Megido
Megido
Since 6120 Days
Ok so the game is finally out, and iäve managed to play for about 3-4 hours so far. Have to say, as a massive fan of Dark Souls 1 this game feels really good so far. Anyone else on here playing? Thoughts so far?

Also, since i remember someone being interested in watching, here is the first two parts of my blind playthrough. Enjoy, more coming soon :)

part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSwPJCB3roQ

part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_zBNmdhGQo&nohtml...

Accidentally recorded part 1 in 30 FPS, but part 2 and onward will be 1080 at 60 FPS :)
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asdfg
asdfg
Since 5628 Days
Is the map a big connected map like in Dark Souls?

And how is the performance on pc?
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Megido
Megido
Since 6120 Days
As for the map i'm not entirely sure, but it seems so. There's like a hub that seems to be disconnected from teh rest of the world, but other than that it's been one big thing.

Performance is good, mostly. Getting better performance than i expected. Though it has some issues crashing, i've managed to get the game to stop crashing for me now, but there seems to be a lot of people having issues, unfortunately.
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Melmoth
Melmoth
Since 6364 Days
I've only just ran around for about 15 minutes, but so far it's been mostly stable 60fps at 1080p, everything on max settings. GTX 980.
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Tiz
Tiz
Since 6460 Days
Posted by Megido
Also, since i remember someone being interested in watching, here is the first two parts of my blind playthrough. Enjoy, more coming soon :)


I'll watch this later and any other parts you put up. Go! Go! Go!
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asdfg
asdfg
Since 5628 Days
I feel obligated to inform you that I think Tiz appreciates your videos for very different reasons than gameplay...
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Megido
Megido
Since 6120 Days
Posted by asdfg
I feel obligated to inform you that I think Tiz appreciates your videos for very different reasons than gameplay...
If he wants to fap to my massively sexy swenglish and epic gameplay that's a-ok with me :P
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Tiz
Tiz
Since 6460 Days
Posted by asdfg
I feel obligated to inform you that I think Tiz appreciates your videos for very different reasons than gameplay...
Posted by Megido
If he wants to fap to my massively sexy swenglish and epic gameplay that's a-ok with me :P
asdfg... you're Swedish too right?

>:D
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asdfg
asdfg
Since 5628 Days
Oh my god is this the swedish thread?
Posted by Megido
If he wants to fap to my massively sexy swenglish and epic gameplay that's a-ok with me :P
Megido ASMR channel confirmed.
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Megido
Megido
Since 6120 Days
Gotten tpo a part of the game now where i seriously start to hate it. The most bullshit boss in a souls game to date i think.
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asdfg
asdfg
Since 5628 Days
Just gonna put these here (the retro cover and poster)

http://i.imgur.com/BywzCUw.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Sr0K11R.jpg
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Megido
Megido
Since 6120 Days
That's cool, looks like a Genesis/megadrive box :)
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asdfg
asdfg
Since 5628 Days
I think people who bought the boxed version get the cover if they turned theirs inside out but not sure.
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Tiz
Tiz
Since 6460 Days
I've only just gotten around to watching this.

Are you playing on PC, Megido?
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Megido
Megido
Since 6120 Days
Yeah i'm on PC. A lot of the recorded parts unfortunately end with the game crashing, lol. In the end i had to play a big chunk of the game on the lowest setting to avoid crashes. Todays pat seems to have fixed this though.

The infamous helmet crash got me several times.
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Melmoth
Melmoth
Since 6364 Days
I've killed the first few bosses on first or second try, but end up dying a lot on mobs. I think it's a combination of their speed and aggressiveness (similar to bloodborne), and me having a slow weapon doesn't help either. Fighting a strong opponent while having 1-2 weak mobs (who can show up mid-combat) can be catastrophic due to the speed. More so than in previous souls-games, i think you have to be 100% focused when roaming around the locations.

Haven't noticed any bugs, except for one where i couldn't rest at a bonfire i had previously visited.
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Megido
Megido
Since 6120 Days
I finally beat the game today. Pretty sure i've said it before but i'll say it again. Longsword is the best weapon in the game for PvE, everything else can fuck right off :P

As for the bonfire thing, sure there werent enemies close by? Some times the game is real finnicky with that.
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Melmoth
Melmoth
Since 6364 Days
There might have been a mob i aggroed stuck somewhere that prevented me from resting at the bonfire.

Playing as the Knight class i started with a longsword. It's fast, which is important (atleast for fighting the turbo-mobs), and the battle arts for it works very well against heavily shielded opponents like the Lothric Knights. I switched for a dark-infused battle axe which i got from random drop. I'm trying out some other weapon classes too, but if there doesn't drop some named/infused longsword or similar soon, i'll just level a standard longsword.
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Megido
Megido
Since 6120 Days
You didn't get the infused axe from a random drop, it's a mimic in Lothric high wall that drops it :)
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Melmoth
Melmoth
Since 6364 Days
Most likely. I got some weapons from random drops as well, and didn't check them (or the axe) out till i was back at the bonfire.

I'm fine with going in blindly when it comes to gear and build, since it "only" affects how good the character gets. What bothers me is that i know i'll miss out on most of the NPC stories and progression. I just remember from playing the other games that many character arcs just stopped and i either found them dead, or didn't meet them again at all. This was most likely a results of me not doing things in the correct order, the correct time, going the right place or choosing the right dialogue answer. I've played a few FROM games now, but i still aren't any wiser when it comes to this.

The ones i tends to miss are the kind where you talk to a NPC you meet during exploration, he will then disappoear and after killing boss X the NPC spawns again in some dark corner in an area/level you've already explored and never felt the urge to go back to. And he will die or disappear completely, thus ending the questline, if you don't talk to him before you kill boss Y.

Maybe there's some clues i'm missing, but so far it's eluded me.
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Megido
Megido
Since 6120 Days
You never see all the lore and stories in one go. Especially if you go in blind. That's why we have people like ENB :)
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Tinks
Tinks
Since 6724 Days
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asdfg
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Posted by Tinks
https://www.facebook.com/AlltimeGamingtv/videos/890021657790831/
LMAO!
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Megido
Megido
Since 6120 Days
Kinda stolen but yeah. If you like stuff like that check out the source

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC477Kvszl9JivqOxN...

Also
https://www.youtube.com/user/OnlyAfro
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Melmoth
Melmoth
Since 6364 Days
Just done with the Watchers. Just like with bowling, i started very good and then it got worse.. and worse. I tend to fall into some resigned state after the anger/frustration, and then just do stupid things over and over again. Wasn't until i stopped to think why i got hit that i played properly. Just being more aware of the stamina, and learning the attack patterns helped me going from sure death to killing him using only 1 estus.

Till now i have a clue where i am geographically in the world as the game is good at showing you huge vistas of large parts of the world. When i walked into Irithyll i had no idea where i was, and i can't picture how it's located in relation the the rest of the world, even though it's clearly connected.
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