Demon's Soul coming to N.A. Options

[Riel]

Courtesy of Atlus...the game is getting praise on a lot of places,it's really hardcore and all but sweet game.Almost imported but it was way expensive.

http://kotaku.com/5263072/atlus-brings-pla...souls-stateside

[AC9breaker]

Incoming PROtips.

Best class? Royal hands down. They start off at level one but they come with the powerfully versatile Soul Arrow spell and a rare ring that regenerates a small amount of MP, even though it's just a little it's much better then nothing. Once you start getting to the higher levels, all classes start to mend together and you could start off as a totally melee class like the barbarian and end up being a pure mage by the time you beat the game. So it really makes no difference, but I feel royal is the most convenient.


Eventually you will be able to buy items that are like telepipes and allow you to use it and head back to town but it's quite a ways for you until then. There is also the white magic miracle called Evacuate which lets you warp back to town. However it's probably too costly for you to get early on as it's 30k souls and Miracles can't be casted without a talisman which you probably won't see for a while unless you loot one of the early corpses in 4-1 or start off as a temple knight.

On to reading the weapon charts. Yeah, when I first started I was confused by this too since it's not as clear cut as other games. Whenever you press the square button to look at a weapons stats there are four bars. The top is the name and indicates what type of weapon it is, Rapier, Dagger, Polearm, Sword, Great sword, Axe, Great Axe and I forget what else. Then it indicates it's damage type with a little image under the name. Normal, Blunt, Slash, and Pierce. Next bar is the weapons offensive stats. Some weapons innately deal a status like the curved swords which are registered as slashing weapons and can deal a DoT effect called bleed. There's also a Poison and plague status effect. Plague status being the strongest of the three. The last little icon is the critical damage icon . You'll figure that out as you go along. Next is the weapons defensive stats. all weapons can be wielded with two hands and in that situation, the left triggers activate defensive actions such as blocking stance and some allow you to parry with them. Then finally the bottom bar is the requirements needed to equip the weapon. Usually when purchasing a weapon, if you look at the stats and you're unable to meet the requirements the numbers will be in red meaning your lacking in that particular stat. The Icons read, from right to left, Strength, Dexterity, Magic, and Faith.


Magic, first off important part. You can't learn any spells or level up until you have beaten the first boss, Phalanx. He's a pushover and is a joke of a boss compared to the rest. Same holds true once you get to new game +. Once you've cleared the first boss dode, The Candle Maiden will appear and she'll tell you to go talk the monumental. A little golden child looking like kid. He's somewhere up a long flight of stairs in the nexus. He's sitting next to a whole bunch of similar looking corpses of him, but he is the only one with a lit candle in front of him. After that speak with the candle maiden two more times and you can now exchange souls to her for levels. Also, now the NPC that teach you spells should appear in the first floor of the nexus behind some pillars. behind the blacksmith are the white magic guys who teach you miracles. Your faith stat must be at least 10 to start learning some. Opposite side of the nexus are the black magic doods. Intelligence must be at 10 to start learning this.


You can't sell items for. You can trade with other players but it's pretty ghetto. I'm talking PSO version 1 ghetto. Drop an item then go pick it up. Plus hard to communicate since no real chat function. You can however unlock the weapon specific trophies like this.

My biggest advice for you, either start as a knight. Their equips are pretty solid and their stats are quite balanced for beginners. Their armor is a little too heavy for my taste which will slow you down though, something you might not like but if you learn how to effectively use the shield and turtle, not that big of a deal. Or when you fart start with any other class, make sure you save up 2000 souls for a Heater shield. that can be purchased in the nexus. Reason being is, it's the first accessible shield you can get that's 100% damage reduction when blocking. (Knights start off with the Kite shield which is better) Meaning enemies attacks won't chip away at your health. (As long as it's not magical) Also, don't expect to truly understand a situation until you've come across it at least 4 times and always approach with the utmost caution, meticulously analyzing your surroundings.

There's a lot more but I'm sure you'll figure it out as you go a long and it's probably better that way. So I'll just list my top 5 opinions on hardest bosses.

1. Flamelurker - Stage 2-2 (the dood that made me throw my controller)
2. Maneater - 3-2
3. False King 1-4
4. Old Monk 3-3
5. Old Hero (only if you don't have a thief's ring and your not cautious)

but this doesn't go to say that the other bosses are pushovers either. I've still died plenty of times to all the other bosses for being careless. Except for Phalanx. He's a wuss.