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Post preview:I would guess so. Hard to say. When I played the game I always used piercing attacks to kill them or went for a direct backstab before they noticed me.
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Post preview:She's talking about those. No idea if she uses the proper backstab attack, but it's true the miners got an animation where they hold their arms up like a shield. When they do that you deal barely any damage to them. Even less than you normally do with a non-pierce attack.
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Post preview:I haven't seen enough of his movies to be able to judge. seems to be a meme though to call him a hack
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Post preview:i have a friend claims nicolas cage is a good actor who doesn't give a shit about 96% of the movie he's put into
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Post preview:Is that one of those prices you get for producing shit?
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It sounds to me like he's trying to unfix the aspect ratio by stretching the 4:3 picture to the 16:9 format. Personally I'd just be mad that the game has purple "borders" instead of black ones.
DX bug fixes? I'm sorry, what? In my experience DX is the buggy version of SA lol
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I love how you have to get it on an older system to fix the aspect ratio. That's a sign of a quality port right there.
It sounds to me like he's trying to unfix the aspect ratio by stretching the 4:3 picture to the 16:9 format. Personally I'd just be mad that the game has purple "borders" instead of black ones.
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AFAIK the digital HD version only has the standard content by default and the DX stuff is additional DLC. I'm guessing it will have the DX bug fixes though.
DX bug fixes? I'm sorry, what? In my experience DX is the buggy version of SA lol
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Post preview:My guess is she had it unequipped and used her fist lol
Good. I definitely recommend to always use a bow as secondary weapon in all of the Souls games - at least for the first playthrough. It's great to kill off enemies from a distance or to lure enemies one by one.
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I just now got a bow. Haven't even tried it yet.
Good. I definitely recommend to always use a bow as secondary weapon in all of the Souls games - at least for the first playthrough. It's great to kill off enemies from a distance or to lure enemies one by one.
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Post preview:Try a bow. Or play other stages. It took me multiple playthroughs to become good at fighting the spider. It's not an easy boss for beginners.
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Post preview:I went through 4-1 w/o that ring once
It was awful
It was awful
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Post preview:Yeah the spear is a gimmick weapon that's only useful against 1 specific boss and for dicking around in pvp
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Post preview:Iirc the meat cleaver is great if you know how to use it
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Post preview:I assume the lottery itself is funded by tax money
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Post preview:Though you need a more or less specific weapon at a certain upgrade level for each of the boss souls weapons. I'm not sure it's a thing worth aiming for without checking out a guide or wiki.
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Post preview:And with the lava still gone you can go pretty much straight to the boss!
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Post preview:Boss souls can be used to create unique weapons on obtain spells. There are 2 shortcuts in 2-1. Have you not activated the elevator next to the vendor? Btw youre making orogress faster than i did
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Post preview:Like that's possible if you attack her with a dagger!!!
Omg this is the dumbest shit ever
Omg this is the dumbest shit ever
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Post preview:Continued my daggers only run in Dark Souls. Now in spoilers in case Opium plays Dark Souls.
I beat the Iron Golem just fine. Took me a couple of tries, and the winning atttempt took like forever, but I won. Priscilla was too easy. Way too easy. She somehow never reappeared and I ended up killing her w/o ever having seen her health bar. No idea what was up with this shit, but I didn't get her dagger. Quitting this run now because what's the point if I can't get to make use of an otherwise useless weapon...
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Post preview:The thing with the Souls games is that it's worth learning all that shit. They've got a lot of replay value and you'll eventually get to a point where you spent more time knowing what all the stats mean than not knowing. But that boils down to personal preference I guess.
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Post preview:Good job beating the first boss! Yeah, using the fire related items you find in 1-1 is the key to that battle.
More or less. You should know what stats the symbols refer to, it also helps to know the symbols for the various status effects. Those aside it's good to know what numbers represent the damage stat of your weapons and the defense stat of your equipment. The later games in the series handle this a lot better because you can always press a button like select to open a hint menu that explains everything. At least in the stat screen. For Demon's Souls it's best to keep the manual nearby until you've got it all memorized.
Try pressing square. I'm not sure if that'll really help though, haven't played the game in a while. But don't worry about it too much. It's not the kind of RPG where you get better equipment all the time. Most items are good and only vary slightly in their stats. I recommend you wear whatever you think looks good on your character!
For shield the game differentiates between normal shields and heavy shields. Shields generally have a percentage based damage reduction for the various kinds of damages (physical, magic, fire iirc). Normal shields are light and can be used to parry. Heavy shields are... very heavy, can't be used to parry but have much better stat reduction. With heavier shields you also lose less stamina when you get hit while blocking, but I forgot what the stat which determines this is called in Demon's. It's best to have a normal shield with 100% physical reduction and one with a lot of fire damage reduction, because that will come in handy.
When it comes to weapons, as long as you regularly upgrade your weapon almost every weapon is good. There's some gimmick weapons with ridiculously low damage output (daggers for example), but for the most part you can go with whatever suits you best. Heavy hitting weapons (Large swords, greatswords, clubs etc.) are slower, but are better for staggering and stunning enemies. Then there's DEX weapons like Katanas, Falchions and so on which don't stagger enemies as easily, deal less damage but have quicker attack animations. You'll also find out that heavy weapons have the benefit that if you attack with them enemies are often unable to stop your animation. If you get attacked min-animation with a dex weapon you'll most likely be interrupted. Good basic weapons for early on are straight swords like the broad sword, long sword and short sword.
And IMPORTANT: do NOT consume boss souls! You'll eventually be able to use those to get new spells, miracles and get special weapons via upgrading.
And definitely pull those levers. At least one of them leads to something good. Alhough their primary purpose is to open up shortcuts in case you die on your way through the stage.
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The symbols and numbers on the sub menu really overwhelm me. I'm not really an RPG player. Do I really need to study all of that for this game? I'd like to kinda forget it.
More or less. You should know what stats the symbols refer to, it also helps to know the symbols for the various status effects. Those aside it's good to know what numbers represent the damage stat of your weapons and the defense stat of your equipment. The later games in the series handle this a lot better because you can always press a button like select to open a hint menu that explains everything. At least in the stat screen. For Demon's Souls it's best to keep the manual nearby until you've got it all memorized.
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Is there an easier way to compare what I have with what's in the shop without having to exit the shop and then go to my inventory?
Try pressing square. I'm not sure if that'll really help though, haven't played the game in a while. But don't worry about it too much. It's not the kind of RPG where you get better equipment all the time. Most items are good and only vary slightly in their stats. I recommend you wear whatever you think looks good on your character!
For shield the game differentiates between normal shields and heavy shields. Shields generally have a percentage based damage reduction for the various kinds of damages (physical, magic, fire iirc). Normal shields are light and can be used to parry. Heavy shields are... very heavy, can't be used to parry but have much better stat reduction. With heavier shields you also lose less stamina when you get hit while blocking, but I forgot what the stat which determines this is called in Demon's. It's best to have a normal shield with 100% physical reduction and one with a lot of fire damage reduction, because that will come in handy.
When it comes to weapons, as long as you regularly upgrade your weapon almost every weapon is good. There's some gimmick weapons with ridiculously low damage output (daggers for example), but for the most part you can go with whatever suits you best. Heavy hitting weapons (Large swords, greatswords, clubs etc.) are slower, but are better for staggering and stunning enemies. Then there's DEX weapons like Katanas, Falchions and so on which don't stagger enemies as easily, deal less damage but have quicker attack animations. You'll also find out that heavy weapons have the benefit that if you attack with them enemies are often unable to stop your animation. If you get attacked min-animation with a dex weapon you'll most likely be interrupted. Good basic weapons for early on are straight swords like the broad sword, long sword and short sword.
And IMPORTANT: do NOT consume boss souls! You'll eventually be able to use those to get new spells, miracles and get special weapons via upgrading.
And definitely pull those levers. At least one of them leads to something good. Alhough their primary purpose is to open up shortcuts in case you die on your way through the stage.
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Does he have red eyes? That's an endgame enemy. If you're playing online there should be messages telling you not to go that way. Btw it's the only place in 1-1 you're not getting anything from entering on your first visit to 1-1.
Demon's Souls was my first Souls game too and I had the most trouble with it because of that. When I played it I somehow managed to beat 1-1 relatively smoothly in a few hours, and was completely lost with the game after that until I kinda got the grasp of it.
My hints:
- You can level up with your souls after you beat the boss of 1-1.
- Don't worry if you lose all your souls. Especially this early in the game. Later on you'll get a lot more souls per enemy killed so the souls you get in 1-1 aren't worth a lot.
- Check the physical manual to find out what all the icons mean.
- Upgrade your weapon whenever you can, weapon upgrades are your most important stat in the game. Upgrading a weapon increases its base damage and the damage modifier received from your stats (STR/DEX/INT/FTH).
- Read item descriptions. Those teach you most of the lore and give gameplay explanations. For example, you won't really know what all the different weapon upgrades do unless you read the descriptions of various upgrade stones.
- This game's not your typical action game. But I guess you already figured that out. For a beginner it's best to play carefully and with your shield up. Always watch your surroundings.
- Explore. There's a ring in 1-1 that will let you keep 75% of your health in spirit form. It should be easy to spot, but I still missed it when I played. Don't make the same mistake.
As for the story. The opening movie tells you most of what you need to know. Demons are showing up in the kingdom of Boletario because the king played around with something out of the league of humans, the place is doomed and if nothing's done about them they'll just keep on spreading around the world until no human's left alive.
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There's one guy that doesn't really look any different than any of the other guys
Does he have red eyes? That's an endgame enemy. If you're playing online there should be messages telling you not to go that way. Btw it's the only place in 1-1 you're not getting anything from entering on your first visit to 1-1.
Demon's Souls was my first Souls game too and I had the most trouble with it because of that. When I played it I somehow managed to beat 1-1 relatively smoothly in a few hours, and was completely lost with the game after that until I kinda got the grasp of it.
My hints:
- You can level up with your souls after you beat the boss of 1-1.
- Don't worry if you lose all your souls. Especially this early in the game. Later on you'll get a lot more souls per enemy killed so the souls you get in 1-1 aren't worth a lot.
- Check the physical manual to find out what all the icons mean.
- Upgrade your weapon whenever you can, weapon upgrades are your most important stat in the game. Upgrading a weapon increases its base damage and the damage modifier received from your stats (STR/DEX/INT/FTH).
- Read item descriptions. Those teach you most of the lore and give gameplay explanations. For example, you won't really know what all the different weapon upgrades do unless you read the descriptions of various upgrade stones.
- This game's not your typical action game. But I guess you already figured that out. For a beginner it's best to play carefully and with your shield up. Always watch your surroundings.
- Explore. There's a ring in 1-1 that will let you keep 75% of your health in spirit form. It should be easy to spot, but I still missed it when I played. Don't make the same mistake.
As for the story. The opening movie tells you most of what you need to know. Demons are showing up in the kingdom of Boletario because the king played around with something out of the league of humans, the place is doomed and if nothing's done about them they'll just keep on spreading around the world until no human's left alive.
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Post preview:lol dj, I'm almost sure I'll be rapidly balding in a few years too.
I get my hair cut maybe once or twice a year. So it goes from semi long to almost to the shoulders long depending on how I feel
I get my hair cut maybe once or twice a year. So it goes from semi long to almost to the shoulders long depending on how I feel