Hi Surfer, I played through the first one at the same time as yourself (me, you and R0B75 if you remember?).
I have picked up Dark Arisen, I have to say I wouldn't recommend it if you have already played through. Great for new players though.
Hard Mode: This has to be picked when you start a new game. At the start it is pretty daft (2 hits from the snow harpies in the prologue will kill you).
Whilst this can be mitigated for as the player character, watching your pawns do incredibly daft things as is their way and getting killed constantly is disappointing. I spent a good deal of time solo during fights.
So then I thought well I'll just gain a few levels first on normal (say to level 10) so that the pawns have more hit points and then up the difficulty.
The game restarts if you choose hard mode, albeit you keep your levels.
I couldn't be bothered playing on from there.
No fix to the AI, no extra enemies on screen...I loved this game playing through it the first time (going back a few pages on this thread was a trip down memory lane) but I lack the motivation to get into it all over again.
I have been playing Dark Souls a lot recently, a different beast but one that is holding my attention.
If you haven't played it yet, I would highly recommend it.
I hope this post is of some use. Cheers!
so you can either climb up him or try and arrow him to the eye. Some monsters if you dont hit them in their weak points hardly take any damage at all (golems!)
