I think this review was written by an african american dude, but yeah not the most ideal choice of words.That makes it weirder
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I think this review was written by an african american dude, but yeah not the most ideal choice of words.That makes it weirder
Where have you been?On the interwebz
At this point I'm on media blackout. Time to just play the game.
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So I finished Demon's Souls. First major takeaway is that it... isn't a hard game? I beat most bosses first try and only died more than 3 times to one boss which was the weird puzzle/ stealth boss where its not clear what you have to do. I got through a lot of the areas first try or in just a few tries as well. As a result it did somewhat feel like a Souls game due to the mechanics and structure but not due to the difficulty.i've alway maintained that demon's souls isn't hard. it's a puzzle game. yes you can easily die but you die by not knowing the attack patterns or the strategy. once you "learn" it the game is easy but when you don't know it it can be quite hard. the worst thing to do in this game is to keep trying to win with a strategy that isn't working.
I haven't played any Dark Souls but Sekrio and Bloodborne were super hard and it took ages to progress, constantly dying and each attempt maybe getting a bit further until after a long time trying you finally reached the next checkpoint/ killed the boss. This game is not like that at all. Its much further between each ckeckpoint but the game expects you to be able to get all the way through without dying. Every enemy feels like you can beat it first time as long as you're somewhat careful.
In a way it was nice, the constant progress and slicing through enemies felt great. Getting through the game in only 19 hours means I can move onto the myriad of other games I have lined up for PS5. But it does lose that Bloodborne satisfaction of finally beating a super hard boss which is what I thought Souls games were all about. If I were to guess I'd say I died at least 10x less than my Bloodborne playthrough, probably way less. Wasn't really expecting that.
i've alway maintained that demon's souls isn't hard. it's a puzzle game. yes you can easily die but you die by not knowing the attack patterns or the strategy. once you "learn" it the game is easy but when you don't know it it can be quite hard. the worst thing to do in this game is to keep trying to win with a strategy that isn't working.Who said I disliked it? I thought it was really great, it just doesn't provide that huge sense of accomplishment when you finally beat a boss like in the others. Bloodborne just feels better to play with the fluidity of the combat systems and more fun weapons. Demon's beats Bloodborne in a lot of other areas, mainly graphics and performance and better variety of boss fights and environments. I'd still give Demon's Souls a 9/10, for modern standards its not the masterpiece that Bloodborne is but its an amazing game overall. Being less difficult than expected is a huge positive for me, I dropped Sekiro because it was just stupidly difficult and I couldn't be bothered with it.
it's why demon's souls is my favorite in all of the from software games. over time they diminished that "strategy" aspect and made it much more combat focused. i disliked bloodborne for the very reason you are disliking demon's souls,.. i beat nearly all the zones and bosses on the first try. the game was too easy. but....
...you also need to appreciate that you are playing demon's souls "out of order". it was the first game in this genre and no one ever "explained" to me how this game was supposed to be played. i had to learn it the hard way. i remember all the "it's too hard" comments about dark souls but as a player that came off the back of demon's souls i actually imposed an artificial level cap of 19 just to up the difficulty because having awareness of "the rules of the game" made the game so much easier.
if you had trouble with bloodborne i'm going to go out on a limb here and guess it was your first game in this genre. bloodborne is not an overly difficult game once you understand the rules of engagement. quite honestly i think it is by far the easiest game of all the from software games. the highly responsive and fast combat mechanics made it exceedingly easy to "recover" from a mistake. the slower paced combat of demon's souls made mistakes all the more punishing.
i don't know if you had trouble with the 4-2 boss but it was the boss i failed and failed and failed at. and then when i "figured it out" it was the most mind blowingly satisfying ah-ha moment. such and amazingly unobvious obvious solution. also, i don't know if you replayed 3-3 to learn the "secret" to that boss but that was also a really cool mechanic they put into that boss.
Who said I disliked it? I thought it was really great, it just doesn't provide that huge sense of accomplishment when you finally beat a boss like in the others. Bloodborne just feels better to play with the fluidity of the combat systems and more fun weapons. Demon's beats Bloodborne in a lot of other areas, mainly graphics and performance and better variety of boss fights and environments. I'd still give Demon's Souls a 9/10, for modern standards its not the masterpiece that Bloodborne is but its an amazing game overall. Being less difficult than expected is a huge positive for me, I dropped Sekiro because it was just stupidly difficult and I couldn't be bothered with it.dislike was probably the wrong world. "didn't appreciate it as much as would have if it was my first experience". demon's souls is extra special to me because it was my first.
Bloodborne was my first yeah, a lot of my difficulty with it was learning this style of game.
4-2 boss? That guy I just beat first time no trouble, it was one of the normal ones that didn't seem to have any trick to it, just dodge and beat him up. 3-3 is cool, I read about it beforehand, I did go up against another player and managed to win my first try.
dislike was probably the wrong world. "didn't appreciate it as much as would have if it was my first experience". demon's souls is extra special to me because it was my first.Yeah that makes sense.
4-2 on the first try?!?!?!Spoiler for Hidden:
Yeah that makes sense.well if you beat him the "normal" way on your first try then either you are really good at combat or they nerfed him. a handful of original players were capable of killing him in 1:1 combat but a vast majority couldn't. i know i couldn't.
Um what, I've never even heard anything about doing that. I just beat the boss normally, lots of dodging, rolling, blocking and getting in quick attacks. I think I used magic for a lot of the fight to stay back and do damage.
well if you beat him the "normal" way on your first try then either you are really good at combat or they nerfed him. a handful of original players were capable of killing him in 1:1 combat but a vast majority couldn't. i know i couldn't.Interesting, well I did have a good build going and got to him pretty late on so that's probably why I managed to beat him first time. Pretty sure they didn't change any of the enemies in terms of their difficulty for the remake.Spoiler for Hidden:
Interesting, well I did have a good build going and got to him pretty late on so that's probably why I managed to beat him first time. Pretty sure they didn't change any of the enemies in terms of their difficulty for the remake.1. that set sounds a bit game breaking. there was no truely light armor set in the original. when I played investment staying above/below the 50% encomberment penalty was a strategic choice that was highly debated.Spoiler for Hidden:
1. that set sounds a bit game breaking. there was no truely light armor set in the original. when I played investment staying above/below the 50% encomberment penalty was a strategic choice that was highly debated.Yeah I honestly had no idea that armor set was new, I just could tell it was the best set for me when I found it. Keeping light to dodge better while still having good protection is one main tip I read from people before I started playing, and that armor set seemed perfect for that.
it's a bit like the game was designed to play like killzone two but you came in with call of duty gameplay...
2. I feel like you were robbed of one of best parts of demon's souls. having the community clues helping you figure this out was such a unique experience back in the day.
6 years ago @ShawnLayden delivered this mostly forgotten speech for PlayStation at E3, which for some reason it really stuck with me as the thing that makes PlayStation so appealing. The CEO saying "It wasn't a multi-million seller, but that wasn't the point" at the time was nice pic.twitter.com/iK6KdnXm4w
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