Topic: Prepare To Die (Again) - Dark Souls Remastered

@Draco_V_Ecliptic Personally I did the Demon Ruins next but Catacombs is perfectly valid as long as you can beat the skeletons outside Firelink easily. Pinwheel is true to the legends, if you die to it then you might as well fall on your own sword 😉

@Draco_V_Ecliptic I can't remember which one I did next, they are quite annoying areas to slog through though.

@JohnnyShoulder You’ve got that right, the game definitely dips in this section but it’s worth it for the final area.

Still love how well the the world is designed in Dark Souls. Bloodborne came close, but made up for it by being way more atmospheric imo.

@JohnnyShoulder Yeah, I’m replaying 2 mostly because Alonne is the only boss in the entire series I haven’t killed and the world is so terrible in comparison. It’s basically just a few linear paths similar to Demon’s Souls which I remember being a huge disappointment compared to how tightly packed the first game was. Discovering some of those shortcuts was seriously cool when you found where each place fit into the world.

@nessisonett Just beat Pinwheel without dieing to it, so I don't have to "fall on my sword" .Next stop, Tomb Of The Giants - that Rite Of Kindling should come in handy, too!

@Draco_V_Ecliptic Pinwheel reappears as a normal enemy literally 5 minutes later so it really shouldn’t be a boss! Good luck with Tomb of the Giants, I’m not there yet in Remastered so it’ll be interesting to see if they’ve fixed any of the sight problems.

@nessisonett Oh, where are you in Remastered? I've gone to the Demon Ruins now, just took out Ceaseless Discharge (again). I killed it during my first attempt at the game but had to do it again to drain the lava (obviously).

@Draco_V_Ecliptic I’ve played the original about 9 times but picked up Remastered on sale for £0.75 on Steam as an upgrade. I’ve not played it much and I’ve been a bit unlucky with item drops so I’m only in Blightown and that’s after doing the Depths after I totally forgot they existed and tried to beat Quelaag after rushing straight from the Gargoyles. It was annoying, I was doing 20 damage a swing but still got her to a hit left and then she one-shot me with an explosion. That was one of those ‘just quit the game and come back later’ deaths 😂😂

@nessisonett Yeah I know exactly what you mean, I used to get those in DS3 with Pontiff Sulyvahn all the time. Have you played that one as well? You might find soul farming in the Grave of Artorias to be of some considerable benefit, if your level is high enough to survive it's dangers! .I'm in Lost Izalith right now, after beating the three bosses of the Demon Ruins, I take it that it's more or less a clear, linear path to the boss?

@Draco_V_Ecliptic If by clear, linear path you mean wading through lava with loads of enemies then yes, if I remember correctly there are easier areas to get lost in than Lost Izalith. I’ve played DS3 yeah, I have one boss in the Soulsborne series left and it’s Sir Alonne in the DS2 DLC. I never did beat him so I’ve been replaying 1 and 2 simultaneously.

@nessisonett I've beaten Bed Of Chaos now. What was your favorite boss in DS3? Mine were the Twin Princes. Good luck with Sir Alonne. What do you find particularly challenging about him? I struggled with DS2 due to the lack of soul farming availability which was in turn due to the finite respawning of enemies. I find these games more amenable to my playstyle when I farm or summon, I beat Bloodborne solo but I summoned for the last two bosses in DS3, mainly due to running out of patience with the game by that stage, after the amount of effort it took me to defeat Dancer Of The Boreal Valley.

@Draco_V_Ecliptic I think my favourite boss in DS3 was probably Gael in The Ringed City, he’s the biggest challenge I’ve had in the DS games. Sir Alonne I fought back when I’d only played DS1 and DS2 so I could probably beat him now but I just found him really fast and hard to parry, plus I truly dislike a lot of DS2’s gameplay and weapons. I’m hugely overleveled this playthrough though, I should be fine.

If you use the Victor's stone in Majula in Dark Souls 2 and become part of the "Company of Champions" covenant enemies will keep repawning @Draco_V_Ecliptic (providing you're playing a fully updated Dark souls 2 or the Scholar of the first Sin edition)

It does make enemies hit harder and make them have better defenses as well as infinite respawns though

My favourite boss in Dark Souls 3 was probably Pontiff Sulyvhan. Great fight, great lore, just a top bloke all round.

I'm sort-of stuck in the Ringed City. Some dragon who I keep fighting on a ledge. I've nearly had him a few times, but then he gets very angry and slaps me to death. It's almost like he doesn't want me to kill him.

@Gremio108 IIRC there is a place under his head where most of his attacks do not hit you. His sweep move does but you can just roll back a couple of times to avoid it. Be careful about falling of the ledge though!

@JohnnyShoulder Hmm. I'll give that a try, cheers

@Gremio108 Hopefully that comes in as handy as my infamous Sekiro tips.

The Dancer of The Boreal Valley is probs my fave DS3 fight. I thought the music, setting, the way she moved all came together to make the perfect boss fight. Aldrich, Devourer of Gods comes a close second because of where it is and the lore attached to him. Also one of the most horrific bosses in the game if you read about him.

@JohnnyShoulder I’ll be honest, I beat Dancer first time and didn’t really think anything of it but on NG+ I appreciated just how good a fight it was. She has good varied moves, she’s fast but doesn’t home in on you like certain other bosses and you never feel like you’re in control. I don’t think 3 had many bosses that I remember that much to be honest, I only died over and over to bosses like The Nameless King, basically all DLC bosses and Champion Gundyr.

@nessisonett Ooof The Nameless King. Took my and a buddy countless times to beat him. Probs the hardest boss in the Soulsborne, apart from the ones I've yet to beat lol.