Man, I just had my first "online" experience. It really adds some flavor to this game. I hadn't beaten very many levels so places where I could leave my blue soul stone were limited. Plus for some reason, the past few times I've played the game I've seen NO ONE online. I went to all the worlds on I think sunday and saw one pink sign in level 2-1 and that was it.
Well tonight it seemed busy, so I thought "what the heck, I'll try to get my body back and leave my stone in 2-1." I just got my purple flame shield, so I thought it would be a good one to lend my abilities. I leave my sign on the bridge at the beginning of the level, and sure enough within a couple minutes I was summoned along with another blue phantom. It was cool hacking away with a couple of buddies, makes it a little less lonely. Plus Stockholm syndrome took over pretty quick and I was in love with master, and wanted nothing but to please master, kill for master, protect master. Eventually the other phantom left or died, I'm not sure. But I lost sight of him and he was gone. So it was just me and master.
We are coming up on the spot where we dumped the water to cool down the floor and a message pops up that we were being INVADED. HOLY FUCK. PROTECT MASTER. SOME ONE IS COMING TO KILL MASTER. FUCK. So I'm all like running, like "we gotta go master, some shit is going down", I blaze through the last room with the flame spewing fat guy, using my shield to protect master while he hurls soul arrows at him. Knock his ass out, and ran. Got to the elevator, went down. I was thinking "we're home free, unless his ass jumps on this elevator all assassin like, which would be bad ass......" but we get to the bottom and master spots another soul stone just before the boss. Master stops to summon, fucking master, now is not the time. I know I can kill the spider, but I don't know jack about who is trying to kill you. THEN....THE FUCKING ELEVATOR STARTS TO GO BACK UP. Oh shit master, we got company. His summon fails, and I run into a back hallway with master. We'll get the jump on this bastard. Sure enough, some dude comes down and looks into the fog across from us, I run up behind him and STAB STAB STAB FOR MASTER. I'm not doing as much damage as I would like, but master is circling around behind him while I fight him face to face. He's blocking my shots, but I'm keeping his attention. Master get's behind him and fires soul arrows, he turns around to face master and I STAB FOR MASTER. He's caught in a pincer attack and doesn't last long before he falls before the might of Master and his servant. It was a glorious day.
Then I went and fucked up that spider, Got my body back and master was gone. Fuck master, I don't need his bitch ass living body anyway, got my own damn body now. Either way, it was cool.
Went into 4-1 feeling confident with my new body. Saw a few spots to summon phantoms and thought "nah, I got this" but then it dawned on me "Dammit, I'm alive now. I could get invaded at any moment...I need body gaurds." So I summoned some dude. I'm the master now bitch.
The online component really adds some emotional depth to the game that would be lacking otherwise. I really like it...I'm freakin' paranoid now about having a body. Not used to that.
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