Demon's Souls

[FAL5E]

did anyone else pick this up on PS3 today? Unbelievable game so far!

 

[SOLIDSNAKE]

did anyone else pick this up on PS3 today? Unbelievable game so far!

just saw the review on gamespot.
https://www.gamespot.com/ps3/rpg/demonssoul/review.html?tag=topslot;img;1
I am picking this up for sure.
I had no Idea this game was out.
another perfect reason to own the PS3!

 

[Matt S]

Picked it up today, but havent opened it yet...not sure I want to play an uber hard game...kinda sitting on it for now

 

[FQRizzo]

Bought this one on Saturday. Gonna tear into it once I'm done with Uncharted 2.

 

[FQRizzo]

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[TurdFerguson]

Got this today but i can't play it yet because my PS3 crapped out on me.

 

[Ktjn]

I was watching my friend play this game a bit, (this boss...)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyOa9_jNnEw

Game looks good.

 

[Matt S]

So for those that played this, whats the verdict? Will I hate myself for playing it? Is it uber RPG or does it have direct action?

Thanks

 

[Serpentor]

It is a very straight forward game more along the lines of Oblivion just without all the quests. The game is somewhat difficult yes mainly because you get punished for dying. You collect Demon soul's to level up and buy items its the games universal currency if you did you get revived at the start of area you were in if you get back to your blood stain you get everything back. You die before that you loose whatever you had. It can be frustratingly tough at times but really if you take your time and proceed with caution the game isn't that bad......well until you start NG+ or play online alot and get invaded by other people.

 

[cr0w]

EXTREME necropost, but damn it I want to talk about this game.

Just got back into it after about a year or so of not playing it, and holy damn am I loving it. It truly rewards you for learning the combat system and not just rushing in, and I haven't felt this rewarded by a game since the 8-bit days.

I can't remember the last time I felt such accomplishment from beating the very first level of a game. It's amazing. I just hope I can finish it before Dark Souls comes out.

Did anyone else end up giving the game a shot?

 

[ToastedFred]

I imported the Asia Version a few months before the European version was announced. Both versions have made me quit, more so the EU version.

I've got much further on that copy (20% trophies), but after a boss kills me for the third time I'm like "____ you, Demons Souls. ____ you!" and don't touch it for a few months. False King Allant recently made me throw the game back onto my shelf haha

 

[Matt S]

I got in the mood for this today, and my lord its hard. Spent 5 hours dying over and over...still on Level 1 really....most of the time I am playing in soul mode...LOL...this is one insane game

 

[Drakul]

Just started it.
I didn't die during the tutorial!
Well until the boss nuked me in 1 shot.

so far in 1-1 I've died once. I have to face the boss now though.

 

[BadMoon]

Just started it.
I didn't die during the tutorial!
Well until the boss nuked me in 1 shot.

so far in 1-1 I've died once. I have to face the boss now though.

I reached level 35. Not sure if I will ever finish this though.

 

[Drakul]

I reached level 35. Not sure if I will ever finish this though.

I can't even pass 1-2.............

 

[BadMoon]

I can't even pass 1-2.............

I don't think you are supposed to yet. I have played almost all of the 1-1's. Try that first. I played each level over and over again to level up for the next one. It takes time but it works.

 

[Drakul]

I don't think you are supposed to yet. I have played almost all of the 1-1's. Try that first. I played each level over and over again to level up for the next one. It takes time but it works.

hmmm well I did play 1-1 and beat Phalanx fairly easily.
i've been gaining soul but the real trick is getting new equipment and I'm not clear on how that works yet.

so any tips are welcome

 

[Matt S]

Ok, I literally just beat the game today, spent 100 hrs or so doing it - much of that time was me just looking around, trying to find stuff. Got to level 110 on first game. I actually think I became obsessed with this one. Some suggest doing the levels like this: 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1. I didnt do that, but think it would work. In 1-1, you will find two rings: cling and thief - both help a lot. The official guide indicates for soul farming, focus initally on 1-1 , 4-2, 4-4 (which is an archdemon level, but easy), and 4-3 - I guess I agree with that

Only level that made me go crazy was 1-4 - I HIGHLY suggest doing that dead last. Best level for soul farming: 4-4, once you find a Ring Of Avarice. You can get around 30k souls within a minute of that level, once the boss is dead

On a side note, played two hours of Dark Souls and loving it - menu system is darn near identical as I hoped - makes the controls easy

i've been gaining soul but the real trick is getting new equipment and I'm not clear on how that works yet.

so any tips are welcome

Lot of em are just from drops after you kill an enemy - one is if you have the broken sword and take one of the demon souls to the blacksmith in 3-1, He'll turn it into a BADASS sword. Forget which soul, but when you kill a major demon, just hang onto them - dont 'cash them in' as I did early on. I missed some cool upgrades that way. Stuff like that. A great site is the Demon Souls Wiki page - helped me a lot, or if I just wanted to check out something, such as World Tendency or Character Tendency - for example..

One strange weapon or item 'upgrade' is if you take shiny objects to Hawkgirl in 4-1....she'll be near a nest and just a voice. If you leave certain items and save the game and load it, an item will be exchanged. Game has a lot of secret crap like that

 

[Drakul]

thank for all the tips. I'm going to try and beat the Tower Knight again today and if not I'll farm a bit in 1-1

 

[Matt S]

thank for all the tips. I'm going to try and beat the Tower Knight again today and if not I'll farm a bit in 1-1

Focus on his heels - that is his weak spot - once at half health he'll drop and wack him in the head. I'd say this is one of 4 bosses that are pretty hard -

1-1, the whole area should be beatable, EXCEPT the knight w Red Eyes - he is off to one corner - he sucks