The Official Dark Souls Thread - .....It Begins

[MessiaH]

I finally beat this game for the first time a week or 2 ago. It is so fucking brilliant! I linked the fire, although the Dark Lord ending I watched on youtube was far cooler. At least it was more of an ending that the fire linking crap ending you get.

Anyway, Dex build (Wanderer), Chaos Blade +5, Lightning Weapon +5, and an array of shields depending on the situation. Killed every single boss, missed a couple of phantoms. Got to level 94 or so. Then started PVPing before I beat the Lord of Cinder in Kiln of the First Flame.

Bosses that beat my ass before I defeat them:

1. Capra Demon (was weak when I faced him, low poise/stability/stamina, narrow area, 2 fucking dogs, this guy sucked!!!)
2. Smough & Ornstein: I wanted Ornsteins soul/armor, so I had to endure the more difficult route of beating Smough first. What a fucking hassle this boss fight was.
3. Quelaag: The spider-witch beat my ass a few times.
4. Gwyn, Lord of Cinder: This guy was so tough at first, I couldn't even land a single hit in before he would decimate me with his ridiculously long sword putting shame to Sephiroth's sword. But then I figured him out, and basically light armored myself and danced around him and the rock columns waiting for moments to step in and stab him in the throat. It was a fantastic duel!

Worst levels:
1. Ruins of New Londo: (First time I visited, I was doing alright, then I enetered a room where 6 ghosts came out of no where and shred me to pieces, so I left and came back much later on. Now with the Jagged ghost blade, I figured this would be the best method, but after having so much difficulty, I found out the best way to kill these losers was to curse myself, and use the chaos blade, I would kill them in one or two hits (can't remember) - but once I realized actually how small this area is and that no ghosts reside in the lower area after letting the water out I was relieved and this place became piss easy. But figuring it all out was such torture.
2. Tomb of the Giants: What horseshit this place was! No lights, had to switch back and forth between skull lantern and shield, thus taking damage, or falling into pits. This area was so frustrating. But again, once you get the hang of things it eases up, and then the 2nd half of the level is lit. What a relief. I got the sunlight maggot helmet thing after I beat this level, hahaha coulda seriously used it!

This is some of the most fun I have ever had playing a game. The level design is brilliant, the combat mechanics are flawless, its just immense fun!

Also, I started NG+ just to check out the difficulty, and the first Boss you fight in the Undead Asylum was piss easy! I was expecting him to murder me, but I guess I was pretty beefed up from my last playthrough, I just killed him in a few hits with the chaos blade. I wonder if that level of diffculty remains like that or if they get exponentially harder.