Its pretty legit now since headshots from bows staggers some enemies long enough to plant another arrow in their brain. Also crossbows are much faster for controlling space with slow armored enemies or taking out a weaker group from far away. Then there's the Dragon Killing bow which is crazy powerful if you build around it since the only arrows you can use with it are basically spears. Combining it with the Hawk Ring and you can shut down almost any enemy from range. If you can see it before it aggros you and land that headshot it's as good as dead.ZippyDSMlee said:
Dark Souls Review
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Eh, if this (or Demon's Souls) were on the PC, I'd definitely give it a try. I tend to try to play all games on the highest difficulty, even if it means continuous deaths (such as the Stalker games) and just keep trying and reloading and fighting for that adrenaline rush and personal gratification that comes with beating a sheer impossible situation after all. If I may say so myself, I think I'd be the perfect kind of person that this game would target as its audience. Unfortunately, I don't own those consoles and won't buy them, either. Since there apparently is no PC port and none planned, either, I'll have to pass this up. Too bad.
Hey man, if you talked to that Sun Knight guy right after the Tauros Demon (and before the Red Dragon), then what you should do is resurrect to Human form before going to the Bell Gargoyles. Then you can summon the NPC! Made the fight so much easier.Gunner 51 said:Having never tried any Nintendo Hard games since the early 90's - I thought Dark Souls was a refreshing change of pace from today's games. But what struck me about the game was that most games when they prove too hard, it'll have me reaching for something easier.
Even if you die a lot, and believe you me - you WILL - it very rarely feels cheap. (With the exception of that arsehole knight in the bottom of the Undead Berg tower with the Alpine Horn. (You'll know him if you see him.)
Though I'm 60 hours in and still haven't got past the Bell Gargoyles yet - I still find myself glued to and loving every minute of the game. I'm totally going to blow my X-box up through overplaying this.
But yeah that stupid Havel ("alpine horn") is a pain. I had to remove half my gear so I could roll fast, and then it was a dodge and backstab game. Still died a bunch, though
Wow I thought I was a little too pc elitist but I didn't know there were some people that don't even give anything they are unfamiliar with a try!BreakdownBoy said:
Funny really because Dark Souls is infinitely better than any pc rpg I have yet to experience but thats just me being accepting of alternative platforms again silly me have fun with hotkeys!
Maybe my statement was obscure, what I was trying to say is this. Developers who develop cool games like and not limited to Uncharted, Gears of War and Red Dead Redemption piss me off because they ignore a big portion of the market. I am not a pc super race kind of person, I do believe consoles have their benefits but that doesn't make console exclusive games any cooler, so chill the hell out, and yes I do enjoy hot keys as they allow me to play real RPG's the way they were inteded and not hack slash God of War wannabes.Mr Companion said:
I didn't have any humanity at the time, I ended up grinding to the point where I could use a Drake Sword on the gargoyles with one hand and without being encumbered by it. Then I focused everything on the first gargoyle and didn't stop beating on it for one second.Wolfram01 said:Hey man, if you talked to that Sun Knight guy right after the Tauros Demon (and before the Red Dragon), then what you should do is resurrect to Human form before going to the Bell Gargoyles. Then you can summon the NPC! Made the fight so much easier.
But yeah that stupid Havel ("alpine horn") is a pain. I had to remove half my gear so I could roll fast, and then it was a dodge and backstab game. Still died a bunch, though
After that, the second gargoyle was a piece of cake.
Now I have ground my way to get the Crest of Artorias, grinding just became a whole lot easier. Forest Dwellers in Darkroot Gardens behind the Artorias door carry at least 2000 xp per person.
I know this is kind of an old thread, but it's been posted a year end review thingy...ccdohl said:
So I'm wondering if you've changed you opinion on the "fairness" of the game. Because I'd have to agree with you that everything does have a counter. Poison from enemies can be mitigated by different armour and rings and reduced by items gained form certain enemies. Same goes for bleeding damage. Also, different damage modifiers, i.e. fire, lightning, can be mitigated by various equips as well. Also, weapons can be upgraded to have the same bonuses to help defeat certain enemies.
It's all well balanced. Fair is subjective, but I think Dark Souls balances it nicely.
My problem with Dark Souls is that it's an archaic slog of exploded mechanics. I can't remember the last time I did a grind, and here's freaking Dark Souls reminding me what it's like to kill the same mooks (not just the same mooks in different places, the same exact mooks) over and over again. It seems like many of the "hardcore" equate challenge, and difficulty with rote memorization. I love the atmosphere and the realistic combat of the game, I wish the bosses and boss-likes didn't have cheap attacks or spams (and yeah some of them do). I know more about the first thirty minutes of Demon Souls than I do the whole game. I could literally do it in my sleep. That's freakin' boring to me. The only reason I keep playing is so that I hope to find some new area to explore, but then I'm quickly relegated to grinding souls and humanity if I want to get anywhere. Maybe multiplayer adds more, but I can't support Live and I have to rate it on the single-player experience alone.
It straddles the line between good and mediocre. This isn't just me whining about how it's too hard, remember, I mainly take gripes with old mechanics that waste my freaking time. Playing Dark Souls is the closest someone will ever get to experiencing Hell. No, I don't mean it's bad, I mean the same thing over and over and over and over and over again. I often found myself in purgatorial loops, and that's a lot more dispiriting than any death Dark Souls provided (except for some truly worthy rage quit cheap-ass bosses).
It straddles the line between good and mediocre. This isn't just me whining about how it's too hard, remember, I mainly take gripes with old mechanics that waste my freaking time. Playing Dark Souls is the closest someone will ever get to experiencing Hell. No, I don't mean it's bad, I mean the same thing over and over and over and over and over again. I often found myself in purgatorial loops, and that's a lot more dispiriting than any death Dark Souls provided (except for some truly worthy rage quit cheap-ass bosses).