Running past shit kinda works, but when you finally get to the fog you just have to pray the tower knight isn't going to spear you so you can run past the stairs and get everything back to attempt to fight him.Any tips? Hit the legs, wait for him to fall, and hit his head is pretty much what I've been doing.
>>342578169
>>342577630 hit it on the head for me here.
>>342578169
It doesn't turn to shit halfway through, also the Maiden in Black
>>342576114
I can hear it.
>>342577495
>>342577204
You abandoned us long ago. What right do you have?
>>342578365
That's the legit way to do it in melee, He's on par with Yhorm the way he telegraphs like mad.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JA9c01YsEFM
>we'll never get to explore the 6th archstone
;_;
WE COULD HAVE HAD SNAKE MEN
>>342578997
I saw that a few weeks ago...I hope next summer we get that new IP game.
>>342578997
DELET THIS
>>342578365
If you run straight to the stairs 99% of the time you are going to make it. And for the boss itself, get the enchant weapon spell, never lock on, stay ALWAYS behind it's feet and only get really close to it when striking, and be patient. One or two strikes at a time are fine. Rolling backwards after a strike is fine but if in this fight you need to roll a lot, you are doing it wrong.
OWL MAGES
>>342579082
Uh, Dark Souls ring a bell?
>>342579082
hey i recognize that model viewer
its from the dark souls debug files
CROCODILES
>>342578997
Looks like they used the map resources for the Ivory King DLC.
Dark Souls, Demon Souls and Bloodborne where all god tier
Dark Souls 2 and 3 was not.
I can't believe the "Dark" part of Souls was the one who shined. Fucking hell. Miyazaki wanted an anthology series for christ sake.
>>342575461
such a fun fight
>>342579239
anon did you want the files to load the model viewer and such?
i have them saved if you have a modded 360 and a copy of dark souls
>>342575834
All I ever do is replay games these days
>>342577841
>DaS3 dlc
>the perforate-er
>>342578681
but dodging is much slower and harder in demons souls
>first playthrough
>cheese him with arrows like a goddamn vagina
>second playthrough
>fought him like a goddamn man
>third playthrough
>ruined his day with the crescent falchion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnEzkbdTa0I
>that choir
>that duck helmet
>those japanese horns
nothing gets me more pumped, darksouls was a mistake
>>342579159
great idea looks poorly executed
>>342579273
Agreed anon, Demon's, Dark, and Bloodborne will always be the true Souls trilogy in my heart
>>342575461
AESTHETIC RANKINGS (numbered sequels not apply)
DEMON SOULS > BLOODBORNE > DARK SOULS
>>342579639
Fucking man speaks truth!
>>342579559
w-what is that image supposed to imply?
I feel like Tower Knight is the shining example of one of the most important lessons on Souls bosses: do not be afraid of the boss.
My first time fighting him I spent half the battle cowering in a safe zone, or running out to stab him once and then running back in. The fight dragged on and I made a lot of stupid mistakes and spent nearly my entire store of grass.
What you really gotta do is hound his ankles like a chihuahua with rabies and he'll go down no problem.
That first encounter will always have a special place in my heart.
>get to NG+ back around release
>managed to blunder my way into getting DBS and grinded the colourless souls to get it to +5 because I was stuck in pure black for the longest time
>go to fight Tower Knight
>his ankles rupture in two hits
>falls over
>smack his head with 2hR2
>1600+ damage
>his entire health bar gets nuked with that one attack
>>342579535
UMBASA, MOTHERFUCKERDid you know that end bit where the dragon roars was originally a few seconds longer? https://youtu.be/ACHrnAQaRq0?t=2m39s
I have no idea why they cut those last few seconds off, maybe because it implied bad things for Knightbro
>>342575461
STOP LAUGHING YOU SCRUB
>played DeS after DaS
>mfw almost beat Vanguard on first try but got fucking smashed
>>342579575
Weebs ruin everything.
>>342578997
Huh, looks like Eleum Loyce
>>342578169
Autism incoming.
Level design remains consistently high quality throughout the game, and some places like Latria or the Valley have yet to be surpassed in the subsequent games in my mind.
No arbitrary limits placed on the player (like the number of Estus flasks you can carry or the number of times you can cast a spell). Whatever limits are there are determined by your stats, which you're free to upgrade or not at your own pace, allowing for deeper and less restrictive character building.
No poise means that fights are entirely about skill. It's all about who can land the first hit instead of stacking up poise and fishing for backstabs. Despite this, heavy weapons are still viable because of their good frame data and hitboxes. Every build feels powerful and fun to use.
More fairly telegraphed traps. Not that Dark Souls was bad about this really, but Demon's just does it better. You're much more likely to see something coming your first time through and avoid it in DeS compared to DaS where there's at least a couple points where a new player is almost guaranteed to die their first time through.
I think DeS just unquestionably nails the story elements better than DaS did. One thing I really like is that you're given a very clear motivation at the start of the game to come to Boletaria and fight the demons (and it's up to you to decide whether you're driven by greed, heroism, etc.). From the very start of the game, you know exactly what your goal is and how you're going to achieve it, compared to DaS where you're told to go ring a bell because "something happens" if you do. You have a vague objective and no real motive.
Also, having a church that worships a single God (that different characters in-game believe differently about) is more relatable to our real world than DaS having a pantheon of smaller gods who are all mundane physical beings who you can just go kill. It also makes the "God" a lot more mysterious and adds more intrigue to the world.
>>342580597
Very nice.
What did you think of Bloodborne?
>get several chances to play as the Old Monk Boss
>every time, I got raped by a fag and his two groupies
>Finally meet a guy who didn't have companions
>we fight
>he heals so I heal
>twenty minutes in he just stops moving
>he removes his weapons and starts punching me
>do the same, except I'm about to kill him now
>he pauses and I wait
>puts his stuff back on
>Oh shit
>desperately trying to put on my shit before he kills me
>start fighting again
>mentally waver and I got stunned and killed
>the entire fight was at least 40 minutes long and used up so much full moon grass
I remember the first time I saw the Tower Knight. It was amazing.
I will now write about my experience with Souls games. This is autism.
>Demon's Souls
First Souls I played. I love it from start to finish. I think I like Demon's Souls the most because it was the first Souls I played and every surprise or trap set by From felt like nothing I had played before. Also, best waifu.
>Dark Souls
At first the I didn't like the interconnected world because I felt it was a drag to back track most of the time, this turned me off for a while off the game. But when I gave it a second chance I began to appreciate the level design of this interconnected world. That was until you clear Anor Londo, from there the game really felt like it already showed me all the things that could make me go "oh, wow!" and just threw some enemies and Bosses at me. Lost Izalith is plain and the Kiln of the First Flame didn't felt like the final stage housing the final Boss.
>Dark Souls 2
I really can't say anything that hasn't already been said. Even with all of its faults, I had a lot of fun with Dark Souls 2 (and SotFS) and it's probably the one I played the most. The only thing that I truly dislike, specially when transitioning from one Souls to another, is it's fucking movement. The animations feel simply weird, I do like that they are a little bit more grounded than the ones from the first DaS (for example, you can't do a 180 degree change in direction with a consecutive attack). That said this is the only Souls in which I can say without a doubt that some enemies/bosses/areas are outright complete bullshit considering them being a conscious decision from the devs. Also, fucking Soul Memory.
>Bloodborne
Tons of fun. Greatly appreciated chance of pace and setting. Miyazaki tried to make changes to the multiplayer and the only good thing out of it was the password matchmaking. I completely skipped Chalice Dungeons, I found them really boring.
>Dark Souls 3
I ran out of characters.
>>342580747
>get summoned for Old Monk
Time to whip out my scraping spear.
>>342580597
Good post. I do feel Tower of Latria was one of the most well designed levels of just about any game I've played. Demon's Souls wasn't really a horror game, but that level FELT like a horror game, with the traps, dangerous enemies and creepy tones. Loved it.
As someone else pointed out earlier, I liked that when you played Demon's Souls, it had a lower fantasy feel, more medieval, between the combat, design and even the enemies. You really felt like a random knight that traveled to Boletaria and just happened to become the most powerful demon of them all, vs being "Chosen" in the other souls games.
>>342575461
>Scraping Spear
No other Souls game compares
>>342580594
Its likely they reused the skeleton so it wasnt a huge waste
>>342580597
No weapon in the Souls series has ever approached the perfection of the DeS Estoc.
>Dat solid R1, roll R1, poke R1
>Dat solid combos you can add to each of them
>Dat way stronger combos you can pull off with the dash R1 and R2, which are balanced by being far order to pull off
>Dat choice between going offhand shield for pokes or kat for extra combo hits and range
>Unarguably top-tier, but not brokingly so, and takes skill to use properly
Literally perfection. In comparison, the Dark Souls 3 estoc was designed by and for retards.
>>342579273
thanks fuck they won't make more games
>>342578997
the souls series will never be good again
>>342580597
I don't know if this is accurate, but Demon's Souls has always felt kind of arcadey to me in the simplicity of the mechanics and the way that levels are structured, the way you can play them in whatever order you feel like, items have very intentional placement which gives you an incentive to go to that world first depending on your character, like if you were a magician you'd want to go to the Shrine of Storms as soon as possible to get the Crecent Falchion.
I think that's why I revisit it as often as I do, certainly more than the other games, it's just such a fun game to come back to, and with World Tendecy events in mind as well one playthrough can end up playing out very differently from the other.
>Demons Souls is now old enough for legitimate nostalgia-fags to appear
Jesus Christ.
I miss the community the most,and it saddens me to see the current state of it.
Continuing from >>342580597, I've also got a little to add about the Nexus.
The Nexus is really well designed. You have to go back there to get from any level to any other, so they made sure to get as much value out of it as possible. You use the Nexus for vendors, to learn and attune spells, to store excess items, to level up, to see leader boards, and to repair your gear. In DaS most of those functions are available at a bonfire or through another menu, but in DeS you have to interact with NPCs who you're always visiting in the Nexus to do any of that, which makes it feel more like a real home, or at least a place where you can enjoy a moment of peace between battles. Bonfires are more efficient, but the Nexus does a much better job really engrossing you.
I also think that's why people generally like the Nexus more than other hubs in the series. Being forced to go back to Majula or whatever to level up is a little annoying because it interrupts whatever you were in the middle of doing. You don't usually have any reason to go there except to level up and if not for that you could continue the gameplay uninterrupted but in DeS you have to go back to the Nexus anyways just to reach the next stage so you might as well level up, drop off your items, repair your gear, etc., while you're there. That doesn't really have anything to do with DaS1, since the designers were smart in that game and let you level up at a bonfire, but I thought it was worth mentioning.
>>342578997
Did they say why the 6th archstone was destroyed in the story?
>>342581423
>2009 was 7 years ago
Demon's Souls remaster + 6th Archstone for PS4 when?
>>342581423
I don't think it's about the amount of time, which is 6 years, but the number of sucessors that are supposed to build up on Demon's Souls. One would think that after 4 times of making the same game, each subsequent entry would be better than the last.
>>342581018
yeah but eleum loyce doesn't have giant furry enemies
Everytime I see someone use Gotthards in DS3 I get reminded of pic related.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WABVWx4KJcg
>>342581631
Don't forget the theme
Nexus had the best hub theme
>>342581631
I really liked Firelink Shrine in Das1 and just how hard it goes to shit as the game goes on
They really dropped the ball with Majula and Firelink 2.0
>>342578169
>>342580597
This
Plus, I feel the bosses in DeS are better designed and bosses are a core element of the game. In Dark Souls, most bosses are beaten by getting behind them whereas most bosses in DeS presented a challenge you hadn't faced before and required a tactical evaluation to beat.
Phalanx, for example, is a great first boss because it teaches you about positioning and exploiting weaknesses (fire in this case).
>>342581371
That's another thing I really like about DeS compared to other games in the series; the smart item placement and open-ended progression means that you can start a new game and immediately begin working on whatever build you want to do. There's a Str weapon in 2-1, a poison weapon in 3-1, a magic weapon in 4-1, and a faith weapon in 5-1, and they all come pre-upgraded to +1. Oddly, there's no early Dex weapon to grab, but you get an Uchi in 4-1 and the Hiltless in 4-2, so that kind of makes up for it.
>>342580689
I really liked Bloodborne. I'd consider it my second favorite game in the series, just behind DeS. The Victorian/Lovecraft setting felt really fresh and the faster-paced, poiseless gameplay was very welcome after playing DaS1 and 2. The story, aesthetics, and soundtrack were top-notch, and it has multiple 10/10 boss fights like Gerhman and the Orphan. My only criticisms would be that some of the bosses I think might have gone a little overboard in the difficulty (I'm not a fan of large, shambling monstrosities with erratic movements and thousands of dangling bits that obscure the player's view of the action) while others like Maria could have done with being a bit harder, and chalice dungeons could have been done way better (or not existed at all and expand the main game).
>>342581884
This so fucking much.
I hate it so goddamn much when someone calls DeS bosses "gimmicks"
Yeah well fuck you mr. Professional game designer
>>342578997
Why the fuck is cut content so spooky?
>>342582017
Even the 'gimmick' bosses feel more memorable than most of the shit in Dark Souls, not because of how many times you died to them or some bullshit like that but because of the pure spectacle of them.
>>342582181
Storm King was a brilliant thematic boss. One of the first and most memorable experiences you have in the Shrine of Storms is finding the manta enemies and thinking "what the fuck is up with the flying spike-throwing manta rays?" And then the final boss is the big daddy of all those mantas and the reason why they were there in the first place. It all comes full circle. It's like poetry.
>>342582170
Fear of the unknown~
I'm listening tomosaic.wavwhile watching it, so I'm not feeling it.
>>342581884
Phalanx taught me nothing, it you two hand a sword and mash R1 he will die before you.
Remember when demon's souls wasn't marketed as a hard game and therefore didn't feel the need to try hard to make interesting yet challenging bosses?
>Storm King
>Maiden Astraea
>Adjudicator
Literally more memorable than any DSIII boss
>>342582639
Well, you learned to 2-hand, didn't you?
>>342582675
the whole get gud thing killed souls and we are to blame
a pity
>>342582675
>didn't feel the need to try hard to make interesting yet challenging bosses?
This. This is why I get so frustrated when people say "x boss is bad because it wasn't hard enough."
NIGGA THAT WAS NEVER THE POINT. It's because of fags like this that we got BB's chalice dungeons with boss health bars the size of the entire known universe. Fuck that.
>>342582686
I learned that when I first played the game and pressed each button to see what they did. I only used shields on my second playthrough.
>>342582675
The designs were so much more unique as well, they look like something out of some twisted fairytail. If you ask me they tried too hard to make the bosses grotesque and scary looking in the later games, when what we really need is more bosses like the Adjudicator!
>>342580597
Agreed with everything this man said. I also loved the foggy/gloomy look of the Demon's Souls world.
>>342582898
>Demons Souls has a grey, foggy, desaturated look to it
>All later games are dark and high-contrast
What was up with that?
remaster with bb engine/6 archstone when
>>342583051
Well, Boletaria is literally shrouded in a deep colorless fog, remember?
>>342583051
I remember back before DaS came out, the pr guys talked a lot about the contrast between light and dark, how the dark gloomy areas will depress you but then you step outside and the sunlight motivates you to keep going. But then in the final game almost everything is outside in the sun or at least in a well-lit area. Undead Burg and Parish, half of the catacombs, Valley of Drakes, Sen's Fortress, Anor Londo (when you first get there, at least), the archives and the Crystal Caves, all bright, sunny places. Even the swamp was fairly well-lit, especially compared to the one in DeS.
It just stuck out to me that the game with "Dark" in its title was way brighter than its predecessor.
>>342582869
>>342582675
>You will never play as a Fat Official, the Adjudicator, or anyone as fat as either of them, with their animations and shit
I'm a skinny mother fucker, why does the Fat Official make me want to play a fat fuck with a shit eating grin while slapping my belly laughing at people?
>>342576039
The game is really easy once you know what to do no matter what.
doot
doot
doot
doot
doot
doot
>>342576039
I didn't know there was an upper level. I killed him while dodging crossbow bolts from all the people on the upper layers.
That's the difference between a Demon's Souls boss and a Dark Souls boss; if the Tower Knight was in Dark Souls, you wouldn't be able to reach the archers.
>>342575461
> Boss theme literally laughs at you.
>>342583806
What boss has unreachable archers? None I've fought.
>>342583878
meant for >>342583795
>>342583782
A chorus of farts, fitting for such a disgusting creature
>>342583795
If it was in Dark Souls 2, the archers would all be on the ground level and rush you alongside the boss.
And if it was Dark Souls 3, a cutscene would play once you got his health to zero and he'd have a second form.
>>342583782
The fuck is that?
I am the only person on this planet who likes the Demon's Souls OST.
ask me anything.
>>342578169
The game is better designed overall.
Faster gameplay, level design that actually had work put into it, and the flow of the game works better than that weird metroidvania-esque shit that Dark Souls tried to do. Most important of all, it doesn't become irritating to play halfway through.
Dark Souls 3 remedied the level design issue by focusing on a more linear, but clearer design rather than trying to mesh the world into this weird open world thing that just becomes a clusterfuck after a certain point in the game.
>>342584060
second boss of 5-2?
>>342584062
I like some of the tracks but not all of them feel that great or memorable.
>>342584179
Really? I completely forgot what it looks like, probably because it looks like shit
>>342583782
Deserved to be a better boss. Higher physical defenses, flies doing like twice the damage and forcing you to find some way to fix them (rolling into fire), and a more varied moveset would had been appreciated.
>>342583878
Dark Souls isn't about cheesing bosses. Dark Souls is more about technique over tactics. Let's compare the Flamelurker to the Capra Demon. Flamefucker; Fast, explosions, damage is significantly firebased. You know what would really rustle his jimmies? Water Veil, Ring of Flame Protection, and fire-resistant clothes. The beauty of this is, it's completely foreshadowed. You're in the fiery depths of the fire level where the floor was lava moments before. You better have come prepared to defend against fire. Now, the Capra Demon is a whole different story. What do you got to do? Avoid getting stunlocked, kill the dogs first, then beat the Capra Demon. Throwing on poise will help, maybe, if you can handle the fatroll or midroll with it, but generally the only foreshadowing of the Capra Demon you get are the dogs before him and a line from a merchant you may or may not have actually talked to.
Demon's Souls is Megaman: Flamefucker is Fireman, so you get some bubbles to best deal with this shit. Dark Souls is Castlevania, which is less focused on direct countering and more skill.
>>342584240
It's the least memorable and also imo the easiest boss in the game. It's basically a giant pile of garbage that just stands there and lets you pound on it.
>>342584240
>probably because it looks like shit
Probably because it is way too easy.
The area before that can be an absolute nightmare but I think most people beat the boss first time. So it has no chance to leave a big impression
And one of the most memorable moments comes right after.
Best character creation music coming through
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7Xv0mJkHpw
>>342584036
And if it was Bloodborne, there would be a chalice dungeon version set in a tiny room where it's impossible to dodge his strike and he would have a bigger health bar than the final boss.
>>342584376
>The area before that can be an absolute nightmare
this
5-2 is where my playthrough fucking ended
>>342584062
I can't remember a single track from any of the Souls games. Except for Hypogean Gaol from BB, if that counts.
>>342584376
I mean, the same can be said for pinwheel, but everyone remembers it. I think if it looked good, it'd be much, much more memorable, even if it's piss easy.
How come Demon's Souls had boss themes that were quite varied and seemed to match their bosses well while Dark Souls 1/2/3 all had epic gregorian chanting with overly busy orchestral blaring in the background?
>>342584485
Pinwheel isn't surrounded by memorable stuff.
>>342584510
Dark Souls 2 was the biggest offender, 1 was somewhat better than that and 3 had plenty of interesting themes
>>342584510
Because Sakuraba sucks. The only memorable things from DaS1 were Ornstein and Smough and Gwyn.
Dark Souls 2 and 3 did a lot better in my opinion. Bloodborne overall had the best music though.
>>342584540
I disagree, both the catacombs and the tomb of the giants are very memorable areas.
>>342584485
I think it's more that Dirty Colossus is sandwiched between areas that are way more memorable than it. The fact that it's so easy means you won't spend much time on it, so you move from the misery of 5-2 straight to the heartbreak of 5-3 and the Dirty Colossus just gets kinda lost in the middle. If the fight was hard enough that you had to spend several tries on it, you'd probably remember it more, but as it is you just don't spend enough time there to make it stick out compared to what's immediately surrounding it.
The fact that it's literally a giant pile of garbage probably doesn't help though.
>>342584603
But not the hardest area before and the most atmospheric boss right after?
>>342582869
Can somone tell me the backstory on the Adjudicator? I really want to know what the fuck he was? The bird? The fat body??
>>342584651
>>342584637
Yeah I get it, I understand your point now
>>342576627
It's just not the same without that fucking bird bacawking.
>>342584436
strongest boss of the entire series bar defiled hotdog
>>342580597
I disagree with almost everything you said, but I commend you for at least making an argument and explaining your stance.
>>342584062
i listen to it everyday nigga
>>342579239
I'm surprised, it's actually just a crocodile.
>>342584736
I had issues with that girl with the shield piercing daggar.
>wasnt affected by the water
>Could heal
>attacks fast
I was on Ng+4 getting trophies though
I wanna play Demon's Souls so bad but i dont have a PS3, hold me.Is the multiplayer any active nowdays? last time i checked i saw that they shut down the servers and a while later got them back up, are they still up?
>>342584601
Sakuraba work can be good,he just isn't fit for something like das
listen to his Star ocean/Valkyrie profile stuff
>>342584062
No you aren't silly, I've been listening to it on repeat for the past hour. It's funny though, you either hear people praising it or saying it sounds like something coming out of a Casio keyboard. I'm somewhere in between, those trumpets give the game a quirky yet also kind of unsettling, otherworldly feel. The use of horns and drums really nails that medieval aesthetic, it's a shame they drifted away from that but at the same time I like that it's something that's unique to Demon's Souls.
>>342584840
MP is active.
lol its funny because I want to play Bloodborne but I dont have a PS4
>>342584693
The bird
he judged souls to see if they were worthy of going to the place old hero is or something like that
>>342584921
>tfw no PC port for both games
>>342584840
Needs to be updated for Dark Swords 3
>>342584945
The souls of the worthy were fed to the Storm King. Those pillars at the end of the Shrine of Storms are graves. The unworthy were eaten by the fat monster.
>>342585019
When i posted it in some Souls thread an anon did revamed the DS3 guy but i forgot to save it.
>>342585016
pc players don't deserve them
>>342585059
How did half his cleaver end up inside him?
why did the later games never have a worthy replacement for the Meat Cleaver?
>>342584840
That image has me laughing on the outside and dying on the inside.
>>342585171
it was 2gud anon
same why DBS never came back,or SS
>>342585016
Hopefully it will be playable on RPCSX3, but it's unlikely to happen any time soon.
>>342584510
>>342584562
>>342584601
Are all the shitposters at school or something?
Normally whenever I say that DeS has the best boss themes for these reasons, thematically representative of their bosses and varied, I get several replies with embeds of the Nameless King's theme to self-evidently illustrate how wrong I am.
Dirty Colossus is my favourite theme in the series. It's mechanically very simple, but it represents the colossus perfectly.
>>342585127
B-but i wanna play DeS Anon...
>>342585171
The Butcher's Knife in DS2 is somewhat similar and actually a pretty good weapon.
>>342585171
I always wanted to make a build around the Dozer Axe. Anyone have any ideas of how it should be set out?
>>342585303
Dozer Axe is shit. The regular Great Axe is better
>>342585171
>S scaling in 2 stats with A scaling in another
das2 had 5 actually good pieces of music
2 being DLC
>>342585140
If the Adjudicator was human sized and the room you fight him in was scaled down to match his size, you'd fight him in an elevator. In this elevator, he takes up 90% of the registered weight limit, and he uses this fucking thing >>342585171
Fucker barely fits in the room himself, let alone with that thing.
>>342584601
>Bloodborne overall had the best music though.
I'm inclined to agree
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA614N3IHD4
>mfw 1:44
>>342581803
Gotthard twinswords have what may be the most ridiculous phantom range in the game.
>>342583625
You might have a weight gain fetish.
>>342580385
You have been officially been awarded the title of /v/'s biggest crybaby of 2016
>>342585634
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIfbOTXioZk
this thread is really comfy and fun
v is awesome sometimes
>>342584294
>not cheesing the capra demon
we are talking about dark souls right?
Man I played through DeS way back in the day hearing that world 5 was going to fuck my shit up, but I didn't know the details
And by the time I got there I was using an HP per second ring, healing shield, and blessed axe so my base regen negated the poison damage from the swamp and I breezed through the area
>>342584601
Holy shit are you for real ?
Every fucking boss theme in DaS are amazing, unique and convey the setting or background of the boss perfectly. It is also fully orchestrated.
In DaS 3 the two boss musics that stood up were irythil, nameless king and the lord of cinder, mainly because it was gwyn's theme 2.0
DaS 2 music was even more generic, but DaS2 sucks in every aspect.
>Don't give up, knight!
>>342585634
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikWGbtXIBr4
>>342585059
he looks kinda cute.
Now there are words I never expected to write
>>342576114
>cutscene where the gate opens and a spear flies out
>go back to the gate and realize that spear was 25 fucking feet long
>>342585925
>what is lothric gaybois/yhorm/dancer/armour/deacons/main menu
anon p l s
only das2 has bad music
>>342584758
Oh hey look, a DaS fan who ISN'T disrespectful!
DaS threads would be so much more enjoyable if more people were like you, friend!
>>342586116
>Phalanx doesn't attack because he threw away his one spear in that cutscene
>>342586387
Not that anon but I could insult you a little so this feels more like a proper souls thread.
>>342585925
Not him, but I too can only remember Gwyn and O+S.
The problem is that it's fully orchestrated, it causes everything to sound similar. In Dark Souls, whether a boss is man, beast, or god, before the fight begins he walks up to the same orchestra and starts handing out the sheets with his music score.
In DeS, bosses themes all had a very different sound which was more representative of the boss.
Compare Dirty Colossus with Fool's Idol, Adjudicator or Old King Allant. They're all very different creatures and their music better represents that, I feel.
>>342585945
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahfb7M7jYvA
>>342579575
>Slayer of Demons
>has Elite Knight set
50 slashes for the man who did this
>>342586509
>mfw fighting Orphan for the first time
>stuck on him for the entire. fucking. day. without any breaks (unless getting up to break out the booze counts as a break)
I was fucking DETERMINED to wipe this faggot from the face of the game.
>>342586251
Never said they were bad music in themselves, but they feel lacking compared to those I cited.
It really isn't helping that the music isn't orchestrated.
>>342586507
I don't have a ps3 so I've only played DeS briefly, can't really talk about the music, but I can't understand how having an orchestra is a bad thing. I get your point but really don't see why that is a problem.
>tfw you're exploring 5-2 for the first time and get smashed in the face by a meat cleaver
I miss playing this game.
>>342586692
I'm not saying it's bad, I think DaS music is good.
I just think that DeS is better because there's more musical variation and, even though it's more technically simple than DaS's music, it compliments the bosses better thematically.
>You never got that pure bladestone
>>342586756
>that first giant depraved one
>>342586692
>I can't understand how having an orchestra is a bad thing.
Part of it can sometimes be the composer. When handed a full orchestra, many composers will often try to create something as grandiose and complex as they possibly can, which doesn't usually fit a video game, especially not a boss theme. Games usually benefit most from simpler, catchy songs with distinct melodies and you almost always lose that when try to make some grand symphony. Part of it can also be the recording too. Recording a whole orchestra playing at once can lose some of the distinction of each individual instrument and hurt the piece as a result, which doesn't happen (or at least is much easier to avoid) with synthesized music. It's why the newly recorded soundtracks in a lot of HD remasters wind up being less popular than the original synthetic versions.
Both of those issues are things that can be avoided but it's definitely been a trend in recent years.
>>342586939
>That island with three of them on it
To this day I still don't know what that item is.
>>342584792
And I bet that in 5-2 it would do nothing but death roll you while you try and run away from the giant niggers that are chasing you.
>>342584601
I was going to say you're full of shit because people ragging on Dark Souls' music usually are, but you sort of nailed the two good songs on the head, and most of the boss musics are remade, like all the demon monsters having the same theme and shit.
>>342586837
What's your Soul Level? I could give one to you.
>>342579343
Remember: you dont have an obligation to force yourself to play every single new game. Dont feel bad for it. Do as you see fit and want. Play for your taste.
>>342576039
>>342576141
>He didn't cheese the shit out of Flame Fucker
>>342587482
I haven't played in forever, besides it's not the same as getting it yourself from those faggot Black Skeletons.
>>342576109
this
>>342587103
its a soul item
>>342587724
It'd still be nice to have imo. Whatever. Let me know if you change your mind. My character is at SL 136.
>>342587103
I actually cheesed them once with magic just to see what the items were, it was just 4 Stone of the Ephemereal Eyes, I was quite dissapointed.
>>342588032
It might even just be three of those stones.
>>342584510
1 and 3 had a decent balance between orchestral blaring and gregorian chanting at least. With 2, 90% of the soundtrack is awful greg chanting that just sounds disgusting. But yes DeS had the best by far.
>>342583795
There are fucking huge stairs right behind him.
>>342584415
Does anyone have the image of Loran Darkbeast in the arena that's a circle with a giant hole in the middle? I thought it was photoshopped, but apperently it actually exists.
