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Man I guess I got lucky. I killed Smelter on my first try. Pure melee toon. Didn't think he was much harder than the solo Dragonrider in Heide's. But I was an idiot on Iron King. I didn't notice that ladder to the last bonfire until after I killed him, so I was running from the campfire above...

Man, me too. The first two games have really similar combat and I'm good at both. I still blow at DS2, 5 or 6 hours in. They changed combat pretty dramatically. It's frustrating, but overall I'm glad I can't just faceroll everything. Some aspects of combat that are noticeably different:

It changes your character's gender. Almost made me reroll, thinking I'd failed to notice the frayed tube top during character creation.

How amazing would it be to have Souls-style combat in an MMO? There'd be big differences like ~6 people beating on one mob, and client-server latency would sometimes blow. But still. I'd be all over it.

The Crestfallen Warrior dude tells you it's going to make things harder, though he doesn't give specifics.

You're not missing anything. Lots of people complaining about this. Hopefully it gets fixed in a patch.

Gotta say they did an amazing job making it just different enough from DS1 to still be hard for veterans. I beat DS1 with two different SL1 toons and was feeling pretty cocky. Dozens of DS2 deaths later, I have been stripped of all ego. I'm not very far in, but framerate on PS3 seems just...

I think people had every reason to expect a twist. I did. In the end it proved to be simply a character drama, but a fucking good one. Both guys were brilliantly written and acted. I felt a little let down that it was a straightforward find-bad-guy kill-bad-guy conclusion to the mystery, but...

Yeah I just saw that too, and came to the same conclusion. Leaning PS3 now. Planning to pick it up at lunch today, so I'll have to get completely off the fence by then. Supposed to have a snow storm overnight. Hoping for a big one so I can scam out of work tomorrow!

Hmm. There are mixed reports about framerates. Can anybody else confirm that PS3 is pretty good? I have a 360 and a PS3, and I'm still on the fence which to get. I'm more used to the 360 controller, but I don't really want to pay for XBox Live just for this game. But there have also been...

ftfy

Jealous. Stay this way for as long as you can stand it. I wish I'd held out longer.

It's actually Darkwraith--a PVP covenant. But especially when you're making a low-level one for the sole purpose of invading hapless newbs, you're a Dickwraith.

I've got level 15 sunbro I made for co-op in Undead Parish (defending against lvl 9 dickwraiths FTW), and I pumped him up pretty far. I beat O&S with him so I could warp, but there was no reason to beat 4 kings. This will be my first shot at them with a low level toon. My usual strategy is...

This week on my first SL1 playthrough I: beat Quelaag on the first try got past the Anor Londo archers on my first try beat O&S on my second try!! but in between I died to trash mobs a bunch of times. For some reason the Anal Rodeo lightning gargoyles give me hell on this character with...

You can't pre-order the PC version? WTF is this shit?

Utnayan, if you're fat-rolling, that's why you're having no fun. I tried to do a heavy armour, strength build, fat-roll playthrough and just couldn't finish it. Pretty sure I called it quits in Anor Londo. I go tanky for 4 kings and Nito, but fast-roll everywhere else. I never had trouble...

Doh double post.

Only in NG+. Havel's armor is behind the archers. You also haven't seen many of these guys on your first playthrough, so parrying is tough. By the time you beat O&S, sure. You've killed a hundred of them and have the animations down. If you've got a tanky, high-poise toon, these guys...

You don't say. I hear the secret to the hundred yard dash is to run really fast. ;P

I couldn't agree more. They probably took it a *little* too far. There are some really basic mechanics that should have been better explained. But the mystery is definitely part of the game's appeal, particularly in combination with the dreary, contemplative atmosphere. The total uncertainty you...

I'm in exactly the same spot. Loved the hell out of Dark Souls. Around 300 hours played on XBox and PC. I want more before DaS2, so I bought a PS3 and Demon's Souls. It's good, but the healing system feels terribad.

No Say Goodbye Don't Follow? C'mon man. THAT'S a funeral song.

I haven't studied Japanese history, but I have no illusions that the movie was based on many facts. But it was a good story. The disciplined, honorable samurai I reference are the obviously fictional characters in the film.Interesting to hear that it's way off, nonetheless. Braveheart's...

ET was one of the first movies I saw in the theater. I was 5. I bawled all the way through the parking lot. It's risky, but I'll admit to one more that hasn't been mentioned: The Last Samurai. When they finally succumb to the gatling guns at the end. Blah blah Tom Cruise sucks, whatever. I...

Holy shit Xarpolis. I remember that name. You were the first wiz on Tarew Marr to get your Staff of the Four. Um, that's all. Carry on.

Fake.

You have to write the source such that the compiler can create valid 32 or 64 bit code from it, but yeah the compiler does the heavy lifting.

This. Watching high level players kill Meldrath and the Mino Hero when my main was a runt in Steamfont definitely contributed to my subsequent multi-year addiction.

I had RAID 1 Raptors at launch and it still hitched like hell. I tried again recently on the exact same 6 year old machine, except with an SSD, and it's STILL bad.

*facepalm* Yes, it's hard. Neranja explained it really well. No, it would not require multiple code bases. That's absurd.

You can do all the fad diets you want, but at the end of the day it's simply a matter of burning more calories than you eat. Nothing else matters. Last time I seriously tried to lose weight, I used the My Fitness Pal app on an iPad. It's free. I think there's a web version and a PC version and...

Advice for new parents: preschool blows. When your first kid goes to school for the first time, be prepared for the whole family to be sick ALL THE FUCKING TIME because your little bundle of joy is being exposed to gazillions of viruses for the first time. We subscribe to the mkopec school of...

I'm 35 and have been programming for a living over 15 years. Don't bother with the tech diploma mills, like others are saying. The degree(s) you already have are fine. There are tons of awesomesauce devs with no formal training. A degree in a hard science suggests you have the general aptitude...

Lurker since noows. First post. Considering PC games only. 5. Mass Effect 4. Half Life 3. Doom 2. Civ IV (no expansions) 1. EQ (through Luclin) Honorable Mention: TradeWars 2002, Angband, FreeSpace 2, Wing Commander 3, Falcon 4.0, C&C: Red Alert, Warcraft 2