I think you went the wrong way. Were you fighting them in the graveyard right outside the starting point?For.I.Am.Mad said:
Poll: Dark Souls isn't hard, its just douchey with its checkpoints
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I never really had a problem with the deaths, mostly because there are shortcuts everywhere. I can't think of 1 boss in the game that either has a checkpoint nearby or a shortcut. Usually you can safely run through the normal enemies on the way to the boss from the last shortcut.
The runs aren't that long either. For the first boss, just take the elevator up, go up the stairs, beat the first knight, and run like hell to the boss. Second boss has a doorway that leads to the room right before the final boss that has enemies that are way too slow to chase you. The giant ogres guarding the 3rd boss can be avoided entirely by going around them. The fourth boss, if you kill a special monster, only needs you to fight a singly weak crossbow enemy.
I have no problem with the respawns.
The runs aren't that long either. For the first boss, just take the elevator up, go up the stairs, beat the first knight, and run like hell to the boss. Second boss has a doorway that leads to the room right before the final boss that has enemies that are way too slow to chase you. The giant ogres guarding the 3rd boss can be avoided entirely by going around them. The fourth boss, if you kill a special monster, only needs you to fight a singly weak crossbow enemy.
I have no problem with the respawns.
I will agree with anyone who says that Dark Souls can be cheap. I dare anybody who's made it through Sen's Fortress to say it isn't.
But this is the ultimate draw of the game; Not that it's cheap, but that it simply doesn't want you to win and it will do whatever it can to make sure you don't. And sometimes these will be "cheapshots" were an enemy is hiding around the corner, or knights shooting spear-sized arrows at you while you're running across narrow walkways. But again, this is because the game doesn't want you to win.
And if you think the checkpoint placements are cheap just wait till you get to the Boss fight in Anor Londo : >(
But this is the ultimate draw of the game; Not that it's cheap, but that it simply doesn't want you to win and it will do whatever it can to make sure you don't. And sometimes these will be "cheapshots" were an enemy is hiding around the corner, or knights shooting spear-sized arrows at you while you're running across narrow walkways. But again, this is because the game doesn't want you to win.
And if you think the checkpoint placements are cheap just wait till you get to the Boss fight in Anor Londo : >(
It isn't, just take it really slow and you can see every trap comming. Everyone i saw playing just ran into every room, that shit will kill you.Casual Shinji said:
I would agree with you if it wasn't for the bonfire in that fortress being absolutely hidden from sight.TheFathomlessMaster said:
I took my sweet time navigating that place, checking every corner twice and keeping a sharp eye out for pressure plates. But the only way to get to the bonfire is carefully dropping down to it from an area were a giant is dropping devastating firebombs. And there are no hints or reasons for you to investigate this area when you're second away from being deepfried.
If they'd put like a ladder there or something it would indicate a path to some much needed rest.