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StokedUp said:
i thought demons souls was a harder game than Dark Souls, but ive enjoyed the Dark Souls experience more than i did Demon Souls, Both games are truly amazing and i too hope from software can keep the "Souls" games going, and keep that great lonely, dark atmosphere. Infact it wouldnt suprise me if there already planning a 3rd, Dark souls has sold well and has had critical acclaim worldwide from gaming jounalists, so it would be stupid if they didnt do another.


Brought a tear to my eye =')



           

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Hmm I definitely find Demon's Souls to be a tad easier. Don't know why. Maybe it's because it's not open world?



luvtospooge said:
Hmm I definitely find Demon's Souls to be a tad easier. Don't know why. Maybe it's because it's not open world?

The linear progress meant you could tackle every world as you saw fit, there wasn't a fixed progression. Sure, in Dark Souls you can also tackle a lot of things as you see, but there are limitations in the form of enemies strengths and lack of items to progress further. 

Plus, in Demon's Souls, there were a lot of builds that made the game rather easy to play. I'm playing a full magician build that can carry a Purple Flame Shield and i'm destroying the game, even considering it's a Pure Black WT event until October 31st. On Dark Souls, every build has it's weaknesses here and there, so you must rely a lot on skills whenever your build fails.



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Honestly I prefer the hub center that we had in Demon's Souls but it isn't a huge deal.



Now I realized this game is basically an RPG cross-over of Metroid and Monster Hunter, I realized this is one of the best games I have played this generation.

My hat, it is off to you, From Software.



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Chrizum said:
Now I realized this game is basically an RPG cross-over of Metroid and Monster Hunter, I realized this is one of the best games I have played this generation.

My hat, it is off to you, From Software.


Well said =D



           

So should I request abosolution for killing egg guy or is it not worth it? (168k souls). I mean, I dont care missing out on his spells since ill be going for a second playthrough, but will my sin affect anything in this game besides being invaded?



luvtospooge said:
So should I request abosolution for killing egg guy or is it not worth it? (168k souls). I mean, I dont care missing out on his spells since ill be going for a second playthrough, but will my sin affect anything in this game besides being invaded?


Not worth it if he's dead. If invaders start bothering, sign out of psn. You'll be returned to the main menu with the option to sign back in.



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Parasitic said:
luvtospooge said:
So should I request abosolution for killing egg guy or is it not worth it? (168k souls). I mean, I dont care missing out on his spells since ill be going for a second playthrough, but will my sin affect anything in this game besides being invaded?


Not worth it if he's dead. If invaders start bothering, sign out of psn. You'll be returned to the main menu with the option to sign back in.

So literally pulling the plug is your way to deal with bothersome invaders? That's very brave. At least you could try an ingame solution, like going to the boss fog wall, which means failed invasion for any invader, no matter the covenant. 

Plus, low sin players rarely get invaded by Darkmoons, especially if there's a player at your level with much higher sin. It's the darkwraiths or the random Cracked Red Eye Orb invaders that usually invade the most. 

I've had one of the "pull the plug" invadees in my Darkwraith runs, mainly because he had run out of estus flasks and had no humanity to heal. It screws up your invasion and it means wasted time. If anyone can't handle the online component of the game, better if they play it offline and stay out of the online.



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lestatdark said:

So literally pulling the plug is your way to deal with bothersome invaders? That's very brave. At least you could try an ingame solution, like going to the boss fog wall, which means failed invasion for any invader, no matter the covenant. 

Plus, low sin players rarely get invaded by Darkmoons, especially if there's a player at your level with much higher sin. It's the darkwraiths or the random Cracked Red Eye Orb invaders that usually invade the most. 

I've had one of the "pull the plug" invadees in my Darkwraith runs, mainly because he had run out of estus flasks and had no humanity to heal. It screws up your invasion and it means wasted time. If anyone can't handle the online component of the game, better if they play it offline and stay out of the online.

I've only pulled the plug twice out of the many times I've been invaded so far. I never mind fighting an invader who actually fights but....I started noticing way more of them playing hide and seek, or running away to safety to heal once their hp is low. It got legitimately frustrating =/ 

Trying to fight an invader with all sorts of nasty tactics in ng+ is hardly ever fun when they're hiding behind the dinos in Lost Izalith. If I had Strong Magic Shield, I'd have no problem with using it to glitch and kill those types - my friend does it often.

With all that being said, I'll probably start disconnecting more often whenever people decide they wanna play dumb and waste time. Hell, some of them are even doing this during pvp sessions in Anor Londo! I ended up leaving the center platform lowered - the amount of invaders that run straight for it once they're in is sad, and once I see them do that I'll be more than happy to double team them with whatever white phantom I have with me.



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