Dark Souls, Demon's Souls successor Options

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So yeah, From Software has revealed "Project Dark" as Dark Souls, which is officially NOT Demon's Souls 2... But we all know it is.



As much as I fucking rage and hate Demon's Souls, I always said I'd gladly play a sequel. This looks damn good, if not just as brutal as its forbearer. Word is they actually have "normal" co-op now too, you can play with your friends, not just random dicks. The world is more open and focused on exploration, and its now multiplatform.

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I haven't been able to put as much time into this game as I've liked, certainly not as much as you guys seem to, but over the last few days I finally feel like I've started making some real progress.

I started as a thief character, been focusing on a DEX build. I was stuck for what felt like FOREVER after having beaten the gargoyles and ringing the first bell because I just couldn't figure out what to do next.

I had a lot of trouble with the Capra Demon fight, but I finally beat him 2 days ago and was able to move on into the deeper parts of the sewers... I used a shortcut behind one of the butchers and was able to kill the giant rat from above... but having skipped a large part of the sewers I was totally lost trying to find my way out. Then FUCK ME I fell down one of the holes and panicked when I saw those frog monster things. Got cursed, died and lost half my HP permanently, so I had to spend time grinding up 6000 souls just to buy the item to un-curse myself.

After several hours of being lost in the sewer I finally figured it out and was able to get to the gaping dragon battle. I summoned another player and the NPC knight guy and beat it on my first try, feels good man! After this I was feeling bold so I went back to the forest and was able to take down the big butterfly. Then I proceed to fall down the middle of the tower and humiliate myself...

So I delve deeper into the sewers and proceed to Blight Town... FUCK THIS AREA. The stuff of nightmares... I hate the weird angled catwalks and asshole monsters running at you from all over the place. I saw a treasure that Naba had tipped me off might be a katana that's good for my character, so I make a running leap at it and... miss. But i fall somewhere else and land way below so maybe I got a shortcut? Who knows, but I'm lost as fuck. So I keep making my way down and find a bonfire, then continue down and end up in this poison-ass swamp surrounded by bugs. "I can't take this..."

So I reach out to Naba, my go-to guy for Dark Souls advice... he tells me to keep going in the swamp and I'll eventually find another bonfire. PRAISE THE SUN, I find it. I'm feeling more confident, so I go across the swamp and take on the big ass spider bitch. Beat her the first attempt too keeping her at range with my arrows.

Then I made my way into the lava area behind her and was able to vanquish the Ceaseless Discharge (which sounds like some STD) after 2 tries. Then I went exploring in the open lavabed and got raped repeatedly by the (now apparently common enemy status) capra demon just hanging out down there.


Maybe this story isn't so interesting now that I've put it down in writing, but I fucking love this game. I haven't really felt this true sense of adventure since... well since Demon's Souls. It's even better in Dark Souls since it's one contiguous world. I love finding shortcuts and seeing how areas are connected relative to each other, and the sense of tension when going through a new area for the first time. Way scarier than any "horror" game ever tried to be.

Skyrim has to be pretty fucking grand to eke out GOTY for me over this title.