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Phate · 15 Nov 2018 at 13:14

kurosagi01 said:
Just felt choppy and looked it aswell, not sure if it's because I was playing on a 50 inch 4K TV running at 1080p makes it like that, not tried it on smaller display yet but it is definitely noticeable on TV than it is in handheld.
Phate:
Get looking at fextralife to get ideas if you haven't played it before, find what sort of build and weapons you want use and they have a nice game progress guide aswell.

I'll be playing it on a 1080p projector ~92" Screen, so will see how it goes

Is it worth going into this completely blind? Or advised to use the website?

kinger8938 · 15 Nov 2018 at 13:24

Phate said:
I'll be playing it on a 1080p projector ~92" Screen, so will see how it goes

Is it worth going into this completely blind? Or advised to use the website?

Blind imo. Exploration and experimentation is key for me. It's great. I'd sooner talk on here and ask for advice/share thoughts over looking at a guide. It's a game that really does create great discussions. Nothing beats your first playthrough.

I remember when I first played, I made a thread on this site and the discussions we had really drove me to get the most out of the game and it has since become my favourite series in recent memory if not of all time

Phate · 15 Nov 2018 at 13:27

Sweet. You sound similar to me. Blind it is! *thumbs up*

kinger8938 · 15 Nov 2018 at 13:29

Phate said:
Sweet. You sound similar to me. Blind it is! *thumbs up*

Don't get me wrong guides are great but see what you think first. Many make a very common error near the start, myself included

doesn't cause any issues but I always find it interesting which way players go to start with as it's not instantly obvious (A good thing)

kurosagi01 · 15 Nov 2018 at 13:35

Definitely go blind but if you get stuck somewhere then definitely look up a guide to point you to the right direction, you can definitely miss a lot of key side quest and key items as they are not obvious. There is no ping to tell you have triggered a side quest or log to tell you about side quest.

Phate · 15 Nov 2018 at 13:36

I'm getting excited for this already.

Plainsong · 15 Nov 2018 at 13:40

Yeah it doesn't explain itself very well (intentionally, I think) but there are clues in the NPC dialogue and in the item descriptions. The rest is up to you. Good luck!

Plainsong · 15 Nov 2018 at 13:43

kurosagi01 said:
Just felt choppy and looked it aswell, not sure if it's because I was playing on a 50 inch 4K TV running at 1080p makes it like that, not tried it on smaller display yet but it is definitely noticeable on TV than it is in handheld.

I played the 360 version last year through XB1 BC (which is meant to be improved!) and it was still awful in some places. This is much better.

Kreeeee · 15 Nov 2018 at 14:36

Phate said:
I'll be playing it on a 1080p projector ~92" Screen, so will see how it goes

Is it worth going into this completely blind? Or advised to use the website?

You may as well just watch a let's play if you're going to follow a guide. Why would anyone start a game with a guide?

Use one if you get stuck, on a second play through, or to go back for things you missed.

jimferno · 15 Nov 2018 at 16:24

I envy anyone about to go through their first blind Dark Souls run. Please don't spoil the game with a guide.

In regards to the Switch port I was really impressed, I've put more time in on the Switch version than the PS4 version simply because it's easier to pick up and play. It generally holds 30fps and I've had no issues with controller input but I use a Pro controller when docked.

Moothead2 · 15 Nov 2018 at 16:35

I'm used to PC 60fps through DSFix and the Switch version feels great to me. The choppy camera at times and occasional input lag has always been present though I can't comment on the X1/PS4 versions.

My problem is that I've finished the DLC and I CBA with the much poorer second half of the game

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Wilko_Dog · 15 Nov 2018 at 21:02

Need some money asap so I can get dark souls and Diablo 3 , I also want civ 6 , god damnit haha

Kreeeee · 15 Nov 2018 at 22:38

Wilko_Dog said:
Need some money asap so I can get dark souls and Diablo 3 , I also want civ 6 , god damnit haha

If it helps Civ 6 seems like a very poor version of the game. the other 2 are great though

Wilko_Dog · 15 Nov 2018 at 23:39

Kreeeee said:
If it helps Civ 6 seems like a very poor version of the game. the other 2 are great though

I actually hope this is the case to save me some money haha

Plainsong · 16 Nov 2018 at 07:16

IGN gave Civ 6 9.4 in their review. I don't know much about IGN nor can I find much else review wise out there. Will wait for more information on it.

DS and Diablo 3 though are essential!

Phate · 16 Nov 2018 at 07:23

I'll wait for Diablo 3 to go on sale.

With Diablo 3, is there much of a story? I honestly know pretty much nothing about it.

Kreeeee · 16 Nov 2018 at 07:31

Double post.

Plainsong · 16 Nov 2018 at 07:36

Phate said:
I'll wait for Diablo 3 to go on sale.

With Diablo 3, is there much of a story? I honestly know pretty much nothing about it.

There is and it's pretty terrible and the voice acting is intentionally over the top and it's all great.

Phate · 16 Nov 2018 at 07:45

Plainsong said:
There is and it's pretty terrible and the voice acting is intentionally over the top and it's all great.

Haha sounds like one of those "so bad it's good" movies.

Kreeeee · 16 Nov 2018 at 08:12

Phate said:
Haha sounds like one of those "so bad it's good" movies.

It's really not a game you play for the story, it's a grindy dungeon crawler so go in with those expectations.

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