Re: Dark Souls (And some GotY discussion because the fanboys can't stay quiet)

by **Erik** Tue Nov 08, 2011 7:29 pm

Tim Hortans wrote:The thing I don't understand about these games is they're supposedly "hard" when really its just trial and error over and over until you finally get something exactly right.

I may be wrong though, I've never played.

You can die to any of the enemies at any point in the game. The difficulty lies in how strong the enemies are compared to you, because as soon as you enter a new zone you either have to be extremely skillful or possibly even grind some souls so you can level up or improve your equipment. Every zone has new threats, every enemy has its own style that you have to watch carefully and react against.

You win not because you attacked first, you win because you outplayed and outstrategized the boss.

I believe I finished the depths recently and am going through that next zone to the fire spider boss. I don't have an Xbox anymore so I can only play at my friends house on his.

by **DigDog** Tue Nov 08, 2011 11:32 pm

Volke wrote:
DigDog wrote:
Erik wrote:It is also the most difficult game on a disc.
Good thing you said on a disc or I'd be going all NES on your butt.

Likewise, I would talk about Gameboy games.

FUUUU MONSTER RANCHER. WHAT WERE YOU SUPPOSED TO DOOOOO?!

Monster Rancher isn't difficult, it's just incredibly long, repetitive and time consuming.

by **Tim Hortans** Wed Nov 09, 2011 3:40 am

How extensive is the combat?

by Mrsebi Wed Nov 09, 2011 4:01 am

Extremely, there are multiple weapons, each with its own speed, style, weight, etc. You swing a sword, you feel it go fast, you swing a great sword, it feels heavier and more powerful. If you hit something, the game relays the impact, if you hit a wall or a shield, it bounces back.

Simple description, yeah. But its really a very developed combat system, and unlike most RPGs, its fairly realistic. Enemies don't all have small weak spots, their entire bodies are hurt-able. And attacks do as much damage as you would expect it to do.

As for the enemies and bosses themselves, its pretty advanced, each zone has a couple types of enemy, each with their own fighting styles, and the bosses are in a class of their own.

The game IS trial and error in a way, but not so much that you keep hacking till you get lucky and kill the enemy, you die learning how to fight them, and then you outsmart them after a couple of deaths, and win.
And it feels good man.

In the end though, its fair: if you die it was your fault.
If you live? You earned it.

by **Thoru** Wed Nov 09, 2011 4:59 am

Well.... I hate life, I wanted to check this out and it's not available for PC