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It's perfect.
>>334178129
It's inferior to another game in the series in basically every category.
>>334178245
Of course it won't compare to dark souls.
>>334178370
Or BB for that matter.
>>334178370
It doesnt do anything better than dark souls 2
inb4 muh area design
>>334178245
>>334178370
>>334178463
its better than both those games you dumb faggots.
>>334178463
BB was honestly too easy.
I'm hoping DaS 3 is more challenging
another japanese shit
>>334178245
>muh nostalgia
Fuck off.
You nostalgiagobblers keep forgetting that Anor Londo is not the last area of the game. Everything after AL was unfinished shit.
>>334178370
It has better gameplay than Dark Souls by a huge margin.
>>334178525
>It doesnt do anything better than dark souls 2
Anon, next time you bait, don't show your hand in the second fucking post.
>>334178634
Go ahead, tell me what's bad in dark souls 2 and better in this game
>>334178129
It truly is. I still can't believe they managed to surpass DS1. Lova ya Miyazaki <3
>>334178701
>tell me everything that has been posted hundreds times before so I could greentext it all and say "n-nuh uh"
(You) tried.
>>334178129
>Linear as fuck
>Buggy as fuck
>Shit performance
>Difficulty turned down
>Amount of lore turned down
>Fanservice x100
>Dark Souls: Greatest Hits edition
It's perfect guys xP
>>334178554
>Worse gameplay than BB.
>Shit-tier plot.
>Level design is more linear than previous entries except DkS2.
>World interconnection is shitty BB-tier.
>Atmosphere is DkS2 tier throughout.
>Game is literally overflowing with nostalgia fanfic shit to the point where it practically parodies itself.
>Worst invasions in the series.
>Does absolutely nothing new for the franchise while failing to be superior to other games.
Do you think they will make Dark Souls 4 and 5?
>>334178754
thats what happens when you post subjective shit faggot
>enemy placement is bad because i die too much!
>level design is bad because there are no shortcuts like in ds1!
>>334178767
>Linear as fuck
Like DS1, you mean?
inb4 b-but you can go to Catacombs and then be forced to go back and proceed the main route!
>Buggy as fuck
>Shit performance
LMAO, WE GOT A PKEK HERE
>Difficulty turned down
>by far the hardest game in DS series
LMAO
>Amount of lore turned down
EL EM AY OH
How does being a cocksucking contrarian feels like?
>>334178527
BB is vastly superior to Reddit Souls: This is Dark Souls™ Edition just in gameplay standards alone.
>>334178767
>bullshit
>partially true
>bullshit
>partially true
>bullshit
>memes
>memes
>>334178767
The progression is pretty linear but the areas themselves are very open. I wouldn't count that as "linear as fuck."
And the mobs are probably the hardest in the entire series. I've only just gotten up to the boss in winter town and he's already a contender for one of the hardest in the series, and I've been told it only gets harder from there on out.
>>334179050
>Reddit Souls: This is Dark Souls™ Edition
>>334178767
>Hm, how am I supposed to respond to this actual critique of the game... Oh I know!
>"Lmao XD"
It'll be interesting to see what the true opinions are when the hype has cooled down.
>>334179265
>>334179017
It goes both ways
>>334179092
>The progression is pretty linear but the areas themselves are very open. I wouldn't count that as "linear as fuck."
this
I was scared after reading people on here saying it was as linear as Dark Souls II but I am suprised at how open the areas are. lot more exploration.
DS II was hot garbage but this game seems to be an amalgamation of everything good from the past games.
The pacing sucks.
>Start with item to get fire weapon
>Blacksmith at 3rd bonfire
>Classes start with good armor, good weapons and other good items
>Uchigatana from no-name enemy a few minutes in
>"I am (not) Siegmeyer of Catarina, and you shall feel my wrath!"
>First chest in the game is a mimic
>No overall level theme. Level design is nice, enemy design is nice, but they rarely work together
It feels like one of those World of Warcraft private servers where every cool item, set piece or NPC in the game is just thrown in randomly near the beginning.
>>334178129
Pretty good so for me, runs pretty well on my shitty 960 with a mix of high and medium settings. Just finished Vodrt, did it on my first attempt, rolling into it's big burly crouch paid off.
>>334178525
Soul memory fags please leave
>>334179092
>The progression is pretty linear but the areas themselves are very open
Just because the hallway is bigger doesn't make it any less linear.
>>334179050
when people refer to something as reddit they also include you neogaf faggots as redditors too. you two are indistinguishable
I enjoyed Dark Souls 2 but I know deep down it's a shallow game when compared to the other titles before it, and doesn't hold up as well as a sequel to Dark Souls.
However Dark Souls 3 restored my faith in the series. It resembles itself to the original games and still feels fresh with the Bloodborne setting
One gripe I have is that the player can attack right after being, hit. If this is caused by high poise that is slightly acceptable but still makes the game seem as though it was catered for the casual audience
Thoughts?
>>334179679
i must be missing chests where is that mimic? didnt see one yet
>>334179859
IIRC it's just after that part where the dragon drops down and breaths fire, if you run underneath during one of the pauses.
How do I get the frost bro second bosses hammer? And is it gud?
>>334179679
Where is this "first chest" you came across ? I came across my first chest in Lothric and it just contained some tailsmans I think, fucker didn't attack me.
>>334179743
There are lot of different paths and secrets in every area you dumbfuck
>>334179743
But this hallway has plenty of doors that lead to neat little rooms that occasionally lead into another room, and sometimes they lead into another room that leads into another room that opens up another room that was previously closed.
>>334178129
>it's perfect
so is this grab attack
How the fuck do i raise the third bridge in cathedral of the deep?patches already played his trick
>>334178129
It truly is, isn't it? Nothing better than seeing these cuckborne fans with a pathetic inferiority complex squirming.
>>334178767
>there are at least three parts I know of where you have the option to branch off to two completely different areas of the game
>nope
>occasional fps drops but that's it
>you haven't gotten to the last half of the game apparently
>that's what they said about DS2 and BB at first, but look at the amount of lore videos out. There's plenty of potential for good lore here
>there's more than enough new content to justify some callbacks to the other games. They take place in the same world for God's sake
>autism
>>334179769
>Fearing the 'Gaf boogeyman.
Found the cuck. Go prep momma's bull.
>>334180090
Man, patches could have played a trick on me if I didn't completely breeze through that joke of an area and kill the boss?
One of the bridge things is near the first giant, in the alcoves with the fat mace knights. What are they even for, anyway?
I wish i could get into the souls games. Id love to pick it up and join in on the 50 threads posted every 5 mins.
Bought the prepare to die edition and gave it a shot. Cant put my finger on what i didnt like much about it but just wasnt for me, i wasnt even having that much trouble with it.
And ive got a top tier pc to run it, maybe i just need to give it another go. I think the coop aspect sounds neat but never got to it.
Any tips on an interesting starting character?
>>334178129
It doesn't even startup for me.
>>334180893
>using gaf
way to out yourself. Shouldn't you be defending open relationships instead of projecting onto others?
How the fuck I beat Abyss Watchers? This boss is bs. I keep dying to first form already, but second form is just impossible
>>334181363
You've probably been irreversibly ruined by almost exclusively playing games after the point where they all turned into hand-holding experiences.
If you make a stupid decision, or fuck up your input, you are going to die. It isn't the games fault for being too difficult, it's your fault for being too shit to deal with it.
Literally all you need to know to play DaS is that you should level strength if you want to use big slow weapons, and dex if you want to use fast pointy weapons. The rest of your points should go into vitality for more health, and endurance for more stamina. The most important part of the game is levelling your weapons, you will get absolutely destroyed if you don't upgrade them.
>>334181363
this but I tried out Demon's Souls. Played a few bosses in but ultimately wasn't having any fun.
>>334181686
I got destroyed by them for hours, then I went and fought the tree instead, made a spear out of its wood, and then I destroyed the Abyss Watchers first try because the extended reach and fast attack speed stunlocked the shit out of the second form.
>>334181458
Never touched da'Gaf loll, so who's projecting exactly? Just work that big black bull my kuck! Kek!
>just bodied Abitch Walkers 1st try
THAT was the boss you guys had trouble with?though the black Knight killed me 3 times
>>334181993
Most of the trouble is people using weapons that really aren't suited to the boss.
Bloodborne is so much better than the Dark Souls series. Miyazaki should just abandon the series already and focus on Bloodborne 2.
>>334182056
I used the Irithyll Straight Sword which seems to be the new cheese weapon
>>334180090Go to the walkways at the very top, and fall down onto a platform at the back, and left of the walkway area as you walk in.
>>334182093
Whats up? Little sonycuck irrated his 1 game console is now irrelevent since the release of the best souls game in the franchise?
never played a souls game.
is it ok to start with 3 since there's so much hype?
>>334181928
Dude, relax. You don't have to pretend like you're on the high ground with your pretend website war.
Dark Souls 3 is pretty much the same as it's always been, which is a good thing. It's nothing harmless and it's pretty much the status quo for From software. They are pros at milking the same game for dozens of other editions. It happened to Armored Core and King's Field. Why bother being up in arms about it?
>Deacons of the deep
>try out that new ultra sword
>like putting margarine on bread
I like this boss. Better than the faggots in the church in DS2
Too bad I got cursed, though.
>The areas are linear
The first area has like, 5 shortcuts throughout the level
The second level had me running around for hours finding everything, and I still missed the sunlight warrior covenant
>>334182486
Idort reporting in. It's definitely worse based on a complete lack of originality and strictly worst combat.
>>334182536
Yes, I would even suggest it since there's a lot of online activity and freshness at the outset.
There's some nostalgia stuff here and there for recurring players, but it probably works backwards too, playing the older games and recognizing the stuff from this game.
>>334182651
What ultra sword?
>>334178463
What makes BB even remotely superior to DS3
>>334182651
I was having fun the first time, but then I just randomly dropped dead from curse. Then I just destroyed it the second time, because it was way too easy aside from the random death bullshit.
>>334182804
Farram's undead abyss sword.
AKA: Spin2Win
>>334182720
Agreed. Bloodborne had worst combat and added to this worst build diversity.
>>334182720
I've played bloodborne and dark souls 1, 2, and 3 (3 not to completion yet) but bloodborne just never had the spark that brought me back like dark souls
Incoming muh bloodboon betta
The floaty controls suited BB but not DaS
>>334182876
Thanks senpai
I'm almost at, what appears to be, the main farron's keep. I just need to find the last fire in blight town 2.0
>>334178129
>invade a nigger who's guaranteed to have a 30% hp buff that you don't
>he's got 2 niggers helping him, and half the time a blue nigger shows up
>relentless R1 spam by his bodyguards, he's either shielding 20 feet away or spamming arrows
>if one gets hurt, two cover them as they go chug estus
>usually overwhelmed by 3 fags spamming R1, I die and they all do a gesture at how pro they are
I just want to purge the cancer, but holy shit they're playing on the easiest mode possible.
Anyone seen any hackers yet?
>>334182819
>Beltcasting > catalysts.
>Better weapon gimmicks.
>Kos/Claws > Dragon.
>Transform > battle arts.
>BB charge moves > DkS3 charge moves.
>Weapons have viable moves in both stances in BS.
>BS is random/shitty again in DkS3.
>Circle strafe works on bosses DS3.
>Can't counter Estus with ranged in DS3.
>Can't parry with 2-hander except in isolated instances like Chaos Blade.
That's just combat desu.
>>334183251
Dark souls 3 is probably the most publicly hyped souls, so all the new people will be constantly summoning help. I'm sure the summoning amount will go down soon, after the new souls players beat it.
It's great, way better than DaS2, but still a bit underwhelming. They played it REALLY safe and that's not necessarily a bad thing but it just doesn't feel as exciting as DaS and BB
>>334183336
In another thread I saw a picture of Ludex Gundyr replaced with Vordt
>>334183251
Go for the parry or get a great hammer.
>>334183251
>people play souls games for the pvp
>ds3 pvp is pants on head retarded, even worse than SM
>somehow it's the best
?
>>334183369
Bloodborne didn't have too much content though. The weapons you get at the start of the game can be used throughout the entire thing, and without the dlc there are only a few viable weapons
>>334183532
Parrying won't stop the other 2, will it?
I was looking into a big weapon though, better for crowd control
>>334182486
Bought a PS4 on a whim and BB is the only game worth buying on the console, fuck Sony.
Well, two deaths against Abyss Watchers now and I already feel that if I beat them with my trusty broadsword, its pure luck with my skills. Gonna bash my head on this until I beat them, since I refuse to summon any help.
>>334178536
>I'm hoping DaS 3 is more challenging
Anon..I
>>334183369
Those are just shitty opinions. The combat system is different enough that some things like beltcasting would be utterly OP.
>>334183682
Starting weapons have always been viable.
The weapons offer more worthwhile moves in both stances.
The weapons have better gimmicks.
The weapons have better charges.
The weapons have instant stance swap.
Sorry little guy...
>>334178536
>he didnt fight the orphan of kos
>>334183682
That's true. I pretty much used the Saw Cleaver through my entire first playthrough before I discovered the godlike Reiterpallasch. The DLC adding all of the weapons at the end anyway doesn't even make much fucking sense since you're most likely gonna be playing it at the end of the game anyway
>>334183939
How would belt casting be OP? You stop, cast your spell, and do a gesticulation just like BB. You people are retarded.
Now go ahead, paint a scenario where this is OP
>>334183682
>The weapons you get at the start of the game can be used throughout the entire thing
That's been the case in every game though. falchion, zweihander, anything is das2, etc. Das3 will be no different.
>>334184159
>don't need to select the catalyst
>don't need to sacrifice offense or defense
>with the OP magic in Souls
How is that not broken? It worked in Bloodborne because the magic was toned down
>>334180080
The movement looks really fluid. Is this on console?
>>334183939
Almost nothing he said there was an opinion.
For example you can strafestab bosses, you can't punish heals, the transforms are strictly better and more useful than the incredibly varied weapon arts, and the charge attacks are infinitely more useful.
The "well, that's just your opinion" is always a statement uttered by people who have absolutely nothing to say. In fact it's just your opinion that beltcasting would be overpowered... So you're willing to acknowledge that but not all the rest?
I had a bad time with Dark Souls and kinda gave up but now I feel like going back to complete it.
>>334179056
Also, 25% of pc users can't even start the game up, then 50% can't play cause of game breaking crashes, sometimes lack of hit boxes, and just spinning like a top in the very beginning
>>334178129
Cracked version has online apparently tip kak
>>334182387
>>334184752
My advice to you is try to get in a comfortable position and just relax while you play. If you die you die, you can always get your souls back. If you notice yourself getting irritated then just calm down instead of having it escalate. The games are significantly more fun if you're laid back while playing.
Or maybe none of that applies to you. If that's the case then my bad.
>>334184671
You can parry chesse every humanoid boss in Bloodborne, which is even more abusable than strafestab (which you can't do with every boss by the way)
Some trick weapons become almost useless when you get weapons with better scaling
You can use Lloyd's and punish healing with some weapon arts in DaS 3
How about you stop being retarded?
>>334184987
Yeah I more got irritated with not being able to progress. I was at these skeletons and I kept dying. Didn't really understand what build to have or what to level up or anything. I watched a guy play it though so I have a better understanding of it now.
It looks really fun when I watch it but I didn't have much fun playing it. Maybe if I git gud I'll enjoy it more
>>334184519
>"Painting a scenario."
>Just makes a bunch of general statements with no indicated scenario.
Well nigger, there were catalyst weapons in previous games and weapons that casted their own spells and none of those were broken in the slightest.
The reason you can't articulate a scenario is because there is none.
>"Sacrificing defense."
Well, that's literally impossible as only a retard relies on a shield.
>"Sacrificing offense."
You should say sacrificing fun and reactive combat, because that's all you're sacrificing when you slowly and arduously pull out a catalyst informing your opponent exactly what you're going to do.
>>334185364
Are you talking about the skeletons right at the beginning and trying to go there first? That would definitely curb a new player's progress. You want to go up along the side of a cliff. If you think of the graveyard as north, then the place you want to go is southeast. It's just past the well.
>>334185759
Yeah those were the skeles I was talking about. Thanks for the info! I'll try beat it this weekend if I can
>>334185606
>Well nigger, there were catalyst weapons in previous games and weapons that casted their own spells and none of those were broken in the slightest.
Maybe because they were toned down spells, dumbshit?
>Well, that's literally impossible as only a retard relies on a shield.
It's good to have the option.
>The reason you can't articulate a scenario is because there is none.
Asking about an artbitrary scenario is not how you prove people wrong.
>You should say sacrificing fun and reactive combat, because that's all you're sacrificing when you slowly and arduously pull out a catalyst informing your opponent exactly what you're going to do.
>fun and reactive
Muh buzzwords. If you don't understand how it would be utterly broken to just pull spells out of your ass with the Dark Souls magic system then you are a retard.
Again, nice opinions bro.
>>334185997
Who are you replying to, retard?
>>334178129
It's generic as fuck. It's not bad, but it has none of the atmosphere or magic that the original two games had.
It's derivative fan service like MGS4. People love MGS4 so I guess DaS3 is in for a couple of months of circle jerking, but it won't be remembered as anything special.
>>334178463
I love how /v/ shits itself over BB, but literally everybody I know, myself included, finds it to be the weakest link in the series.
>Only five thrusting swords.
>FOURTEEN greatswords.
>>334186269
I find it better than DaS 2, but honestly while it has amazing visuals and themes, it strays too much from the RPG part of Souls for me to consider it the best game in the series.
>>334186081
>Buzzwords.
Sorry... Pulling out a catalyst to cast a spell is slow, dull, not reactive, and stifle defense. There isn't a single thing you can say otherwise.
All catalysts do is make the game more dull.
First and second boss are way to fucking easy. My fist time playing deprived class and i killed them both first try.
That naked katana fag i had to cheese tho
>>334186683
Naked katana guy was easy
>>334186454
GS always wins baby!
>>334186683
the first boss is pretty much a tutorial so yeah big whoop bro. It's basically like the asylum demon. Newfags bragging about this bullshit it's hilarious.
>>334186597
Why are you repeating your opinions again instead of trying to counter my arguments?
I'll just repeat myself again too: If you don't understand how it would be utterly broken to just pull spells out of your ass with the Dark Souls magic system then you are a retard.
>>334187012
>it would be utterly broken
Except it wouldn't though
>>334186834
Fuck no. Fuck that guy he would take like 85% health with every swipe even if i was blocking. Had make the retard fall off to kill him.
>>334187082
I beat him in like 5 hits
>>334186986
>most people here have played every souls game there is
>new fags
Stop talking famalam youll never fit in no matter how hard you try
How the fuck do you beat Abyss Watcher's second phase? The first one was okay because he's predictable and beats himself up but godamn the fire attacks fuck me up.
>>334187072
>nuh uh
Nice argument.
>>334187249
I noticed how you didn't even try to refute me. I guess I'll take that as a victory.
You seem pretty mad anon, maybe you should take a step away from the computer and do something else for a bit
>>334187337
You're the one that keeps spouting the same things without any arguments to support them. I already refuted you see >>334186081
>u mad xD
This is a +18 website.
>mfw doing the nun's questlineWho the fuck even did it? No one in particular?
How's the Bonewheel shield in this one? Is it as fun as Logarius' wheel?
>>334187608
I'm not even the same guy I'm just rusing you
>>334178767
>Buggy as fuck
>Shit performance
spotted the PCuck.
>>334187853
Epin, just epin. I'm so mad right now
>>334187012
You have no arguments.
Your one main argument is "well, they're weaker for one"... But that's not really an argument against my point.
My argument is that it's less diverse, and that's a truth.
Finally spells have never really been broken, even when they one-shotted people because they are retardedly easy to dodge. Special catalysts and older "weapon arts" have never been broken. If anything spells have always been trash outside of pre-patch TWoP. The only time they were worth more than a single fuck was pre-patch Dark Souls when you could cast any spell or miracle instantly without charges, requirements, etc with full adjust pyro glove.
You give no evidence of it being broken, and clearly weren't around when the game was fucked and started with patched DkS1.
>>334189309
>My argument is that it's less diverse, and that's a truth.
How is it less diverse, are you dumb?
>Finally spells have never really been broken
>what is dark magic and Second Chance
I don't think you understand that the magic system is different in Dark Souls hence the need for catalysts.
Who Sorcery Here?
>>334178129
Roll roll attack
>Only 2 monster girls
Ya blew it From.
>>334190002
Less moves at any given time is less immediate diversity and less variety. You're truly retarded if you don't understand that that exceedingly simple concept of modally removing 66% of your offense/defense moves and in exchange for spells isn't less diversity.
You just outed yourself as some PTD newb.
>>334191448
Oh, so you're one of those kind of retards that thinks that because you can do anything at anytime the game is more diverse. Why do I even bother replying to retards like you?
is the irithyll short sword worth using? I like the idea of a frost sword but I'd have to put some stuff in dex just to pick it up and the longsword is doing me just fine
>>334191803
You're the retard, keke;
>No point to the contrary.
>Still thinks less shit is more diverse.
It's people like you that wreck every franchise.
>>334178129
Hype talking: the post
>perfect
a perfect disappointment, they just throw you characters for previous games and then don't explain at all why they are there, from andre to the (not) maiden in black to firelink being this place somewhere they can't tell you for some reason, it's fucking bullshit, bloodborne at LEAST tried to build the world you were in, here they straight up don't give a fuck, it's like playing an arcade game with levels, they should've renamed this game: Souls: Redux, The Greatest Hits
fucking fuck you fromsoft, "turning point" my fucking ass, you guys are literally nintendo 2.0, nothing but rehashes
I SAID IT'S PERFECT! IT'S FACT NOW! GO AWAY REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
From all these mad fags and shitposters im guessing the game is ok.
Are the builds still diverse and balanced? Thats the #1 thing i enjoyed about the past games. Every build was fun but balanced enough to where every build can defeat any other type if youre good enough.
>>334192483
Yeah, Bloodborne magic sure is more diverse, you utter retard.
>>334187945
The performance is shit on all platforms, especially consoles.
>>334178767
PC player here, step it up senpai.
No bugs, One crash none since then (expected on day 1 so no sweat), runs beyond smoothly, 60fps with minor hiccups because im on a gtx660.
stop doing 2 things to help enjoy this game better:
>upgrade your toaster
>stop whining like a faggot nigger.
Does anyone else feel like the equipment availability is too low at the beginning?
Everyone I come across is using the same sets and weapons.
So what's the best straight sword?
I thought the atmosphere in Dark Souls was supposed to be grim and dark, so why is everyone giggling like a fucking idiot to themselves all the time ?
Is Ashen One a clown? Or a mime?
>>334186269
it's just shitposting. if you have a different opinion on BB, you MUST be a poorfag PCuck who doesn't have a PS4
>massive shockwaves
>billions of enemies
Literally Dark Souls 2
GUYS!YOELDIED ON ME! WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON!?
>>334195087
Broadsword, always.
Best moveset, best blade, best sword.
>those extreme blood splatter sounds when you hit something
>that ear-ripping sound when you riposte/backstab someone
Of all the things to take from bloodborne, why did it have to be these
It's too short
does that blue lothric knight with the red eyes drop his blue armor? that shit looks dope
>>334195112
He's the lost member of a Barbershop Quartet.
>>334178129
ITT: opinions everywhere
I never played Demon's Souls; not yet, at least. I started with DS1, played both DS2 and Bloodborne as well. Got DS3 yesterday, having a pretty good time with it. I prefer it to both DS1 and DS2, although because of the setting, atmosphere and all the weird Lovecraftian shit, I'll take Bloodborne any day.
A lot of you will disagree. And that's fine.
But good lord, its a video game series. Get over it.
>>334195340
you can reduce/remove the blood in the options you nanny
>jumps feel like the stiff shit out of Dark Souls 1 where you just lose all momentum after about 1 meter instead of the smooth jumps from Dark Souls 2
Frooooom
>>334195287
But the reach is shit.
>>334178129
the framerate is ass though, I normally don't care as long as its steady but these constant drops in framerate are annoying as fuck.
At least it doesnt make my eyes hurt like Blood Borne did.
>>334178129
It's shit.
>tfw you fell for the astora sword meme
>>334195259
If you get 5 sigils from him, he'll die and Yuria will replace him.
Otherwise, he dies after you beat the Abyss Watchers IIRC.
>>334178129
Is it really? I have only been playing for like an hour, but i don't find the world interesting and engaging at all.
>>334195587
Yuria didn't replace him for me at all, she never showed up to begin with.
>>334183992
>he didnt one shot the orphan of kos
What's it like being bad at video games.
>>334195582
its better than the lothric knight sword
>>334183251
>xXsepiroth420Xx trains for hours and builds his whole character around PvP
>invades chucklefuck69 who is using a PvE build and playing with his friend
>whines about how unfair it is because he wanted to stomp on some poor newbie who hasn't learned how to PvP
I love you for making this possible From
>>334178895
>>Game is literally overflowing with nostalgia fanfic shit to the point where it practically parodies itself.
Isn't that part of the lore and isn't this game, the last game of the series, supposed to make that abundantly clear?
This game is so grey that everything blends into everything and ends up hurting my eyes.
>>334195587
What do sigils do? The fire keeper has an option to heal them.
>>334195667
The opening area and High Wall of Lothric suck ass and are boring.
Wait until you get to Undead Settlement. Shits crazy fun to explore.
I'm 12 hours in, loving it. As good as Bloodborne, but definitely not better.
Also I don't fucking understand all these performance complaints, I'm playing on High with 60fps ON A FUCKING 960.
What the fuck is up with the Pvp in this game
Everytime i invade its 3 fucking betas
Game is great, I am having a lot of fun playing it, but has anyone had issues with summons? Or being summoned? I want to help people fight bosses, and I can't get summoned, and when I try to summon other people it fails all the time.
>>334195450
I'm talking about the sound, not the effect.
>hit someone with just about any weapon
>SPLASH SPLASH SPLASH
It's just so over the top and stupid
>the thief asks me to get a ring to Loretta at the foot of the wall
>clear that area and kill a tree
>check the inventory
>I have Loretta's bone for some reason
literally what? where can I find that thief again? he vaporized last time
>>334182375
I be having trouble against guys who i invade using that weapon. Shit OP yo
>>334196083
i think the thief cunt is somehwhere in firelink shrine, on the sides
>>334194184
Speak for yourself pleb. I'm playing on a year old laptop and get 60fps only dipping into the low 30's.
>>334196079
I know, but doesn't disabling the effect disable the sound?
Does anyone have any ideas what I could do to make DS3 playable?
I got GTS 450, i7 2600, 8gb ram, I can normally run most games on almost highest settings, but DS2 gives me 5-15 fps on optimal settings and 15-30 on lowest settings and few times smaller screen resolution.
I tried few different revisions of drivers that people have suggested and nothing helped.
What should I do?
Fucking Capcom always having tons of release issues (and nvidia probably too). When will they patch it? Or rather when will a random guy do it much sooner?
>>334196047
Use the environment to your advantage. Retreat back to the hosts enemies if you have to. I'm currently invading the undead settlement and I always fight and retreat back to where those giant saw dudes are at. They will fuck them uo. Not to mention if they haven't passed through the area, a mound maker will invade and fuck them up too.
>>334187082
I hit him once and he fell straight off that cliff.
>>334196361
Yeah i know, its always that odd party of fags that stay next to a bonfire.
Shame they didn't make some kind of copy of sens fortress. That place is fucking god tier and nothing will ever top it
>>334178129
I've got a lord soul and I've defeated the giant Skeleton Cleric thing.
My biggest complaints are lack of choice in the beginning.
Dark Souls is great because you can go to several different locations after the Asylum.
But this only branchs off into 2 paths.
And it feels more like Bloodborne than a Souls game.
The aesthetic, half the monsters are straight wolf hybrids again.
>launch game
>HD 6870
>1080 might be too much
>put it on Low 1366*768, like TW3
>I play on a TV so it's ok
>seems good
>try the crystal monster
>lag every time he attacks for 0.5 sec
>can't dodge in these conditions
>go to first boss
>try to dodge spears with high FPS drops
>manage to get to the serpent form
>it's impossible to dodge anything with those freezes
I'm happy :)
>>334178129
It's just a complete rehash of it's predecessors.
Only a few enemies/bosses are unique.
Bloodborne was better.
>>334196331
I will never not kek at /v/ and their neetbux potato builds wondering why they can't play modern games.
Am I getting too soft or is this much more difficult than the previous games?
Feels like they really want to live up to their meme status now.>inb4 git gudI'm trying
>>334179198
Best post
INVADING WAS A MISTAKE
>>334196083
Vanishing like that means he's become a service NPC at Firelink.
You'll find him left of the Blacksmith, below.
>actually playing Demon's Souls 5
Stop enabling bad developer habits.
Does using a purging stone make Yuria hate you? or just until she replaces the other guy?
How do i equip a covenant ?
just leave it in my inv?
I suggest you all restart and kill the way of blue lady first thing and beat the dancer. Welcome to hell.If you like PvP doing this makes it so you can be invaded by Darkmoon right off the bat. It seems it also makes it so you get MUCH less summon signs and puts you very high up on the invasion list. You'll constantly be getting invaded by reds and blues. Good way to farm covenant items early.
>>334196748
It has, I feel like I hate the game now based on how bullshit some enemies are and how constantly fucked you are.
Some situations that the game puts you into are cheap as well, I am fucking raging. Need a break.
>dragon form
fuck its so ugly. maybe I'll do some flynn's ring shenanigans I guess.
>find some qt in firelink
>she doesn't want to talk to me
>find another qt, nursing some poor abomination back to health in a church
>old qt gets jealous and says we're enemies now
What a bitch
>>334178554
and everything before and including Anor Londo is better than either of the other games by enough of a margin to still be best.
>>334195842
It does look pretty flat, doesn't it? I don't know why that is, but the other games didn't suffer from it.
>>334178463
>>334178370
>>334178245
http://strawpoll.me/7364693
http://strawpoll.me/7364693
http://strawpoll.me/7364693
sucks ass being cleric so far. All your spells are useless besides the heal for the longest time.
>>334197062
This is what I've been waiting to hear. Thanks based anon.
>>334197054
Theres a new equip slot all by its lonesome right of the rings and consumables slots.
Put a badge in there.
>getting wombo combod by the abyss watchers
HELP ME LADS
BR favelamonkey here. I want to play the game in english but can't see language options. Where are the language options bros? ALL SOULS GAMES AND BLOODBORNE HAD LANGUAGE OPTIONS DONT TELL ME IM STUCK WITH THIS GAME IN SHITTY PORTUGUESE
>>334197268
FUCKING HELL
i did not see that, fuck me. Thanks man
>equipping the torch instantly removes the bleedy maggots
Neat
if this is what the base game is like, the dlc is gonna be radical
>>334196748
It is. All the bosses have so much tech now. Those fuckers have feints, dodge bait combos, block bait combos, hyperarmor, they've got fucking everything. And aside from a few lardasses it's hard to render them completely harmless by just rolling between their legs or circling them.
I'm a little miffed you have to rely on i-frames even more now, it's getting kind of ridiculous, but man are the bosses good.
just recently started.
>mfw [spoilers]HOLY SHIT YOU CAN LIGHT THE CHURCH ON FIRE WITH THE TORCH[/spoilers]
Does this have any significance?
>>334197423
from the main menu hit start and then go down to options, and tab over to hue hue hue hue hue hue hue hue hue.
>aldrich devourer of gods
more like aldrich devourer of my entire fucking day
one ember left. have beaten this guy a few times as a phantom but every single time i summon somebody to help me they just run straight into his arrows and get smashed.
i have been doing this fight successfully all fucking day as a phantom just to get embers only to lose them straight away when my summon goes full retard. but it's next to impossible to do this solo.
please kill me.
>>334197532
The church catches on fire during a boss battle. Not surprising.
>>334179009
Infinite healing.
The tree boss in the Undead Village has so much health
Do I just need to use the fire resin?
what's a good strength weapon to invest in? i just beat the sage in the forest/wetland area and i'm using a +2 bastard sword.
>>334197062
I did that and managed Dancer at level 20 with the katana faggots help. Then I went on to beat Oceiros and Champion Gundyr by level 39. Now I'm rocking Gundyrs Glaive for the rest of the game.
>>334178129
It is really fun and has the third best maps of the series. DaS > DeS > DaS3. It is much more fun than bloodborne imo
>>334197698
hit him in his sacs, then hit him in his mutant hand
>get summoned
>host gets invaded
>host sits down on the ground to watch us duke it out
That was pretty funny.
>>334197698
Hit the fuck out of his sacks
Anyone know where large club is?
>>334197550
>please kill me
I won't, ask Aldrich:^)
Anyone know why i cant talk to Irina of Carim ?
Got 14 faith but i suspect it may be because i have one hollowing.
Enough said?
Btw, whatcha think bout my build?
Who /cleangetaway/ here?
>spend a good amount of time fucking with the host and his endless amount of suncuck buddies
>get down to low hp with no flask
>hide behind NPCs and black crystal away
>back home fully stocked
>continue to invade
Been at it all day and its a lot of fun. Whenever it looks like I'll be fighting an uphill battle I'll just do whatever I can to make it harder on the host and just back out when I'm having a hard time.
>>334198025
>9°C
How
>>334197698
>>334197808
>>334197927
Even a simple unupgraded (or +1) Longbow with wood arrows will deal enough damage to destroy the sacs in a few hits. Made the fight almost feel like a joke.
Almost.Fuck that hand hitbox.
Jesus fucking Christ. I took a fall to check out some area below, and got dunked by this NPC, and taunted all in one swift motion before I could even recover.
I'm not even mad, I'm genuinely impressed.
>>334197985
Never mind im retarded
Thought she was the one in white on the stairs until i looked around
So does your Weapon Level change when you put your highest in the box or not? Because I literally can't invade at +10 right now.
>>334198078
I have no idea, to be honest...
Must be something wrong with the calucations...
>>334178129
Better than DaS. Worst than BB.
Anyone here with a GTX 570 or i3 who can tell me how good it runs on that?
Any mention of Priscilla in it?
>>334198025
>Temps under 40
should spend more souls on temps for that fire damage buff quite honestly
How is everyone so friendly in PvP?
Everyone returns my bow gesture. and doesn't attack until it's clear we're both ready.
>lost in some fucking Tim Burton village
>getting raped by fat bitches and giant dudes with apple baskets
>getting sniped by whale harpoons from across the map
>finally find boss room
>some faggot aids tree
>kill him after a billion tries
>finally I can get out of this literal shit hole and proceed to the next level
>it's a fucking dead end, have to teleport back to the fucking village
GOD FUCKING DAMMIT!!
>that feel
>>334178370
The level design is far better than the original dark souls imo. I don't know why people think otherwise, you have at least 5x the content in one area than you ever did in ANY area in a previous souls games. Much better verticality as well, blew my mind how much you could explore in the undead settlement and cathedral of the deep.
>find the large club
>that charged heavy attack
This thing can pancake the fat ladies who hug you and it's wonderful
should I get the true strength from yoel?
>>334198402
The village was really fun imo
I enjoyed the enemy designs
>>334198361
Good one my friend.
Btw im a [Spoiler]Ginger[Spoiler]
>>334198073
>faggots like this invade me
>use one of my giant seeds
>watch as mobs gangbang him to death
Just had a red using a giant crab as a safey spot in the swamp. Let him run back to it, used seed, and watched the crab fuck his shit in 2 seconds.
I hope people don't figure out how to get infinite seeds like I have. At least they haven't run out so far and I've gotten 45.
>>334198107
>not recognizing iron tarkus
Get out.
Guys the bug NPC that i think is supposed to sell sorceries just lays dead in Firelink. What did i do wrong?
>>334198483
yesyou need to for the third endingyou become hollow, but only in appearance, after dying loads which gives you free level upsyou ca cure it with a firekeeper soul but if you do you can't get the third ending
>>334198557
You don't even need to hide behind an enemy either all you have to do is get a decent distance from the host and you can back out with no problems. The black crystal takes like 2-3 seconds to work.
>>334198714
Your hunger for power killed him.Or it didn't, he just fucking dies anyway
Is anyone willing to give me a copy?
I can do whatever you want.
>>334178129
It's definitely "stay up all night" good, but it's not quite "skip school" good.
Holy shit, I saw an NPC moving.
That has to be a first for the series.
>>334195901
Sigil lets you hollow upon death.
Curing them blocks a hidden ending.
>>334198726
I did not know any of this and cured my dark sign pretty much like immediatley, without knowing of the coming "free levels"
>>334198867
This lmao
>>334198894
I meant dark sigil
>>334178129
as someone whose played dark souls 1,2 and 3 I think dark souls 3 is definitely the hardest i'ev played
dark souls 1 had some quite challenging bosses, but the mobs surrounding those bosses were piss easy, the bonfires plentiful and the shortcuts extremely useful in circumnavigating an area. Bosses need their weakness used against them, and due to shitty networking it was rather hard to get some sunbros to gank
dark souls2 seemed a lot easier, the bosses were not very challenging, nor were the mobs really something to fear. Again, a lot of areas were optional and most of the time bonfire were plentiful
but what about dark souls 3? well, I just finished the borea valley boos (the priest not the dog), and found that the mobs were much more harder, less forgiving, the shortcuts hard to earn and only partially useful (see cathedral of the deep shortcuts as an example), and bonfires MUCH MUCH MUCH more spaced out. enemies will chases you from one end of the map to the other, so kiting is much more difficult. Equally, I had a lot of trouble with the rotten tree, abyss walker and the deacon, and the reason why a lot of people find these easy is due to how easy it is to summon 2 other lads to win. I personally feel that this dark souls is a lot tougher on the oplayer as now your expected to complete a map (or half of it/ the hardest part of it) before getting ioutside the boss room, and the bosses themselves provide a challenge to individual fighters.
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>>334198992
I can't get this thing to drop.
>>334198643
It's not Iron Tarkis, autismo, nice reading comprehension though.
I unintentionally made caster from fate zero
I like the game a lot but it seems unfair unless you use a fast weapon
reminds me of bloodborne, saw cleaver was best there too for bosses
>>334198107
I reckon I was following directions from a note (try left) when I ran into him. Promptly ran away when I realised he was tuff as nails.
I'm struggling bro's. Using the deep axe fromunder stupid dragon at the startis it a worthwhile weapon to spend my first chunks on?
>>334198241
In my opinion, the thermocouple's leads must be backwards. Look up the thermoelectric effect, my good man.
>>334198073
>mfw camping behind crabs in Road of Sacrifices for 20 minutes
Protip: You can stand behind crabs as they attempt to go back to their spawn point and block them from moving. If the host+phantoms have no range, they can't do shit
>>334199828
Should probably look into it, i had the same "issue" with my last rig...
Whats up with this bastardization of online
is there specific shit i have to do to have a fucking FAIR fight online. Every time invade its 3v1
Fuck online. Im playing on PC and what a surprise. everyone is a fucking faggot summoning. is it the same deal everywhere else?
>>334200529
Wait until the normalfag casuals get fed up with sucking dick at the game
>>334198984
Abyss walker and deacon both have some really great shortcuts. Quicker run than artorias, not that he was bad.
about to do a sorc run
do you fight most stuff with melee and save casts for boss? or how does it usually go?
>>334186269
>everybody I know, myself included
the catch is that everybody you know you included are retarded
>>334200529
>kill phantom
>host hauls ass across the entire map
>gets to the bonfire
>frantically tries to summon
why are all the female undead settlers fat, huh?
Is Cruxifiction Woods followed by Farron Keep the worst fucking shit ever in the entire series or what? Huge empty wooded area with two obnoxious giant crab enemies that have way too much health, a black knight, and two annoying NPC enemies that can animation cancel and that's it. It's huge for no fucking reason.
As if that wasn't bad enough you get segwayed right into Farron Keep. Oh boy another fucking meme poison swamp area. So funny From. Everybody loves these areas. I love slowly walking and fatrolling while being assaulted by basilisks that move through the swamp like it's not there. I also enjoy the most obnoxious enemy ever that spams a grab move over and over again. Hope your health is full from all that poison.
Why is my covenant sign glowing on and off?
>>334183682
>didn't have too much content though
wrong
its full of weapons and attire that are actually usable
>>334179092
>And the mobs are probably the hardest in the entire series.
spotted the one that didn't play bloodborne
>>334200679
jesus christ this
i was in a real linear area earlier and it was just wave after wave of katana fags. Must have killed 4 of them before i was killed. Jesus christ some faggots on this game fair play
>>334186269
Wow you know every fuckig person in the world who has played Bloodborne
>>334200694
The poison doesn't do shit, and I'm not even wearing a chest armour or spidey shield just a poisonbite ring. The lisks can easily be hit out of the air even with a thrusting weapon. The goats can be stunlocked to death in 1 combo with a +3 and base stamina, the giant hippies are even slower than you.
It's not that bad, it's easier than the valley of defilement. Only problems are that you move slow as molasses, everything looks the same, and you have to find that third fucking fire bowl.
>>334200694
Grab moves make up a huge percent of my deaths. Fuck you rock demon, your soul is on my pinky finger!
I just want it to stop crashing.
>>334198402
i hate those fat bitches throwing aids at you. raged so hard, the tree boss was easy though.
>>334201204
do you crash at bonfires? try putting lighting on low orput on a helmet
>>334201124
>raw weapon
>pumped vit
>fighting ass demon
>take no damage, 1/4 health left on him
>grabs me
>ded
what's up with that area by the way, all I found was two dead ends and a goldmine of loot.
>>334201348
I put lighting on low, and I'm not rerolling from Deprived.
>>334178129
Better than Bloodborne and Dark Souls
Not as good as Demon's Souls or Dark Souls II
It's okay.
>>334201359
It's a link back to the parish, but the game is too linear to actually make it a proper shortcut, and why would you want to go back to the parish at that point?
Covenant sign glowing= you are being summoned to help?
>>334178129
No dungeons.
>>334178129
shit port, so not perfect.
Fucking watchers only difficulty is the shit performance.
>input buffer
Why the fuck is this back? BB didn't have it. It makes the combat complete shit.
>>334201815
>abyss watchers
man, those fucking combos
>>334195180
Here's your (You)
That is a boss battle where killing the glowing red "possessed" enemy takes away the Deacon's of the Deep's HP, so when you kill the "boss" all the other enemies die, nothing to do with shockwaves.
>>334200682
I tought they were fat guys
>mfw pontiff
>>334197203
All of them except Bloodborne.
ok guys,I just killed gwyn 2, holy shit that fight, does the game end if I link the fire or is it like ds2 where i choose to do so from the bonfire?
>watchers
Pretty sure this fight is designed specifically to fuck anyone using slow weapons with poor reach.
>Anor Londo
>Holy fucking shit its Anor Londo
>Fog door in orenstein and smoug's fight
>no summon signs
What a huge missed opportunity for From Software, making Orenstein and smoug summon able for the fight would have been fantastic.
>>334202037
>mfw winning pontiff with 2 summon bros
I am not good enough to solo these bosses just yet
Uhh...
Guys?
I was playing just fine an hour ago.
>>334202134
it's not just the watchers brah, the next chunk of the game is where light and medium players shine, I have to switch from my great sword to a broadsword when fighting most bosses
>go through the cathedral of the deep
>run past giant fucking dude and almost get smashed
>ascend stairs
>kill faggot priests
>kill the whole vatican
>tfw it's literally NOTHING and the whole thing was a giant side area
>>334202570
go behind where the priests were facing
should be a fog door with the boss there
also if you go left from el vaticano you can open up a "shortcut" back to the main entrance of the catahedral
>>334202493
happened to me when I changed graphics settings, just exit the game and re-open.
>>334202037
>after numerous tries
>get him to 50% health for the first time
>let's hope he doesn't start with some new shit
>ok he is doing something new
>let's hope it's not too bad
>mfw
>>334178245
>>334178370
>>334178463
It's better than all of them, go play them now and we'll see what you say
>>334202915
Pontiff is the hardest fight so far, I had to summon to beat him as I was using my giant club. I imagine a build using faster weapons would have a easier time.
FUCKING HOW
Charging in to kill him before he transforms doesn't work.
rip in piecescute gwyndolin and his boipussy
>>334203337
Charge in and backstab.
>>334198327
a spell
>>334202540
Why the fuck did i keep hearing about how strength builds are OP just before release? Did i get meme'd on?
>>334203069
I used the longsword, I usually twohand it, but with this fight I had to use a shield, the guy was impossible to roll for me, not only are his combos long and fast, there is almost no time in between to hit him. Rolling ate way too much stamina, most of the time I was out of position and couldn't hit him and his flame sword hit me most of the time anyway, because it basically hits everything around him. With the shield, I just hugged him and and walk to the left, while blocking all day every day and occasionally hitting once maybe twice.
>>334203458
Thanks, that worked.
However, I'm not too sure about this...
>>334197203
>so few people have played BB
Well that explains a lot.
Saving this for the inevitable "Which game is the best" poll.
>breezing my way through the game
>encounter this fucker and die a few times
>suddenly a second phase
JUST
>>334203701
The fight is much more stamina intensive then anything else I played, I found that rolling into him works pretty well. Try to roll to his right, you can usually get a few seconds to get a attack in or recover some stamina.
Honestly his second phase is what I needed summons for, that phantom is bullshit.
What is a good END level for melee builds? Should I pump it to 40? Does anyone know when stamina starts to drop off?
>>334203337
the only trick is to be fast and kill him before he transforms.
>>334203640
str builds are really useful in you like co-opin bosses as a sun bro hosts want a dps fighter while they hang back with a shield. Also, a lot of the tougher PVE mobs can be wrecked by str players; the undead at the borea valley can decimate med stat players but literally two heavy attacks can kill them in second with the heavier hitters
>>334178129
Playing DS1, should i kill this faggot? Nigga seems dodgy as fuck.
>>334186269
You're antisocial?
>>334203701
I'm gonna have to try that
I just reached pontiff and after a few deaths, I've found this is not working
rolling him puts me out of position for like half the time, and the punishes are at best 2 hits for 10% of his hp (using butcher knife)
Rolling his attacks isn't that hard on its own since this game seems to have the most forigivng rolls in the game
But holy fuck the camera when he starts swinging
if I don't lock onto him I can't get a punish hit in
if I lock onto him camera wigs the fuck out while he twirls about
>>334203778
>>so few people have played BB
They are not missing anything. BB was garbage.
>>334203337
fire stuns him
>>334203874
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3keT03mQ9bM
Just use the summons.
>People having trouble with Pontiff
>mfw I beat him solo on 4th try
>mfw tutorial boss has given me the most trouble in the game and died a hilarious 10-20 times to it
Who here Mirrah?
>>334203982
Pontiff is bullshit for the first half. Keep your shield up, punish whenever possible, and roll like a madman.
The second half, when he summons a phantom, is a million times easier. I died once to it, just because I ran out of Estus, and I smoked him the second time I got him to half health. It telegraphs all his attacks, and occasionally knocks you out of the way of them so you only take the smaller phantom damage and not the bigger real damage.
>>334204063
Here's your (You).
Cherish it.
Post """""""""""""""""""""""fun""""""""""""""""""""""""" areas
>>334204189
You probably got lucky with his patterns. If he decides to do his insane 6 hit combo when you're under half health, you're going to die unless you're half the screen away and rolling away like hell.
Guys, can I still join the mound makers after killing the great rotten?
Who /Greataxe/ here?
>>334203957
Shit forgot pic related.
>>334204214
Thanks sonygger.
>>334204189
the fucking catacombs boss gave me the mos trouble, he kept pushing me into his cloud of GG no re
>>334204339
Hurting Patches makes you a real piece of shit.
>>334186454
>longswords don't poke anymore either
>>334204063
Put some effort at least, mate.
>>334204280
heh, the only fun area i'ev played in so far is high walls of lothric and MAYBE the first swamp area
why the fuck does my ps3 controller not work on this
I have the fucking scp drivers installed, it works on literally every other game ever and is detected as a fucking xbox 360 controller but this game does not see it
Playing a sword n board Knight build. What's the most important stats to level? Not sure how much dex I need too
>>334204409
But i feel like he's gonna pull something dodgy on me if i pick up that item that's just on the edge of the cliff.
I'm really impressed that From managed to recreate the obnoxious and absolutely shitty feeling of going through Lost Izalith again
>>334204376
I watched some guy sit there and attack his fucking face instead of the GLOWING WEAKPOINTS. The only hard part is actually aiming at them because of the janky lock-on, he didn't even pull out his sword for me because I beat him that fast.
>>334204353
You'll fit right in here on /v/.
>>334204539
Just pick it up you hollow, I'm not going to do anything
>>334203920
oh I beat him already with my turtle tactic, the key to his second phase was for me to be fully healed, eat a green blossom, use all rings that somehow buff my attack and when he started with his phantom shit I just wailed on him, it's a pretty long cast, and they are both immobile during it, it almost outright killed the phantom.
>>334204157
Will co-op ever stops making the Souls games so easy mode? It's really annoying. Yet another reason why BB and its dungeons is the best.
>>334204487
Oh man which swamp is your favorite?
The poison swamp?
The water swamp?
The tiny swamp areas with fuckhuge giants in them?
The giant crab swamp?
What about graveyards, which graveyard is your favorite?
What about tombs with respawning skeletons?
Which one is your favorite.
Holy fuck the areas in this game went down the shitter real fast.
I thought it couldn't get worse after Cathedral of the Deep and its 1000000 assassins
then I hit snow land and its 100000000 of every single enemy type fucking everywhere
>>334204570
>mfw I got Yhorm 1/3rd down before realizing there was an item where he starts at
>>334204157
>using summons
fuck you i just beat him since my post and didnt use any summons
>>334204409
Patches is a huge faggot
That tree boss was fucking cool.
>>334204524
It depends, especially since this game seems to want you to infuse all of your weapons. If you want to focus dex, infuse dex and level dex. If you want to focus on strength, infuse strength and level strength.
Although when it comes to damage, upgrading your weapons goes much further than scaling, at least for a while. That means if you're so inclined you can level your str/dex to whatever you need to wield your weapon of choice, and then just pump vigor/end so that you have nice hefty bars.
Been tearing my hair out with this; does anyone know where the key is to enter the door on the High Wall - the one opposite by the lift?
I've unlocked the thief but can't find any other keys. Thanks in advance.
>>334204679
Nobody who has any actual interest in the game summons, so it's fine.
>>334204425
Ithyrill does.
>>334187082
>playing deprived
>get killed by katana bro a few times
>shield is good for fuck all
>ditch the shield and power stance my club
>rush him like methed out bum
>beat the ever living fuck out of him
>he's just about dead and dives away from me and falls off the cliff
>all satisfaction went out the window
finally killed the dorito pontiff
no sweat only 20 or so deaths
>>334204784
Is vitality all that important in this game? Yeah, think I'm gonna go infuse my claymore w/ strength and see how this weapon does.
>>334204686
I know that feel brah
I'm really conflicted on it, on the one hard those shit eating areas feel hard and therefore appear to be working as intended, yet on the otherhand I can barely bring myself to explore them and have anyfun, now it's become a case of
>new area
>explore until shitty gimmick, hard enemy, ambush kills me
>sprint past all the enemies to next bonfire, picking up any loot I can get along the way
>beat the boss via summons
>hope the next area is more fun to play in
>>334204569
D-DELETE THIS
>>334187082
As the knight, you can completely destroy him by just using your weapon art over and over.
>>334204503
Keep controller connected with whatever program you're using, close all other programs, Task Manager>Windows Explorer>end task, File>Run>explorer
It should recognize it now. Or try disconnecting and reconnecting it while you have Windows Explorer closed.
>>334204524
Mostly strength, vigor is nice, stamina. Equip load is cool but as a knight you'll probably be sitting in the middle roll tier (up to 70% I think) so you don't need TOO much. Just level dex enough to use weapons you want, like to 14 by level 30 or so, though I think the Lothric knight sword needs 20
>>334204937
later on in the game you can
>>334204937
Yes you can, but you have to kill 3 Lords of Cinder first and do Sirris questline.
So has anyone figured out stat scaling yet? I know magic stats scale more the higher they are. Do str/dex work the same way or do they still work how they do in DaS1&2?
>>334204867
>Rest at bonfire and go pick up his items
Is it worth it to invest the str points to use this?
I got pretty excited when it dropped as I've been playing for like 2 hours total, but 26 str seems a little steep.
>>334204964
You only need to level vitality to the point where you can wield your weapon, shield, and armor without fat rolling (<70% equip load). You don't need to level it higher than that.
>>334205027
so what you're telling me to do is restart windows explorer
that makes no fucking sense
>>334204984
>explore until shitty gimmick, hard enemy, ambush kills me
Until snow town, none of this was an issue.
But then snow town decided to throw 5 of those fucking blue fairy cunts at me while I was being bombarded with bullshit fire, so I just ran for it. That area needs some serious rebalancing, everything after that was fine.
>>334204962
I just sun broed to learn his move set then summoned some chums to help
trick is to hang around his left shoulder so he swinging attacks are less like to hit you, then roll like fuck towards him when he aggros on you. then yiou just wail on him on stage 2 where he summons his mimic and keep avoiding the aggro while your summon chums do the rest
summoning is bretty easy mode
>>334205053
>>334205054
Yeah just found it on the wiki
>If you defeat the Curse-Rotted Greatwood before acquiring the covenant, go to the entrance of the boss room after having defeated 3 Lords of Cinder. There you can activate the summoning sign of Sirris of the Sunless Realms and join in cooperation. If successful, you will acquire the Covenant. You must not have turned Sirris hostile towards you.
http://darksouls3.wiki.fextralife.com/Mound-Maker
>Got the Great Machete
damn this thing is brutal.
>>334204984
When I got to snow land I killed the first few enemies
then I realized that oh hey, it's 3 ice katanas, 10 invisible fuckers, and 2 bulky pyros at the same time
and the same in the next room
I have spent the last two areas just rolling about as train of monsters follow me and I loot everything.
It's like they played skies of arcadia and thought 'this is the right number of enemies for people to fight'
>>334205268
>mfw I let him get killed by that fire demon at the undead settlement
>>334204787
Anyone?
>>334178129
DaS3 is easily the best Souls game yet.
>>334198402
>talk to the giant in the tower
>"me help you"
>later on find a tree surrounded with his huge ass arrows
>see four or five villagers come around the corner
>hear a loud thunk
>a few seconds later they all get gibbed
Thanks giant bro.
>>334205369
>Letting Siegward die
>Thinking that pic is Siegward
retard
>>334205240
yeah the rolling towards is probably the best advice on him
also when he raises both hands, i think if he doesnt hit you with the both hands he wont do that retarded 6 swing combo
>roll STR/FAI build
>0 good strength scaling weapons (outside of absurd 34 str requirement ones) and 0 miracle teachers in the first 5 levels of the game
do i have to fucking reroll or some fucking shit? who thought this was a good idea?
Its dissapointing because its so easily comparable to the other games in the series, it always seemed like this one would be rushed but would anyone complain if we got a souls game each year similair to this one? Every single year being able to kill fairly fun bosses. Hell if each installment we get a boss as creative as Watchers of the Abyss I'll buy it.
>>334205493
>0 good strength scaling weapons
yeah, that S scaling butcher knife sure is shitty
>>334203337
Fire bombs
>>334205315
literally this
I began the kiting at the undead cathedral after the archers and the priest lady kept fucking me over
I perfected it at the catacombs when undead skellymans refused to die and the boss fight was mentally a glitchy pile of wank
I then clung to it at snowland when the high dps husks and elvish cunts just wouldn't let up
I'm probably missing half the content, but I can't bring myself to face hordes of high dps shitters over and over again
>>334205432
he also helps you against a crab in the swamps, near a white branch tree
>>334205093
Yeah I went back later to see if he had respawned and saw that only his drops were there.
hollowslayer greatsword or arstor's spear?
>>334205430
I still prefer DeS and DaS. I think the problem is that they played it too self-referential, which was a bad move after DaS2 soured that whole idea with references upon references.
The gameplay is solid, the bosses are fun, but the game atmosphere just feels a little lacking, because we've seen it all before. But hey, I'm fine with more of the same.
>>334205446
>Letting Siegward die
But it isn't him
>Thinking that pic is Siegward
I know who it is retardo
>>334204787
>>334205424
You have to go down to where the Crystal Lizard and that mutant guy worshipping something on the roof, then go down the ladder and into the room to your right. It's all the way at the bottom.
>>334204860
Cool, thanks man. I was so disappointed when I was going to make a fire longsword and found out it couldn't poke. Glad I saved the mats.
>>334205713
The one fighting the fire demon in settlement is siegward
>>334204679
Certain summons make the game harder because of the increased hp. But summons will always make most of the fights easy because the boss can't attack multiple people at a time, meaning you always have a time to get back to your feat and recover.
>>334204425
try the astora greatsword. that poke makes me moist
>>334205689
I wanted a bit less gore and a bit more fantastical, like anor londo or illyrith.
>>334178129
Is there anyway to hit the curse greatwood harder?
I keep killing all the sacks and he had half health left all the time
>>334180569
what about the whole lava area? i mean, you could easily miss that on your first playthrough.
>>334205671
I adore the spear, but you quickly run out of upgrade materials either way.
It's a great secondary dex weapon.
>>334204686
I really can't process how anyone can think this is the best souls game with this in mind.
>>334205834
Much like Lost Izalith, it's trash
>>334205804
>heavy artorias greatsword
watching elven fags sprint towards you and sending them flying with a built up heavy makes me moist
>can't use sorcerer abilities due to speed of enemies
>can't block half of anything due to shield instability
>only way to progress through some areas of the game is by ROLLING and PARRYING everything
>no fun allowed
>if your build is ANYTHING other than ROLL or PARRY you WILL GET FUCKED
>Irithyll of the Boreal Valley
Who designed this area?
I want to kill them.
>>334205721
>down the ladder and into the room to your right
Meant room on the LEFT when you go down the ladder.
>>334205241
yea i just did that, and that coop battle with sirris is way better than just killing the shitty tree
>>334205841
You're talking about a series where the competition is fucking Bed of Chaos.
>>334205827
look at his arms/legs carfully
>>334197698
Even though i suck for whatever reason I've killed tree on my first try. It can't do anything to you while you are behind it so get there and shoot his tumors/eggs/ whatever.
>>334205971
and Lost Izalith
>>334205689
Anyone whos played BB would probably agree with you, but one that hasnt, like myself, also think DS3 is so far the best souls game. DeS is a very close second.
>>334205827
Some of his limbs are vulnerable, but after you exhaust them, you have to attack the arm he spouts.
>>334205916
Shield works fine for most bosses. This isn't DS2.
>>334205997
It's the easiest
>>334205996
Yeah I hit those first
>>3342054469
but siegwarddiesat the end of his storyline whe he3 shots that lord of cinder
How to beat Vordt?
>>334206070
Godspeed, brave onion
>>334206026
It's almost impossible because it's in the air the whole time
is frost good for PvE?
>>334178129
Too easy to miss NPCs if you don't have a walk-through so only nearly perfect
So who else nailed Anri? It's cool, we got married first.
I feel bad for people who made shitty waifubait characters, female Anri a cute.
It feels a lot easier than 1 and 2.
The only boss I've really had trouble with so far ( I've beaten up to abyss watchers ) is the faggot cursed tree.
And that's only because it has a small weak point that slides all over the fucking place and a big ass.
I almost beat abyss watchers on the first try too but I got too greedy.
It's not hard, every time I've died is because I've made dumb mistake out of complacency or I died because being stuck on/in terrain/enemies and getting gangraped.
>>334206056
>Shield works fine for most bosses.
>Giant Tree Boss
>Skeleton Lord
I don't even know how Skeleman was even passable, he would always do some massive AoE where you just get fuckedI just got to the point where I turned on CE to beat it, there was literally nothing you could do vs the breath
>>334183336
Yeah, me.
>>334205916
I've shielded my way through everything so far. Whats your problem nigga?
>>334206112
hug his ass
>>334206112
Hit him until he dies.
>>334205909
didn't say Artorias I said Astora, this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyTWRQ0sPow
>>334183251
git gud faggot, otherwise why are you invading in the first place?
>okay okay miyazaki-sama check this out: what if we make a boss that has literally no poise so every hit staggers him, AAAAND we make him backstabbable!
how the fuck did you losers not beat this fight in ONE fucking try?
>>334206141
It's the same with all of the games. I thought I'd fucked myself over by killing a boss too early, but I was able to go back and progress the quest. You've always needed either a guide, or to walk on fucking eggshells and talk to everyone whenever you do anything to make sure you don't miss a trigger.
So based on the few bosses, is it bad to use shield? I have been hearing that attack and dodge is the better strategy than block and attack.
>>334206204
that's the one
>>334206303
go ahead and use shield, it'll drain all your stamina in 3-4 hits anyways
>>334206183
Literally all you have to do is not stand under him. Great job fucking up the game because you have no basic problem solving skills.
>>334205543
To be fair, STR really does get the shit end of the stick in the first half of the game.
This time around they basically force you to use greathammers or hammer weapons.
Even Caestus isn't an STR weapon any more and that shit bothers me.
>>334206303
keep block up just in case but try to dodge the easy shit
>>334206280
he shits on heavy builds
I see notes everywhere but very few summon signs.
Not any jollies in the starting area?
>>334206382
lol ok not like standing under him damages you as well or not like I haven't tried that but ok anon whatever floats your boat
>>334206295
I don't remember missing any NPCs on the first run in the first two though I don't know about Demon or BB
>>334206431
nah a lot of jollies appear after lothric and around the undead village
>>334178129
God you fags are so fucking cringy and sad
That Wolnir fight gets out of hand real fast.
>>334206280
can you parry the 2nd phase? by the way shit must be easy for everyone because nobody takes my summon sign for this fight
>>334206425
you shouldn't be using any build where you're fatrolling in a souls game anyways
>>334206431
>>334206280
Took me like 15 tries first time, thought it was pretty tough.
However Nameless King took me like 4. I don't get how people think that hes difficult, I was really dissapointed in that fight.
So that turtle lady leveled me up then I reversed my hallowing then she was dead what the fuck happened?
>>334198471
>large club
>not great club
the large club sucks in this game. they took the sweeping R2s and gave them to the great club
>>334206431
you arent in human mode m8
you need to consume an ember
>>334206628
it's more to do with the wind up times then anything
>abyss walker does his fancy leaps
>you dodge them all
>by the time your attacks finishes winding up he's either leapt off or started another flame dance
thus str builds get shit on
>people need summons to beat Pontiff
you fucking skkkrrruuubzz I'm so happy the best boss in the game can only be challenged solo, at least you scrubs won't have everything
So should I get the pc version or ps4?
I have an 8gb, i5 4670 3.4ghz, and a 280x.
Anyone else struggle with Old Demon King? His attacks are all well telegraphed but he never fucking stops and the camera is a nightmare.
>>334205641
what does he drop???
>>334206782
just run away until he does his spit move - then move in on his right and hit him and back off again
repeat until he dies
>>334206676
>she
he
>>334183004
Yeah, BB was actually good
>didn't play demon souls
>implying your opinion matters
>>334206026
Just beat him
Rng gods were on my side
This time his hand froze for like 10 seconds so I could hit it
>>334206782
but steel's heavier
>>334186269
dark souls = dark souls 3 = bloodborne > demons souls > Old Hunters > Scholars > dark souls 2
pretty, pretty, pretty good
>>334206676
What do you mean reversed hollowing?
There's no downside to dying anymore remember
Did she take your levels away?
Why is it so hard to play online?
>Connecting nearly always fail
>Finally reach the world of the host
>CONNECTION ERROR as you spawn
>If it does work the host slide with no animations
PATCH WHEN
>>334206814
his katana and his weird rags
>>334204575
so intelligent I prepurchase games and then play them!
>>334207210
Hollowing turns you into a grape after the counter goes above 20 or so.
>>334180080
is pyromancy really gud in ds3?
>>334207148
>game that has been out for a year and half and been on sale several times has sold more than a 2 day old game
More news at 11
>>334206657
Maybe you were overleveled?
>>334206814
uchigatana
Do not forget to [spoilers]get koel right at the beginning of the undead settlement to go to firelink shrine[/spoilers]
HE
[spoilers]has a little quest line that ends up giving you good miracles, spells, and other key items.[/spoilers]
>Wolnir
>Still haven't died to a single one of his attacks
>died 4 times to the fog behind him that constantly damages you, always getting swept over and trapped by his weirdass arm geometry
fucking kill me, I've had 0 trouble with any boss so far but this is taking my ass for a ride
That said, about what level should I be for the catacombs?
>>334207148
>what is time
we would have also accepted
>what is a steam sale
>>334178129
It would be a lot better if it would stop fucking crashing.
>>334207374I FUCK THIS UP EVERY SINGLE TIME
>>334207323
>grape
>counter
I'm not following
Downloading the game right now for PC. Did I waste my money?
Of all the enemies in Dark Souls 1 they had to recycle this one.
>>334207493
>PC
NOBODY TELL HIM
so is there an area as bullshit as Frigid Outskirts here?
>>334207569
Works fine on my machine :^)actually does, 19 hours, no issues
>>334207569
Fuck what are you guys not telling me here
pontiff more like fume knight 2.0
>>334207257
git a computer
>>334207668
but in a game where rolling isn't shit
>>334206585
I assumed his right arm was covered in death fog for 99% of the fight and just ended up whittling his left arm down while constantly dealing with an army of skeletons and fucking invulnerable cart wheel skeletons. After I killed him I looked some kill videos up and realized how stupid I was. Fuck that boss and fuck me for being retarded.
>>334207656
That it runs fine unless you're using a rig you found dumpster diving.
>use ember
>summon 3 guys
>enter boss room
>they cant get through fog
>invade someone
>theyre in a boss room
Somethings fucked.
>>334207656
It runs well for some, and poorly for others. If it doesn't work, likely there will be performance patches and driver updates soon to address it. Unless, of course, you're one of those retards who sit well below the recommended specs yet still complain about it running poorly.
>>334206623
yes you can, i did
also i get summoned here instantly
>>334190205
I use magic weapon but that is all.
I am thief that uses pyro, sorcery and dagger.
>>334207554
It is the only enemy that everyone that played DaS1 will recognise.
PVP is okay in this game, better than in 2 at least. But I hate how it's basically a "roll away and drink estus"-meta. Also ranged weapons are definitely the best, again... Either ultra greatswords with broad as fuck swings or 20 feet long rapiers.
So those mace guys in deep cathedral are pretty fucking aids, huh?
>getting lost there
Kek, have fun in the swamps.
>the hardest part of the game is suddenly the first three enemies in irithyll
The field of view is zoomed in too close.
>>334207475
look into your status screen, there is a stat called hollowing, which increases with every death
>still no DBS-moveset weapon
CAN'T WAKE UP
>>334207884
SWINGSWINGSWINGSWINGSWINGSWINGSWING
>AOEAOEAOEAOEAOE
>SWINGAOESWINGAOESWINGAOE
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK
>>334207886
>field of view
This isnt a fps.
Its called a camera.
Motherfucker I just got booted from hosting a game with two summoned bros. I just got a prompt saying "lost connection to steam, quitting" and that was it.
What the fuck.
>>334207884
aren't they stunlocked super easily?
>mfw the fucking crow assholes after you open the huge sto an door in the swamp
>>334208051
WOW STEAM HAS ISSUES
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW
>>334208031
Field of view isn't exclusive to first person, dumb dumb.
>>334207395
catacombs is shitty regardless of level, I think I was around level 34-40 at the catacombs
equally the boss isnt hard just frustratingly buggy, just gotta hit his bracelets and hope he doesn't drag you into his gg-no re clouds, or get ready to do another kite and runathon back to the boss room
So, favorite STR so far? I'm loving the default Greatsword, Farron Greatsword is fun as hell too though
>>334207656
It's weird.
>i3
>570 gtx
>can play this game with more than 30 fps on low settings
>friend has i5
>770 gtx
>often dips to 5 fps even on lowest settings
Even with the same drivers.
>cuck with broadword and shield attacks faster than me with double scimitars
Literally no fun allowed
>>334208052
>3
>having the time to stunlock 1 when his buddies are busy SWINGAN at your FUCKING FACE
>>334208140
No but it just doesnt matter outside of it.
>>334200529
People with summons out are at the top of the priority list for invasions.
If you're just on your own in ember mode you'll probably still be invaded now due to activity but not nearly as much as if you have a phantom.
So yes when you invade in DaS3 you're very likely to jump into a 1v2 or 1v3 gangbang.
But hey if you hold out, usually someone else invades while you just kite and poke them endlessly and embarrass them.
>>334207778
>use ember
>summon 2 guys
>steam shits itself
>"OH SORRY WERE YOU PLAYING?"
>force quits the game
>>334208009
MAGICALSWINGTHATGOESTHROUGHBLOCKSSWINGSWING
>>334208052
they can be, but if you have a greatsword or something, they can recover and hit you all within your swing animation
>>334208249
It does though.
It doesn't matter where the camera is, it determines how much you can see through the lens.
Reminder that from put a katana right at the beggining to make it easy to spot out the fags.
>>334208251
This kinda sucks, I've been invaded maybe once in my attempt to solo the game. But when I go white phantom there's always some fucker.
>>334208031
>>field of view
>This isnt a fps.
>Its called a camera.
You heard it here first ladies and gentlemen, third-person cameras don't have the concept of FoV
Only on /v/
>finally get summoned by someone who doesn't walk into a skeleton boulder or walk into megaskelle's blue smoke of death
>steam goes down
FUCKING
EPIC
>>334208236
maybe it's lag but I get combo'd for like 8 hits with the broadsword
>>334208357
And they they dont want you to see more than you can.
but unlike first person, you arnt gonna get a headache from it.
>>334208271
>>334208051
Looks like steam shat itself for everyone atm.
>>334207904
What happens when I'm a grape?
How does it go down?
>>334208173
Great club. Picked it up in farron keep and kept it all the way up to thegwyndolin killerboss which i'm at now.
>>334208379
Katana is literally the best weapon.
>>334204686
So hmm you want a comfy barren jrpg land with dumb mob? Sound like DKS2 might be up your taste.
At what STR does heavy infusion actually become better than no infusion?
>>334208594
yer a ugly fuck.
A new npc appears in shrine that wants to help you.
However if you reverse hollowing, she will leave
>>334208236
you think that's bad? I'm using Demons Fists and my startup time is worse than a fucking greatsword.
and people don't even get stunlocked anymore, so I get TWO punches on someone before they roll away
>>334207554
well hes kinda been in every one man hes recycled from demons souls anyway scrub
>>334203337
put a torch in your right hand and attack with it then hit it with your main weapon while it flails about
>>334208746
I would like a bit of comfy t-b-h family
current it feels like a traumatic rollercoaster going from bad to worse rather then the dark souls 1 style ups-and-downs journey I knew and loved
How the fuck do I get an invasion going as Farron nig? I've been fucking around for a while now in the swamp and nothings happening
>>334208173
pontiff greatsword is sexy as fuck
>>334207828
what
>>334208793
anyone?
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