Dark Souls 3

AWPC · 24 Oct 2016 at 18:28

Not sure what time the DLC is coming now PC gamer think its 5am tomorrow morning but Steam says around 11PM this evening :rolleyes:

AWPC · 24 Oct 2016 at 22:40

20 min's to go if Steam timer is accurate

AWPC · 24 Oct 2016 at 23:03

DLC is live on Steam right now 1.5Gb download ... praise the sun

cHk4 · 26 Oct 2016 at 00:01

Done, I really enjoyed that DLC. Shame it didn't take more than a few hours to complete but I loved it

Moothead2 · 26 Oct 2016 at 00:41

I'm mixed. They've stuck to their philosophy of throwing as many enemies at you as possible and all that really does for me is make me want to just run past them. Multiple melee, AOE, ranged and ranged with AOE all at once is just annoying to be honest.

kinger8938 · 26 Oct 2016 at 08:45

I may hold off for now, in terms of content then is it quite low? Blood borne dlc was quite big but i think that was 2 in 1

cHk4 · 26 Oct 2016 at 09:12

kinger8938 said:
I may hold off for now, in terms of content then is it quite low? Blood borne dlc was quite big but i think that was 2 in 1

Funny but when I did the Bloodborne DLC I got to the chapel thing at the start with the big thing and got some item in there and thought that was it, was like woah this is short but then watched a video and saw I missed a door but yea' it was 2 in one I think.

I mean me and my friend do co-op so we do an area on one, then the area on another. We started at 6:30 maybe had 30 mins of breaks and was done by about 11.

kinger8938 · 26 Oct 2016 at 09:24

cHk4 said:
Funny but when I did the Bloodborne DLC I got to the chapel thing at the start with the big thing and got some item in there and thought that was it, was like woah this is short but then watched a video and saw I missed a door but yea' it was 2 in one I think.

I mean me and my friend do co-op so we do an area on one, then the area on another. We started at 6:30 maybe had 30 mins of breaks and was done by about 11.

Yea that can happen

Hmm doesnt sound good enough as a pve only player like me, i think they have a big pvp focus here too?

cHk4 · 26 Oct 2016 at 09:26

kinger8938 said:
Yea that can happen

Hmm doesnt sound good enough as a pve only player like me, i think they have a big pvp focus here too?

I mean don't get me wrong I really enjoyed it and found it really fun but I was so sad when it was over. I really enjoyed the last boss fight I thought that was pretty cool but yea' they have some PvP arena thing now. You basically find an item, burn it at your shrine link fire and then you get the option to duel, 2v2,3v3 etc.

kinger8938 · 26 Oct 2016 at 09:34

I must try pvp sometime

I think ill wait until both packs are out and replay it as a whole game!

This one was the first souls game i didnt instantly replay (mainly due to time to play being less around release than i used to get due to us having a baba!)

Do want to replay it!

apatia77 · 26 Oct 2016 at 17:00

DLC was fun and wolfs and frozen scenery was a great idea. Difficulty was just right too.

strumpusplunket · 22 Nov 2016 at 20:41

So, just finished DS2, around a year after finally playing 1 and currently itching to venture into a new Souls game.

Now, I know I could Google these questions, but I want to avoid spoilers if possible and just get an idea about a few specific things before I buy and start my first playthrough rather then general info I've found thus far.

How does this compare to 1 and 2 in terms of size, world layout and difficulty of bosses? Oh, and boss variety (although I liked 2 a lot the bosses didn't really feel as novel or interesting as in 1... actually 1 was ahead of 2 in all these areas I thought except size possibly)?

I've given sorcerer (well, sorc/spellsword) a good go in 1 and 2 and keen to try a quality or dex build this time. Rapier and estoc were great weapons in 2 I noticed, and fun/stylish to use. Are these still worth basing a build around or are there just plain better options (mostly for PvE and as much PvP is necessary to defend myself from invaders)?

Any build tips (only basic pointers) - full dex, quality, dex-fth, dex-int... any combination notably more or less viable than any other? Any dump stats? Any OP stats?

Any significant differences that are going to throw me in terms of stats, items, build synergy this time around that it would be beneficial to know about in advance?

Getting excited already...

Dirk Diggler · 30 Nov 2016 at 21:33

Just been at this 2 hours and can't get past the 1st boss battle. It's too hard! This game is for masochists.

strumpusplunket · 30 Nov 2016 at 22:22

String said:
Just been at this 2 hours and can't get past the 1st boss battle. It's too hard! This game is for masochists.

Have you played any of the other Souls games before this one?

Drollic · 30 Nov 2016 at 22:28

String said:
Just been at this 2 hours and can't get past the 1st boss battle. It's too hard! This game is for masochists.

Or other games are too easy?

Dirk Diggler · 30 Nov 2016 at 23:06

strumpusplunket said:
Have you played any of the other Souls games before this one?

Nope.

Drollic said:
Or other games are too easy?

You expect to get past the tutorial level at the very least, surely!

fuzzylogic · 30 Nov 2016 at 23:20

String said:
Nope.

You expect to get past the tutorial level at the very least, surely!

Dodge when he jumps, hit twice max, repeat.

Dirk Diggler · 30 Nov 2016 at 23:40

fuzzylogic said:
Dodge when he jumps, hit twice max, repeat.

Cheers, I'll persevere. I'm actually finding the controls quite clunky too. What's the most natural, controller or K&M?

JulioH · 1 Dec 2016 at 04:10

String said:
Cheers, I'll persevere. I'm actually finding the controls quite clunky too. What's the most natural, controller or K&M?

Always controller for Dark Souls.

strumpusplunket · 1 Dec 2016 at 08:49

String said:
Nope.

You expect to get past the tutorial level at the very least, surely!

Yeah, Dark Souls games are famous for putting surprisingly tough challenges at the end of their tutorial sections. Well, it didn't really happen in 2, but in 1... yeah, I died to the Asylum Demon a fair number of times.

It is worth persevering with, though. The games are different from most modern games in the level of challenge they present, but they are fair and it is just a matter of getting a feel for the game mechanics. You'll be surprised how fast you improve once you get a feel for the timing you need to dodge, roll and attack.

(Or you may be able to turtle behind a shield and find it easier to play that way, with a thrusting weapon - this was certainly my "training wheels" is DS1 until I got the hang of it - less sure how viable it is in 3 though. Oh, you'll need to learn stamina management anyway for that to work).

String said:
Cheers, I'll persevere. I'm actually finding the controls quite clunky too. What's the most natural, controller or K&M?

Everyone says controller. I respect there must be something in it for so many to be so adamant, but I tried a controller in DS1 and 2 and hated it. I just don't get on with controllers and actually found Kb&M much easier. You do lose some fine control and some directional movement I guess, but you gain more reactivity and camera control - at least in my experience. And because I'm so much more comfortable with Kb&M anyway I just found it a much easier and more pleasant experience than with controller.

I'm flying very smoothly through NG+ in DS2 now with Kb&M and really only one boss in the Iron King DLC gave me any significant trouble in my first playthrough, so it's definitely a viable set-up (I even won around two-thirds of the invasions I experienced with Kb&M).