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[GAME ON] Demon's Souls [PS3] - Ain't yo mamma's RPG

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  • MifioMifio MrrlendRegistered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Where do you find the regenerator ring? I've been looking for something like that.

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  • gjaustingjaustin Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Mifio wrote: »
    Where do you find the regenerator ring? I've been looking for something like that.

    There's two. One at the end of 4-1 and another in the swamps of 5-2.

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  • Shorn Scrotum ManShorn Scrotum Man Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    ~sigh~

    That island in 5-2 with the 2 Giant Goblin's and the Shaman can seriously choke on a dick.

    Seriously.

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  • XagarathXagarath Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    ~sigh~

    That island in 5-2 with the 2 Giant Goblin's and the Shaman can seriously choke on a dick.

    Seriously.

    Thief ring around it. Only the Shaman will attack you.

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  • ColtColt .45 ColoradoRegistered User regular
    edited January 2010
    ~sigh~

    That island in 5-2 with the 2 Giant Goblin's and the Shaman can seriously choke on a dick.

    Seriously.

    Agree 100%.

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  • RenzoRenzo Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    With or without the Thief Ring, just run past it and onto the wooden walkway. Just be aware of the giant mosquitoes afterward. Those dudes will fuck you up royal.

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  • gjaustingjaustin Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    ~sigh~

    That island in 5-2 with the 2 Giant Goblin's and the Shaman can seriously choke on a dick.

    Seriously.

    gjaustin on
  • Shorn Scrotum ManShorn Scrotum Man Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    I'm trying to get around to the ramp up to the slug nest, not just get around it. It looked like a narrow enough distance that a thief ring wouldn't be enough to stop me from being noticed.

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  • ApostateApostate Prince SpaceRegistered User regular
    edited January 2010
    ~sigh~

    That island in 5-2 with the 2 Giant Goblin's and the Shaman can seriously choke on a dick.

    Seriously.

    Somewhat cheese way below:
    Use the thief ring and snipe from a distance (think all the way zoomed) with a bow. Hit one big one and move back slowly. The active one will run around and thrash around for a bit and then move back to where he was. Shoot him again. Repeat until dead. Note, when they get low on health they often move out a farther distance to look for you. But even if one does come after you at that point one hit from something should take it out at that level of health.

    Also there's an even "better" island with 3 Giant's all together. Can also be cheesed.

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  • greeblegreeble Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Yeah trying to fight against the 3 Giants on that island legit is really hard. I haven't been able to do it solo. But I was able to do it with the help of a blue phantom.

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    Let me tell you about Demon's Souls....
    I’ll tell you what happens in Demon’s Souls when you die. You come back as a ghost with your health capped at half. And when you keep on dying, the alignment of the world turns black and the enemies get harder. That’s right, when you fail in this game, it gets harder. Why? Because fuck you is why.
  • NatheoNatheo Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    So, having beat the game 3 or so times, would it help if I were to youtube some videos with some strategies? I was thinking about doing this, might be a fun little project.

    legit, melee strategies, as that's where a lot of folks seem to struggle.

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  • ReynoldsReynolds Gone Fishin'Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    The creator of Demon's Souls made Game Informer's list of the Top Ten Villains of 2009. His picture was just a screenshot of the 5-2 swamp. Couldn't agree more!

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  • LouieLouie Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Natheo wrote: »
    So, having beat the game 3 or so times, would it help if I were to youtube some videos with some strategies? I was thinking about doing this, might be a fun little project.

    legit, melee strategies, as that's where a lot of folks seem to struggle.

    Anyone done a let's play of this yet? I imagine that it would be very very popular.

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  • Shorn Scrotum ManShorn Scrotum Man Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Reynolds wrote: »
    The creator of Demon's Souls made Game Informer's list of the Top Ten Villains of 2009. His picture was just a screenshot of the 5-2 swamp. Couldn't agree more!

    Ahahaha, that's freaking great!

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  • TheGerbilTheGerbil Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Reynolds wrote: »
    The creator of Demon's Souls made Game Informer's list of the Top Ten Villains of 2009. His picture was just a screenshot of the 5-2 swamp. Couldn't agree more!

    Ahahaha, that's freaking great!

    Seriously. What the fuck. Whoever designed that swamp needs to be shot in the groin repeatedly.

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  • WulfWulf Disciple of Tzeentch The Void... (New Jersey)Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    TheGerbil wrote: »
    Reynolds wrote: »
    The creator of Demon's Souls made Game Informer's list of the Top Ten Villains of 2009. His picture was just a screenshot of the 5-2 swamp. Couldn't agree more!

    Ahahaha, that's freaking great!

    Seriously. What the fuck. Whoever designed that swamp needs to be shot in the groin repeatedly.

    With Awesome Darts. Man, I love how atmospheric the Swamps are. They really make you feel penned in and completely forsaken!

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  • CampyCampy Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    No, with poisonous no roll darts.

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  • vagrant_windsvagrant_winds Overworked Mysterious Eldritch Horror Hunter XX Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    I thought 5-2 was an interesting challenge. The only thing that pissed me off about it was the nameless Meat Cleaver black phantom that could dodge roll in the swamp.

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  • greeblegreeble Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    I just wish that hitting roll or dodge in the swamp would cause your character to do nothing instead of stagger. There were times when I was fighting on an island and got a bit too close to the water then bam, stagger + giant club = dead

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    Let me tell you about Demon's Souls....
    I’ll tell you what happens in Demon’s Souls when you die. You come back as a ghost with your health capped at half. And when you keep on dying, the alignment of the world turns black and the enemies get harder. That’s right, when you fail in this game, it gets harder. Why? Because fuck you is why.
  • BehemothBehemoth Compulsive Seashell Collector Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Reynolds wrote: »
    The creator of Demon's Souls made Game Informer's list of the Top Ten Villains of 2009. His picture was just a screenshot of the 5-2 swamp. Couldn't agree more!

    Ahahahahahahahahaha

    Perfect. People complain about dying a hundred times in the tutorial, but you don't see the real difficulty until that swamp. It's the point where the game decides it's not just putting obstacles in front of you, but that it actively hates you and wants you to suffer.

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  • SilpheedSilpheed Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Man, how I wish that this game was available for the 360. I can't believe how the 360 got pretty much every other title from From Software but not this one.

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  • BehemothBehemoth Compulsive Seashell Collector Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Silpheed wrote: »
    Man, how I wish that this game was available for the 360. I can't believe how the 360 got pretty much every other title from From Software but not this one.

    Well, it was published by Sony in Japan....

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  • vagrant_windsvagrant_winds Overworked Mysterious Eldritch Horror Hunter XX Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Silpheed wrote: »
    Man, how I wish that this game was available for the 360. I can't believe how the 360 got pretty much every other title from From Software but not this one.

    /shrug. That's why you own both. 2009 was a really shitty year for the 360 while the PS3 got great exclusive after outstanding exclusive after great exclusive.
    A couple years back it was the opposite.

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  • greeblegreeble Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Silpheed wrote: »
    Man, how I wish that this game was available for the 360. I can't believe how the 360 got pretty much every other title from From Software but not this one.

    /shrug. That's why you own both. 2009 was a really shitty year for the 360 while the PS3 got great exclusive after outstanding exclusive after great exclusive.
    A couple years back it was the opposite.

    Word. Honestly there is enough overlap that you don't need to have both, but it is really really nice.

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    Let me tell you about Demon's Souls....
    I’ll tell you what happens in Demon’s Souls when you die. You come back as a ghost with your health capped at half. And when you keep on dying, the alignment of the world turns black and the enemies get harder. That’s right, when you fail in this game, it gets harder. Why? Because fuck you is why.
  • ColtColt .45 ColoradoRegistered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Reynolds wrote: »
    The creator of Demon's Souls made Game Informer's list of the Top Ten Villains of 2009. His picture was just a screenshot of the 5-2 swamp. Couldn't agree more!

    That is awesome!

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  • Shorn Scrotum ManShorn Scrotum Man Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    So I finally got my Large Sword of Moonlight. Holy shit is it awesome.

    Armor-wise, what are the rest of you Faith-build people doing? I've been rocking Binded Cross armor for a little while now, and liking it alot, even if I'm more squishy than I remember being in my Mirdan. I just found the Dull Gold Armor, and have been thinking about trying it out, but I'm not sure if I'm gonna like that stamina regen reduction.

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  • BehemothBehemoth Compulsive Seashell Collector Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    So I finally got my Large Sword of Moonlight. Holy shit is it awesome.

    Armor-wise, what are the rest of you Faith-build people doing? I've been rocking Binded Cross armor for a little while now, and liking it alot, even if I'm more squishy than I remember being in my Mirdan. I just found the Dull Gold Armor, and have been thinking about trying it out, but I'm not sure if I'm gonna like that stamina regen reduction.

    I've been using the Dull Gold Helmet (because it looks awesome) and fluted everything else. Oh, and the silver bracelets, you have to get those, I think they're in 3-1.

    I can still roll because Istarelle weighs 1.00 and I've been pumping my end along with faith.

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  • greeblegreeble Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Dull Gold armor is good. That's what I've been using in NG to NG+++.

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    Let me tell you about Demon's Souls....
    I’ll tell you what happens in Demon’s Souls when you die. You come back as a ghost with your health capped at half. And when you keep on dying, the alignment of the world turns black and the enemies get harder. That’s right, when you fail in this game, it gets harder. Why? Because fuck you is why.
  • TheGerbilTheGerbil Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    I have so much endurance I am rolling around with my purple flame shield and gloom armor. Its pretty sweet. All the resistances are great.

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  • NatheoNatheo Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    I don't see enough people rockin the old kings

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  • Shorn Scrotum ManShorn Scrotum Man Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Behemoth wrote: »
    So I finally got my Large Sword of Moonlight. Holy shit is it awesome.

    Armor-wise, what are the rest of you Faith-build people doing? I've been rocking Binded Cross armor for a little while now, and liking it alot, even if I'm more squishy than I remember being in my Mirdan. I just found the Dull Gold Armor, and have been thinking about trying it out, but I'm not sure if I'm gonna like that stamina regen reduction.

    I've been using the Dull Gold Helmet (because it looks awesome) and fluted everything else. Oh, and the silver bracelets, you have to get those, I think they're in 3-1.

    I can still roll because Istarelle weighs 1.00 and I've been pumping my end along with faith.

    Oh yeah, I got the Silver Bracelets. I usually put them on when I'm going to go farming for souls in 4-2. I'll have to try out the Dull Gold, I'm just not sure how well it will work out considering both of my main weapons (Blessed Mirdan Hammer and Large Sword of Moonlight) chew through alot of stamina.

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  • Fourier_seriesFourier_series Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Oh god, fuck Maneater. Surely none of the other bosses are that hard, right? Right?

    On a sidenote to the armor discussion, is there really any armor I should be going after for my Int/Magic caster build? I started as a Royal so I already have the Wizard set. I'd wear my sweet-looking Gloom set, but I don't think I've put a single point into endurance yet...

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  • Shorn Scrotum ManShorn Scrotum Man Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Oh god, fuck Maneater. Surely none of the other bosses are that hard, right? Right?

    Ahahahahahahaha.

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  • Ragnar DragonfyreRagnar Dragonfyre Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Ugh, I'm having a seriously tough time with the Giant Goblins in 5-2. If I don't wear the Cling Ring, they one shot me... if I do wear it, they just hit me again while I'm trying to get up and I die anyway.

    The only thing I can think to do differently is take off a bunch of armor so I can roll quickly and pray to fuck I don't get hit.

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  • vagrant_windsvagrant_winds Overworked Mysterious Eldritch Horror Hunter XX Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Ugh, I'm having a seriously tough time with the Giant Goblins in 5-2. If I don't wear the Cling Ring, they one shot me... if I do wear it, they just hit me again while I'm trying to get up and I die anyway.

    The only thing I can think to do differently is take off a bunch of armor so I can roll quickly and pray to fuck I don't get hit.

    The first one you can completely avoid wearing the thief ring.
    The island of three of them you can pelt from above with arrows.

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  • Ragnar DragonfyreRagnar Dragonfyre Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Ugh, I'm having a seriously tough time with the Giant Goblins in 5-2. If I don't wear the Cling Ring, they one shot me... if I do wear it, they just hit me again while I'm trying to get up and I die anyway.

    The only thing I can think to do differently is take off a bunch of armor so I can roll quickly and pray to fuck I don't get hit.

    The first one you can completely avoid wearing the thief ring.
    The island of three of them you can pelt from above with arrows.

    Yeah, I can usually kill that first one or avoid it. I'm talking about the pair standing with the Shaman. Also, I don't have a bow yet. :(

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  • BehemothBehemoth Compulsive Seashell Collector Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Oh god, fuck Maneater. Surely none of the other bosses are that hard, right? Right?

    Ahahahahahahaha.

    Hahahahahahahahahahaha

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  • RubycatRubycat Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    What all do you try and do before your final encounter in the game before going to NG+?

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  • vagrant_windsvagrant_winds Overworked Mysterious Eldritch Horror Hunter XX Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Also, I don't have a bow yet. :(

    Problem #1 right here.

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  • Shorn Scrotum ManShorn Scrotum Man Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Any farming and crafting you want done, you should probably get done.

    This time around I'm gonna try and do Mephistopheles. That's one you want to do just before you finish.

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