Dark Soul's: Prepare to Die Edition (PC)

Omaeka · 15 Jul 2013 at 19:15

DEL 707 said:
Not sure if I like this, or I'm playing it just for the sake of beating it.
I like combat against normal mobs, but bosses, just seem like unpredictable cluster *****, getting in close, hoping their attack misses you, and yours hits.

Was stuck for ages on that headless statue thing, damn jump attack was practically unavoidable.
Stuck on the Bell Gargoyles now.

Lol.

We all felt like that when we first played a Souls title, give it a few days and you'll of nearly mastered the game. They aren't hard games by any stretch of the imagination, the games downfall is the predictability of the enemies, including bosses so just wait and be patient. Study them and get to know them, and then they'll become glorified training dummies.

“You must be shapeless, formless, like water. When you pour water in a cup, it becomes the cup. When you pour water in a bottle, it becomes the bottle. When you pour water in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Water can drip and it can crash. Become like water my friend.”

Tibbz2 · 15 Jul 2013 at 19:35

Pighardia said:
It also doesn't help that it is in a confined space, and tbh I got beaten a few times by the camera angles. Also, it's attacks are relentless, so blocking continuously is not really an option

Yup, he can be a bugger especially if you don't get lucky and take both his dogs down quickly... If you don't you're just about guaranteed death

Nate75 · 17 Jul 2013 at 19:47

Finally got round to getting this today in the Steam sale.

You need to mod the crap out of it to get it running so if anyone else just picked it up this is a quality link with all the essential mods:

http://www.gameranx.com/features/id/15228/article/best-dark-souls-mods/p/2/

Moothead2 · 17 Jul 2013 at 19:50

Nate75 said:
Finally got round to getting this today in the Steam sale.

You need to mod the crap out of it to get it running so if anyone else just picked it up this is a quality link with all the essential mods:

http://www.gameranx.com/features/id/15228/article/best-dark-souls-mods/p/2/

I've been fine with just DSFix for the past 270 hours I've played it so I wouldn't call any of those other than DSFix essential unless you're using M&KB (Which you shouldn't be) in which case the mouse fix too.

RaMDOM · 17 Jul 2013 at 19:55

Having a problem downloading the DSFix mod. That link for it in the link above generates an error when I try manual download which I think is related to the fact that I do not have an account; however an account costs money.

Anyone have a mirror for this file?

Moothead2 · 17 Jul 2013 at 19:57

DSFix

Saves you having to make an account

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RaMDOM · 17 Jul 2013 at 20:02

Cheers Moothead

Moothead2 · 17 Jul 2013 at 20:06

RaMDOM said:
Cheers Moothead

No problem

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DEL 707 · 17 Jul 2013 at 20:44

Thanks for that mod link, have to try them out.

Damn, can't get DSFix to work, crashes the game once I load up my savegame.

Davey_Pitch · 17 Jul 2013 at 21:01

Moothead2 said:
I've been fine with just DSFix for the past 270 hours I've played it so I wouldn't call any of those other than DSFix essential unless you're using M&KB (Which you shouldn't be) in which case the mouse fix too.

Agreed, DSFix is the only essential. I've got a couple of other mods installed, some UI mods but they're certainly not essential.

Winky_The_Winking_Turtle · 17 Jul 2013 at 21:06

I've your coming here contemplating whether or not to pick this game up in the sale, do it, it's one of the best games i've played this generation

Moothead2 · 17 Jul 2013 at 21:09

DEL 707 said:
Thanks for that mod link, have to try them out.

Damn, can't get DSFix to work, crashes the game once I load up my savegame.

Do you have AA or Motion Blur enabled in the in-game option menu?

abnewton · 17 Jul 2013 at 21:42

Turn off AA in-game, motion blur's fine for me.

DEL 707 · 18 Jul 2013 at 00:55

Think I'm close to throwing in the towel.
Went to New Londo because I think that's where the other bell is, and the ghosts are kicking my ****. Attacking me through walls most of the time.

I'm now stuck without any Transient Curse.

I'm trying to like this game, but I don't think it's my cup of tea, not feeling any sense of accomplishment when I kill something, just a case of moving onto the next cluster****

arc@css · 18 Jul 2013 at 00:58

DEL 707 said:
Think I'm close to throwing in the towel.
Went to New Londo because I think that's where the other bell is, and the ghosts are kicking my ****. Attacking me through walls most of the time.

I'm now stuck without any Transient Curse.

I'm trying to like this game, but I don't think it's my cup of tea, not feeling any sense of accomplishment when I kill something, just a case of moving onto the next cluster****

Yeah, in the end I found it quite tedious. Shame really, as in some respects I think it's a very good game, but I just couldn't get past some of the things I didn't like. I might play it again one day, though if possible I'd like to be able to apply some mods.

[ui]ICEMAN · 18 Jul 2013 at 00:59

DEL 707 said:
Think I'm close to throwing in the towel.
Went to New Londo because I think that's where the other bell is, and the ghosts are kicking my ****. Attacking me through walls most of the time.

I'm now stuck without any Transient Curse.

I'm trying to like this game, but I don't think it's my cup of tea, not feeling any sense of accomplishment when I kill something, just a case of moving onto the next cluster****

The second bell is not in the ruins... it's in Blight-Town.

You shouldn't be in New Londo for a long while yet! You can buy transient curses from the witch in the sewer as well I believe.

If you really believe it's just a case of luck, go watch some of the soul level 1, totally naked, NG+7 clears. They don't take a single hit throughout the entire game.

Edit - In addition, you've not even reached the best parts of the game yet. Anor Londo is particularly spectacular for both scenery and boss fights.

DEL 707 · 18 Jul 2013 at 01:09

[ui]ICEMAN;24625812 said:
If you really believe it's just a case of luck, go watch some of the soul level 1, totally naked, NG+7 clears. They don't take a single hit throughout the entire game.

I don't remember saying anything about luck?
Wait, think I did

Those damn ghost attacks, sometimes I would roll away and their scythe hug would catch me mid roll, other times, I could be attacking and their hug would go straight through me.

RaMDOM · 18 Jul 2013 at 20:06

Hey Guys. Tried that DSFix for the resolution change as my native res is 1920 x 1080. I tried this first and made a load of changes throughout the DSFix.ini file, however the game would not start after the intro and stopped working. So, I just extracted the DSFix files to the DATA folder and did not change anything (the file DSFix.ini file already was set to my res). The game worked this time, however i get the below. Any ideas how to fix this?

Davey_Pitch · 18 Jul 2013 at 20:11

Turn off AA and Motion Blur in the in-game menus and that should sort it for you.

Moothead2 · 18 Jul 2013 at 21:08

RaMDOM said:
Hey Guys. Tried that DSFix for the resolution change as my native res is 1920 x 1080. I tried this first and made a load of changes throughout the DSFix.ini file, however the game would not start after the intro and stopped working. So, I just extracted the DSFix files to the DATA folder and did not change anything (the file DSFix.ini file already was set to my res). The game worked this time, however i get the below. Any ideas how to fix this?

ReadMe.txt's are there for a reason

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