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    Posted: 31 Aug 2020 11:09 PM PDT

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    How to Beat Every Boss in Dark Souls

    Posted: 31 Aug 2020 06:32 PM PDT

    Asylum Demon- Do a plunging attack off of the ledge above it to do a huge amount of damage at the beginning of the fight. After this, try to stay behind the Demon for the entirety of the fight. Be aware of which way he's swinging his hammer and you shouldn't be hit once. Two-hand your weapon to do more damage; your shield won't do much in this fight. Also, it would be wise to keep your camera unlocked during the fight. This makes getting around, and dodging the Demon much easier. Combining all of these tips should result in you besting Dark Souls' first boss!

    Taurus Demon- Every time you go into the fight, it is a good idea to take out the two archers on the tower above you. If not, they will shoot at you during the whole fight and cause a lot of trouble. When the Taurus Demon jumps down from it's tower, immediately run back to the ladder and climb up it. Apply lightning to your weapon (you can find gold pine resin in Undead Burg, in a chest next to where the flaming barrel tumbled down the stairs) and do a plunging attack on it. After this, stay close to the Demon while you attack it. Be wary of the broken section of the bridge; if the Demon attacks you near it, you can go flying off the bridge and die. When the Demon is about to strike, roll towards it and through it's legs. Keep doing this and it will eventually die.

    Bell Gargoyles- After your first attempt at this boss, always be wary of the gargoyle's first appearance. It will be standing just on the other side of the fog gate, ready to strike you as soon as the fight begins. It's a good idea to mostly roll sideways during the fight (if you are staying locked-on). Rolling backwards will sometimes result you in being struck by an attack. The gargoyles are weak to fire damage, so any fire-based attacks, (charcoal pine resin, pyromancy, etc.) are effective. Once the first gargoyle approaches half-health, start being more aggressive. You want to do as much damage as possible before the second gargoyle enters the fight. In this second phase, try and focus your attacks on the one that is already damaged. Get the gargoyle to do his fire-breath attack, and then attack it. This is because it will be locked into a long attack and you can get in a couple of hits. (Be sure to be aware of the second gargoyle's location during this. If he hits you, you are in a really bad position, between the two gargoyles.) If you are having a lot of trouble with this fight, you can use the Drake Sword (obtained by damaging the Hellkite Dragon enough times in the tail). This will be able to demolish the gargoyles' health.

    Moonlight Butterfly- Stay unlocked. Being locked-on during this fight makes it more awkward to dodge the magic attacks on the narrow bridge. Continue to dodge the magic and then attack the Butterfly when it lands. The Butterfly is weakest to fire damage, so when it's about to land, use charcoal pine resin and two-hand your weapon. When the Butterfly lands, you want to put out as much damage as possible. If you're having trouble, it would be wise to wait a while before fighting the Butterfly. This is because if you don't do enough damage to it, the fight could take very long. (It is quite a boring fight, so you don't want it to go on any longer than it has to.) The hardest part of the fight is learning to differentiate each of the Butterfly's magical attacks. It's not a very tough boss, so you can definitely kill it, after a little practice.

    Capra Demon- The first three seconds after entering the fight are the hardest moments of the fight. If you can dodge the two dogs and Capra's initial attack/s, then you could easily beat the boss. Having a shield equipped for the fight is a good idea. After entering the fight, immediately run up the staircase (after dodging a few attacks). Turn around and hold up your shield. After the dogs attack your shield, attack and kill them. At the top of the staircase, you can turn right and walk on a skinny ledge; do this. Stay at the back-end of the ledge with your shield up. Capra will eventually fall down from the stairs, and you can do a plunging attack on it. (Side-note: After Capra falls down is a good time to apply a buff to your weapon. It is weak to fire damage, so charcoal pine resins are a good idea.) You can either continue doing this, or fight him normally. If you fight him normally, dodge to the side, through his attacks. (You can also do this fight without your camera locked-on, but it's not as effective as it is in some other fights.) Try and get behind Capra for the biggest openings. Also, be sure to watch out for it's jumping strike, because that can deal huge damage. (Or you could completely skip the fight by throwing a couple dung pies into the arena from outside the fog gate.)

    Gaping Dragon- Make sure to kill the channeler in the Depths before fighting the Dragon. He can buff the Dragon and shoot projectiles at you during the fight, making it much harder. Since, the Dragon is so huge, you should fight with your camera unlocked. This gives you the most control and it makes getting around the Dragon much easier. Be sure to buy lightning weapon buffs from the vendor outside the doors to Blighttown, as the Dragon is weak to it. The Dragon can smack you, body-slam you, jump up into the air and charge into you (the charge being the most deadly). As long as you apply gold pine resin to your weapon, keep your camera unlocked, keep attacking it's feet and stay clear of any charging attacks, you should be fine. It's also a good idea to two-hand your weapon. Your shield will do very little against the Gaping Dragon, and every bit of damage helps against its enormous health bar. Even if you get hit, it's so slow that you have plenty of time to heal before it attacks you again. Play consistently enough and soon the Gaping Dragon will be dead.

    Chaos Witch Quelaag- Quelaag is weak to lightning. For this reason, it would be wise to bring a spare gold pine resin with you, for her boss fight. During the whole fight, stay to her side, and attack the spider legs. Always pay attention to Quelaag's human body, so you know when she is about to do her AOE attack. (This is telegraphed by her leaning forward.) If you get caught in front of her, get ready to dodge her three-attack combo. Always assume that she is doing her three-attack combo because even if she is winding up to do her big stab attack, the animation is so long that you can dodge again, once you've already dodged mistakenly (sorry if that was worded poorly). You want her to do her lava-spewing attacks because this is when you can do a lot of damage. (She will be stuck in place for a long time, similar to how the gargoyles are stuck during their fire-breath attack.) Speaking of her lava, make sure to stay aware of where it is. If you get caught in it, it can do massive damage and kill you easily. I suggest keeping your camera unlocked during the fight, because this way it's easier to more reliably strike her spider legs. Also, it helps keeping the lava on your screen, so that you don't mistakenly stumble into it during the fight. The fight sounds complicated, but when you memorize the timings for her sword attacks, it gets much easier.

    Stray Demon- Very similar to the Asylum Demon, but with magic attacks, too. It also has much more health, so you should fight it much later in the game. Just like the Asylum Demon, keep your camera unlocked. This helps you get behind the Demon easier. Also, like the Asylum Demon, it is a good idea to two-hand your weapon during this fight (unless you have a high magic-defense shield). This is because your shield won't do all that much against the Demon's attacks. The hardest part of the fight by far are the magic AOE attacks. When you see that an AOE attack is going to go off, get behind the Demon and run. These AOE attacks are telegraphed by the Demon slamming its hammer or by the Demon swinging its hammer through the air. Sometimes it's hard to tell whether an AOE attack will go off, so play it safe during these instances. Try to stay behind the Demon and eventually you will kill it. You might want to use some sort of weapon buff in this fight, because you want to end it as fast as possible. This is because the fight is so RNG dependent, based on what attacks you get (some are easily-dodged and heavily punishable and others are very hard to avoid and allow little time after to damage the Demon). Keep in mind that the Demon is weak to magic and bleed damage. If the fight proves too difficult, you can always come back later in the game to defeat the Stray Demon.

    Great Grey Wolf Sif- Sif is weak to lightning so bring a gold pine resin to the fight. Whether you lock-on your camera or not is largely up to preference in this fight, because neither lends a significant advantage over the other. Try to stay under Sif during the whole fight. He won't be able to hit you as long as you're under him. If he jumps away and lunges back at you, dodge the attacks by rolling towards Sif, and get under him. Most of his attacks are heavily punishable, because you can get under him after almost every attack. Once you are under him, two-hand your weapon for maximum damage. Once he jumps away, you can pull out a shield again, if you use one. Poor Sif.

    Iron Golem- Be sure to kill the giant that is located directly above the fog gate before you enter the fight. If you don't, he will constantly throw explosives at you during the fight, making it much harder. Once entering the fog gate, dodge the Golem's first long-range attack and get to its feet. Try and do a lot of damage very quickly in this fight to each of his feet. Two-handing your weapon during this fight is a good idea because a shield will do very little against the gargantuan Golem. The Golem is weak to lightning damage, so try to either use a lightning-infused weapon or gold pine resin during the fight. Also, try to kill the Golem with your camera unlocked. Locking-on will keep you from seeing some of the Golem's attacks and it makes hitting its feet harder. While you can kill it normally, there is a much easier way. If you do enough damage, it will start stumbling and be thrown off balance. Once again, do a lot of damage very quickly to each of its feet. Except this time, make sure to aim your attacks in the direction of a huge drop. The Golem will be thrown off the fortress if you deal enough damage to it quickly enough. It is easier for you to get the instant fall damage kill by standing on the long ledge on the far side of the arena. However, it is very easy to be thrown off, yourself, if you get hit. Balance positioning with controlled aggression and you will come out on top.

    Ornstein and Smough- This is considered to be an incredibly difficult fight, so make sure you use a powerful weapon and a weapon buff. I suggest using the crystal halberd during this fight. You can find it earlier in Anor Londo. It's to the left, once you leave the room housing the first bonfire in Anor Londo, inside the mimic. Be aware, though, that the halberd can break easily, so use it when you start getting good at the fight, to the point where you can finish it soon. For the weapon buffs, Ornstein is weak to fire and Smough is weak to lightning. For this reason, I would suggest using charcoal pine resin in the first phase and gold pine resin in the second phase. Once you enter the fog gate, be ready to dodge Ornstein's lunging attack. (Sometimes he does it and sometimes he doesn't.) During the first phase of the fight, you want to play incredibly carefully and only attack whenever you are absolutely aware that you have an opening. The basic game-plan for the fight is this: Run to the opposite side of the boss room if Ornstein and Smough are close to you. Use the six pillars as cover constantly throughout the fight. At this point, hope that Ornstein does a lunging attack so that he gets close to you. Attack him once (maybe twice) if you have an obvious opening to do so. Try to always keep Ornstein and Smough on-screen so that they can't surprise you by stabbing you in the back. I suggest two-handing your weapon when you get the opportunity to attack Ornstein. This is because these opportunities are few and far between. You want to make the most of it every time. When Smough starts getting close to you run to the other side of the arena and repeat. Keep your camera unlocked for most of the first phase. Only lock-onto Ornstein when you're going to attack him. You want as much control on your camera as possible during this fight. Killing Onstein in the first phase is preferable, because doing it this way is easier and more reliably done. During the second phase, always keep a pillar between you and Smough. Whenever he finishes one of his attacks, run to him and hit him once (twice if he finishes his lightning butt-slam attack). The only attack you really need to watch out for is his lightning butt-slam attack. It is very difficult to dodge and does very high damage. When you see him jump in the air, either run back or roll back twice (if you can fast-roll). Take this fight very slowly and it gets easier. Overcome this duo and you will have defeated what some believe is the toughest boss in the game!

    Crossbreed Priscilla- Before the fight starts, apply charcoal pine resin to your weapon. Priscilla is weak to fire, so the resin, along with pyromancies are very effective against her. Do your strongest attack first; Priscilla doesn't start fighting you unless you attack her first. After she goes invisible, you must locate her, based on her appearing footprints in the snow. If possible, get behind Priscilla when attacking her. It's a very simple fight, but that doesn't mean it's easy by default. Similarly to Sif, it is up to your preference, whether you lock-on or stay unlocked. I prefer staying unlocked, because it allows me to more easily dodge her attacks. Try not to get greedy, and you will eventually defeat her. If she's too difficult, you can come back later to fight her.

    Dark Sun Gwyndolin- Gwyndolin has three attacks, so learning them and reacting to each of them differently shouldn't be that difficult. There are pillars on either side of the hallway that I recommend using to dodge some of his attacks. Firstly, and his most deadly attack: his big orb blast attack. This will shoot at you very quickly and is able to go through the pillars on either side of the hallway, so it's a good idea to do a roll even if you're not sure if this attack is going off. His small homing orbs attack is when you want to hide behind the pillars, though. They move much slower than his big orb blast attack. His final attack is dart attack. This is the one you want him to use, because it is easily the most punishable. Whenever he uses it, just run side to side, whilst approaching him. (Side-note: his big orb blast attack is also punishable, it's just harder to dodge than the dart attack.) You don't have many opportunities during the fight to attack him, so using a fire damage is suggested, since he's weak to it. However, Gwyndolin is also weak to physical, bleed and occult damage, so instead of pyromancies, charcoal pine resin would be better in this fight. Just like Priscilla, whether you lock-on or not, during this fight is entirely up to your preference. For me, personally, I prefer staying unlocked to dodge his projectiles, but locking-on when I run up to attack him. I'm over complicating the fight; just run up to him, attack, repeat.

    Pinwheel- This is widely considered to be the most difficult fight in the Dark Souls series, and one of the hardest bosses in any game, period. Most of this fight boils down to lightning-fast reflexes and deep knowledge on the gameplay mechanics, but that doesn't mean that I can't try to give some tips. Once you enter the fight, immediately run up to Pinwheel. Start attacking him/her until he/she teleports away. (At this point he/she should be around half-health.) Pinwheel will start summoning copies of themself. Find out which one is the real Pinwheel by attacking his/her copies once. After you find out which one is real, attack him/her. Done. Seriously, though, if you come here earlier in the game, Pinwheel can put up a small challenge. Even at that point though, the catacombs to get to Pinwheel is much harder than the boss itself, so you are absolutely fine, even if it takes a few attempts.

    Gravelord Nito- Using a charcoal pine resin/ pyromancies is a good idea in this fight, as Nito is weak to fire. I prefer fighting Nito with my camera unlocked so that I can more easily manage his skeletons. After you take fall-damage from falling into the fight, find a small opening to use your estus flask. It's risky to use it immediately after falling because sometimes Nito will use his floor attack (where he summons a weapon from the floor beneath you). During the fight, stay close to Nito unless you need to heal. Focus your attacks on him, until he summons too many skeletons. The skeletons put up more of a fight than Nito, so periodically take out some skeletons, from time to time. When you see Nito charge up for his AOE attack, run away and it will kill all of his summoned skeletons. This is when you want to charge Nito and deal as much damage as quickly as possible. Repeat attacking him, taking out skeletons and dodging his AOEs and you will kill him.

    Seath the Scaleless- When the fight starts, immediately run around Seath. There will be a glowing crystal behind him that you must strike and destroy (it's destruction will result in Seath's vulnerability). Now that he's vulnerable, start attacking his tail/s while he turns around. Run far away from him to bait one of his long range attacks. Once one has begun, run up the his front and attack him. Keep attacking him until you see him charging up his next attack. Run away to escape his attack. At this point Seath should be close to cornering you in the boss room (if not, run up to him and attack the front of him again). If cornered, run around him and attack his tail/s until he turns around. Repeat these few steps and soon Seath will be dead. If you are having trouble against Seath, remember that he is weak to lightning damage. I definitely suggest staying unlocked during the fight, just like I do for pretty much every large boss in the game.

    The Four Kings- This fight will be inaccessible until you defeat Sif, and equip the Covenant of Artorias ring. This fight is basically entirely dependent on your DPS. If you are capable of doing a lot of damage quickly, this boss will be easy. If not, then it will be very difficult. For this reason, it is wise to use some sort of weapon buff before the boss appears. Fire damage is most effective against them, so that is what I suggest. During the fight, be sure to stay close to each king so that they don't do any projectile attacks. When the first king does appear, run up to him and dodge his first combo. Try to get behind him and attack him (try to get behind him so that you are able to get one or two more attacks off before the king goes into another combo). The only two attacks you have to watch out for is the grab attack and the AOE blast. (The AOE blast is telegraphed by the king spinning in circles.) After a while, a second king will spawn into the fight. This is why DPS is so important to this fight. If you can't do enough damage, then you will eventually have to deal with up to four Kings attacking you at once. It is wise to play very aggressive in this fight so that you only have to fight one king at once. If your DPS in this fight is lacking too much for you to prevail, I suggest for you to fight this boss later in the game. You can acquire the lord souls in any order, so if you want to, you can put off this boss until late in the game.

    Ceaseless Discharge- Dodge his fist-slam attack and then attack his... tentacle-fist thing. Possibly the simplest boss in the game. Only thing to be aware of is that you shouldn't run too far from him, or else he will shoot out lava (which can actually be brutal).

    Demon Firesage- This fight is very similar to the Stray Demon fight, the biggest difference is that now you are probably much better equipped than when you fought Stray. It's the Asylum Demon with an AOE and fire. Because of their similarities, many of the strategies used against the Asylum Demon or Stray Demon apply here, too. Ironically, the Demon Firesage is actually weak to fire damage. Pyromancies and charcoal pine resin are especially effective against it. Try to stay behind the Demon. Not many of its attacks will be able to hit you. If not behind, then stay right in front of it. Most of his attacks will miss you, you just need to watch out for the AOE attack. However, your best bet is to just stay behind the Demon.

    Centipede Demon- When you enter the fight, you will be on a tiny platform of land surrounded by lava, and the Demon will be approaching you. If you are able to, take a right and follow the path along the wall, eventually ending up to the right of where you entered the fight. This piece of land is much larger than the one you were on before. Now, wait for the Demon to approach and dodge his initial attack. If you want to maximize your damage output, be sure to utilize some sort of lightning or magic damage, as the Demon is weak to it. I also strongly suggest keeping your camera unlocked during the fight. If not, the camera will be awful, and you will barely be able to see what's going on. Back to the fight, when the Demon is finally standing on a safe platform, run underneath him and start attacking his legs. He will keep doing jump attacks but just roll a few times in any direction and you should be fine. That's pretty much the whole fight; get under him, attack, dodge the jump attack, repeat.

    Bed of Chaos- Oh god. There are many ways/strategies to get around this awful fight. There is a very safe strategy involving firebombs, but it is too complicated to explain here and I'm not too comfortable with the strategy, myself. If you're interested, you can watch it in most no-hit runs of the game. If not, then you're in for a rough fight which will likely entail many deaths, with an enormous run-back to the fight every time. Here's how the fight goes: Slide down the huge slide and run to one of her two sides. For the time-being, the only attack you have to worry about is a close-range attack; stay far away. Destroy the yellow ring inside of the orange orb. This is pretty much where the real fight starts. I suggest quitting out of the game and reloading so that you can respawn in the center of the room. The floor of the boss arena will start to collapse, so you must be careful where you stand. While doing this, you have to watch out for attacks coming from the boss, herself. Eventually, make your way over to the other orange orb and break it. Once again, I suggest quitting out for the same reason. Now, you must run straight at the boss and jump down to a tree root revealed by the crumbling floor. The boss will try everything she can to stop you, so be ready to die a few times while attempting this. Run into the center of the Bed of Chaos and break through the sticks blocking you. Deep inside, you will find a bug- kill it. This is by far the most annoying boss in the game, so one of the biggest challenges of the fight is going to be staying calm. There aren't very many definitive strategies for this fight (at least not that I know of) so you are going to have to experiment. If you truly can't beat her, once again, try looking up the firebomb strategy that people use during no-hit runs. If you were able to find the resolve within yourself to defeat the Bed of Chaos, you can pride yourself on knowing that you're over with one of the worst fights in the series!

    Gwyn, Lord of Cinder- The difficulty in this fight is greatly dependent on one thing; if you can parry. If you can parry, this fight is pretty easy, but if you can't, then this will be one of the harder bosses in the game. For this reason, I will describe two different ways of defeating this boss, depending on if you can parry or not. Before that, though, keep in mind that Gwyn is weak to fire. Exploiting his weakness will lead to a swifter victory. Locking-on in this fight is up to your preference, but I prefer locking on. If you can parry: Get the first parry off on Gwyn when he lunges at you, beginning the fight. While he's getting up, circle behind him. Fast-roll backwards thrice and prepare to parry his lunging attack. Keep circling behind him and rolling and parrying him until he's dead. If you mess up any of your parries, reposition yourself and then later parry one of his normal attacks. This lets you get back into the parry loop. If you can't parry: Try to wear fire-defense armor. Try to use a fire-defense shield (some of Gwyn's attacks come out too fast to reliably dodge). I find it easier to get behind Gwyn if I play with my camera unlocked, however you should not do this if you have any type of thrusting weapon. The basic gist of the fight is this: Dodge Gwyn's combo of fire sword attacks and hit him when he is finished. He has a wide variety of attacks that range from ridiculously fast, to relatively fast, so you need to learn how to differentiate each of his tells for each attack. He has grab attacks, combos, thrusts, leaping attacks, etc. He can close the distance between you, so don't think you're safe to use estus if he jumps backwards. If you do need to use estus (or if you're in need of downtime during the fight, for whatever reason) be sure to take advantage of the stalagmites around the boss room. Usually, this buys you enough time to buff your weapon, use estus, or apply something to yourself, magically. Gwyn is a tough, straight-forward fight. It's a classic duel. Learn his attacks and you will prevail, eventually. Congratulations on completing Dark Souls!

    [I am unable to provide any useful guides for the Artorias of the Abyss DLC, as I have only finished it once. However, if I ever do it again, (which is likely) I will be sure to repost this, with information about the bosses in the Artorias of the Abyss DLC.]

    [If you think I missed any useful tips, be sure to reply and tell them to me. If they seem genuinely useful to know, I will consider adding them.]

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    Dark Souls 2 is ... fun?

    Posted: 31 Aug 2020 02:45 PM PDT

    I got into the Dark Souls and Souls-borne games last summer when I got DS1 Remastered for the Switch. After finishing the game earlier this year, I realized that I had an old PS3 that was basically unused and went ahead and bought DS2. I was a bit hesitant buying the game due to the crazy amount of hate I've heard, but 40 hrs in, honestly it's actually pretty fun.

    I get that the lore is completely irrelevant to the first game and I do agree that the bosses don't feel as important compared to the ones in the first game, but I think DS2 honestly has a lot more to offer than DS1 in terms of actual gameplay.

    A few things really through me off initially: I was slapping walls to finds illusory walls instead of pressing x, and I was super confused when enemies stopped respawning. But the torch element, pharros stone stuff, exploding barrel puzzles, and the bonfire warp system completely changes the game in my opinion.

    I know bonfire warping was available after getting the lord vessel, but I feel that the way DS2 does it allows its world to be WAY bigger (at least that's how the world feels so far).

    Anyways, I'm having a blast playing the game. So if you are on the fence about whether or not it's worth the buy, I say go for it.

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    Dark Souls is better without a shield.

    Posted: 31 Aug 2020 03:34 PM PDT

    I know this might not be news for a lot of veterans, but I've played DS1 up to NG+6 and after getting a bit bored, I recently started a new game with one goal of going through the game without using a shield, and it was nuts.

    Praise the Lord, the Sun and the Baemore for this amazingly tough challenge. The first time I played DS it was hard, but this was on another level. Getting good on this new mindset was incredible: the utter rush of adrenaline that invaded me during every dodge; the true horror I felt while watching my lifebar sink into the abyss after a hit from even the easiest enemies; the unimaginable sense of achievement after defeating the legendary Artorias or the Blackdragon Kalameet... Indeed, it was an absolutely different experience. It felt like a completely different game. I'm looking forward to playing the whole series this way.

    PS: F*ck Manus' fight without a shield.

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    Why is Ornstein weak to fire damage?

    Posted: 01 Sep 2020 01:12 AM PDT

    He's a dragon slayer, surely his armor would be extra resilient to fire damage right? This is a weird decision for the devs to make. When I fought him I assumed that I SHOULDN'T use fire against him for that exact reason but then I recently found out that he is weak to it. This is really stupid.

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    Thoughts on the difference between DS1 and DS3, summed up with cookies

    Posted: 31 Aug 2020 11:43 PM PDT

    I'm currently playing through DS3 immediately after finishing DS1, which was my first Souls game. To give you an idea of where I am, I just beat the dancer. The main difference between the two games, to me at least, is most simply described using a food metaphor. DS1 is a homemade cookie, and DS3 is a chips ahoy store bought cookie. Let me explain: DS3 is so damn good. So much better than most other games I've honestly ever played. But it's too convenient. It's too much good (warping, respecing stats, selling items, etc). The chips ahoy cookie is much the same. Very convenient, tastes great, but it's all sugar sweetness.

    The homemade cookie is unpredictable. You never know how it'll feel. Soft? Crunchy? Gooey? It's never too sweet, with the chocolate chips giving a tiny bit of bitterness which some might find bad but genuinely adds to your experience while eating it. All together, the homemade cookie doesn't give you everything you want exactly when you want it, and also introduces elements you might think are not perfect (bitter chocolate) but you LIKE that because it has more to it than a chips ahoy cookie. DS1 is that homemade cookie. DS1's inconveniences were what so expertly aided it in giving the player such a substantially good experience, because it was more unique, satisfying to overcome, surprising, and downright brilliant.

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    Skeleton dog is bullsh*t

    Posted: 01 Sep 2020 02:57 AM PDT

    Never fight those wanka in the Tomb, i always collect stuffs and GTFO as soon as possible

    So i decided to fight them like a man now.....instant 1 hit KO, try blocking with +5 SilverKShield.....shield break, stagger and get knock off

    Just how bullshit are these freaking dog bone ???

    Narrow path, dark as my ahole, bullshit enemies

    My least favourite area in the entire series

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    I just died to a vagrant

    Posted: 31 Aug 2020 09:24 AM PDT

    He didn't kill me himself but that little asshole blocked the way up to the two archers in Anor Londo. What a dick

    https://imgur.com/gallery/gu7DpUY

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    To the heroic "Alatar", who aided me in slaying the Bell Gargoyle. Thank you kindly.

    Posted: 01 Sep 2020 03:16 AM PDT

    It's my first time playing Dark Souls and I was about to give up after many failed attempts at reaching the first Bell of Awakening. When out of nowhere an "Alatar" asked to be summoned to my world. I stepped back as his form manifested before me, and waved nervously, not knowing if I was about to be murdered or not. I smiled as he waved back at me, and he immediately set off into the new church atop which the Gargoyle rests. He easily cleared the way to the fog gate, and stopped before it for a brief moment to summon Solaire of Astora - indeed so grossly incandescent. Alatar pointed me at the gate - the time was now. With a feeling of newfound confidence I traversed the white light with Alatar and Solaire following behind me. The great Gargoyle was instantly upon us. I sidestepped out of the way, as Solaire went full send and tanked its devastating blows. Alatar unleashed a barrage of arcane missiles that struck the beast with great force, and I poked at the thing with my trusty broadsword. In less than a minute we had vanquished the creature, and as it fell I turned to Alatar and Solaire and my heart dropped as I saw them fade before me. A tremendous feeling of courage and accomplishment washed over me, and with a huge smile I kneeled in a prayer towards the sky and thought to myself "Praise Alatar. Praise the Sun".

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    I just beat dark souls for the first titme and I love it. I'm a graphic designer and I made my own twitch overlay. I stripped my name from it and now I'm posting it here, completely for free! Enjoy!

    Posted: 31 Aug 2020 11:25 PM PDT

    How do I get into Dark Souls?

    Posted: 01 Sep 2020 02:54 AM PDT

    I bought Dark Souls Remastered two days ago and played a little. I love Rpgs but its difficult for me to understand them, especially when theres not a real tutorial. I watched some tutorials on YouTube, but most of them explain how to Fight, Parry etc. I want to understand what all the Items im looting are doing, what armor and rings to use, etc... i hope you all understand what I mean Thanks for reading :)

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    Random brag post, I just bought this game yesterday and I just beat the Stray Demon (return to asylum) at level 22 by cheesing him with a +5 Reinforced Mace. It took me 5 attempts but I did it. What a rush!

    Posted: 31 Aug 2020 11:08 PM PDT

    It's all in the title, what a sense of accomplishment, I think I like this game! This is my first Dark Souls game, but I do have platinum on Bloodborne.

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    I just beat Capra Demon for the first time on my first try and I am ecstatic

    Posted: 01 Sep 2020 12:03 AM PDT

    Wow, what a thrilling experience! The two dogs made this a heart-pounding moment that I will never forget. I was always told that these types of games are impossible and barely anyone has beat them. I wouldn't call myself a gamer, only played the N64 in my childhood and have since barely touched any games besides mobile games. I'm 27, working at a desk job for 16 hours a day so I barely get any time to play games. I was intrigued by the success of the Switch and Animal Crossing to hop on the Switch Train, buying Animal Crossing, Smash Bros, and Zelda. When browsing recommended games for the Switch, I saw recommendations for a game called Dark Souls, people were raving about its hard, but fair gameplay so I wanted to see what it was all about. I bought it and started it up for the first time. I actually had a hard time picking my class because I didn't know what was good so I went with knight. I beat the Asylum Demon on my tenth try (Wow, I am bad at this game🤣) and made it to Firelink Shrine. I went to the closest area open to me, which was the graveyard, and died like 7 times. So I went the other direction into Undead Burg and beat the Taurus Demon in 3 tries ( I didn't know that you could drop on his head for a huge amount of damage until my final try😂) and met the sun man (I don't remember his name) and crossed the bridge. The dragon just flew over and killed me with fire, scaring the shit out of me and finally made it into the Parish. I beat the Gargoyles in 30 attempts and when I did, I screamed YEEESSSSSS! in my apartment (I probably got a notice for that 😂). I went into Lower Undead Burg (Screw the dogs🤣) and made it to the Capra Demon. I had 2 estus left from the rest of the area and smashed him into the ground with his dumb dogs after getting pummeled by them nearly killing me. I thought to myself "I did it, I beat a boss on my first try." The whole experience was mind changing, I have never felt so ecstatic in my whole life doing something I wanted to do. I have high hopes for the rest of this game and hope it gets better! 😊

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    are vagrants more common in the remaster?

    Posted: 31 Aug 2020 09:52 PM PDT

    i have seen THREE hostile vagrants in one game, all in anor londo at the top of the stairs by the window with the dragonslayer bow. it's WILD, i think i saw ONE during the whole time i played on the ps3.

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    Finally met someone on the original dark souls.

    Posted: 31 Aug 2020 04:48 AM PDT

    I only got into darksouls a few months ago, but only have the original version on the 360 from my brothers collection and I've completed it 5 or 6 times already but never met another player until yesterday, when I saw a summon sign next to solaire in anor londo. It felt so good knowing that in this dark lonely world where I've met no one in about 60 to 100 hours that there was someone there... It was a privilege fighting Ornstein and smough with you

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    dark souls remastered coop

    Posted: 31 Aug 2020 09:59 PM PDT

    im looking for people to play dark souls remastered with im played and beat ds3 and bloodborne but i dont have anyone whos played ds1 or dsr to playthru dsr with me
    someone please show me how dsr is done

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    How to beat 4 kings?

    Posted: 01 Sep 2020 03:48 AM PDT

    Finally best Ornstein and Smough

    Posted: 31 Aug 2020 01:44 PM PDT

    Just looking for some pats on the back really! It's my first time playing the game, DS Remastered on the Switch, and the feeling you get when you cross one of these barriers...oef.

    I'm now happily running round New Londo smashing ghosts. No doubt I'll get stuck again in 10 minutes, curse the game, claim I'll quit, then persevere.

    The level design on this game is just ..stunning.

    Wish me luck!

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    First time playing DS: Remastered

    Posted: 31 Aug 2020 07:57 PM PDT

    I am stuck on the man himself... Havel. I forgot that poise actually works in DS1. How do I defeat him? I need to git gud

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    I keep getting invaded by the same person no matter where I am

    Posted: 31 Aug 2020 11:30 PM PDT

    Anytime I'm online and not hollow I get invaded by the same phantom no matter where I go. I literally just got home and fired up dsr and as soon as I loaded into anor londo I get invaded. So I warped down to daughter of chaos and as soon as I'm in that first region of izalith, same person invades me. It's been going on for about 3 days now. Is there anyway I can prevent this? I'm on ps4 if that helps

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    A few Questions about the estus flasks

    Posted: 01 Sep 2020 03:01 AM PDT

    I am a new player and I just came to firelink shrine back from undead Parish through the elevator and when I rested at the bonfire i realized I had 10 estus flasks. Why did I get more, was it because I had just restored my humanity?

    What is the Fire Keeper Soul used for? Is it a one time thing where it boosts power or is it permanent?

    How do I press the Explanation button in the level up menu? I don't understand what button that is

    Please help if you can, thanks in advance

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    Which boss across the series did you think was easy on your first encounter and then stupidly difficult on the next NG cycle?

    Posted: 31 Aug 2020 11:49 AM PDT

    The one that always stuck out to me in terms of the difference in how hard I found them, was the four kings, I absolutely strolled through that fight on the first cycle and then on NG+1 they just ruined me continuously for 2 whole days!

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    Playing Dark Souls when you're high

    Posted: 31 Aug 2020 04:47 PM PDT

    Fellow lovers of From Software games,

    I've played all of the Souls games (PC) and am now working my way through Sekiro. I live in California, USA where recreational marijuana is legal. Everyone knows that getting stoned, kicking back on the couch with snacks, and playing some video games is an amazing way to relax.

    However over the years I've noticed that playing Dark Souls when I'm high not only gives me laser focus when it comes to timing (dodging, attacking), but also helps me get even more immersed into the game (playing through Sekiro while toasted literally has me convinced I'm a Shinobi and I will sacrifice my life for Kuro because that's the Iron Code) and fascinated with the lore - and has the added bonus of helping me laugh off "Dark Souls frustration" moments (which I'm sure you're familiar with).

    Low level enemy in Blight town: *shoots toxic blow dart*

    Dark Souls: YOU HAVE DIED

    me: *Laughs*

    So being a functional stoner I've put this to the test and can confirm that with both PVP and PVE it makes me a significantly better player

    I've had some friends confirm this in person as well so tell me- what do you think?

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    I was fighting iron golem and i hit him off. But he jumped back up is this a bug or just rare?

    Posted: 31 Aug 2020 01:34 PM PDT

    annoying input lag on Switch

    Posted: 01 Sep 2020 01:54 AM PDT

    I've been playing Dark Souls 1 for a couple of hundred hours on Pc (OG and Remaster) and oh boy, playing it on Switch feels like a completely different game because of that awful input lag, every timing is completely off.

    Does anyone know how to fix this? I tried using a third party controller (8bitdo snes wired), the pro controller and the joycons. Handheld mode has less input lag, but as soon as I'm playing docked the game gets absolutely awful. I just can't get used to it after hundreds of hours on Pc.
    I have the physical copy of the game if that matters. And I don't think it's me not being used to 30 fps, I can play Demon's Souls and Ds2 on Ps3 just fine.

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