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[Africa's Toto]

Will you go along with each new discovery by the community or will you try to play completely on your own, disconnecting from everything else?

FromSoft games have a community aspect on launch that I believe is unique in gaming. How will you engage with it?

 

[V4skunk]

Yes.

 

[Codes 208]

Yes but actually no

 

[struggler_guts]

Yes but actually no

Same, will play with online on but I'll just run it blind

 

[SantaC]

Will invade for sure

 

[Neff]

I'll have player hints on, assuming there are any

No summons though

 

[Soodanim]

Definitely blackout from now and going into the game, I've seen everything I need to and pre-ordered.

I may play online from time to time, but I tend to play solo until I'm competent enough to not disappoint anyone who summons me. I'll put my summon sign down for bosses after I beat them.

Maybe I'll buck my trend and throw my sign down anywhere and see what happens. Might lead to some interesting moments.

 

[Josemayuste]

I'll play it alone, like I always do with Souls games, I'll join the community after I beat the game.

 

[Codes 208]

Same, will play with online on but I'll just run it blind

Honestly speaking my first run will be solo but ill check up the community if i get stuck. It was the same case with ds3 and sekiro

 

[R6Rider]

I'll play it with the online enabled. It's part of the fun.

 

[Mr Hyde]

Going in the game completely blind. Haven't watched a single snippet of gameplay, nor have I read anything about it ( features, mechanics and so on). I will not look up anything online until at least NG++. However I will play online and engage in the community and different ways to play if that's the case (co-op, messages and such).

 

[Captain Toad]

Are we talking about playing the actual game online or looking up message boards for secrets/guides?

 

[R6Rider]

Are we talking about playing the actual game online or looking up message boards for secrets/guides?

I think the latter going by the poll options.

 

[Shtef]

I always play offline, i want to explore the world by myself.

 

[Cert.in.Death]

I actually enjoyed the community aspect of Bloodborne when it launched, so I’m going to give it a shot with Elden Ring.

 

[GhostOfTsu]

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[CrimsonSquall]

The only time I had a chance to do this was Bloodborne. Going solo was fucking frightening, that game kicked my fucking ass for a 1st timer on Soulslikes but was so rewarding.

I’m doing a dif option. Will only convene with my friends and what they have found

 

[Bartski]

uhh... You seem to be conflating two completely separate things here and the OP doesn't make sense.
Of course, I'll be playing online, invading and getting summoned as much as I can. But if by "along with the community" you mean looking everything up on wiki and reddit - that's just ridiculous.
I don't see myself having much time to go on the internet at all till at least NG++.

 

[Orpheum]

Always completely solo during the first playthrough. Afterwards i usually try to help people with coop

 

[Africa's Toto]

But if by "along with the community" you mean looking everything up on wiki and reddit - that's just ridiculous.

Yeah, this. Got caught between multi vs solo and wiki-stalking vs blind playthrough

Shit title as is par for my threads here, but, eh

 

[ZoukGalaxy]

 

[darkangel-212559]

As is my tradition my first run of every new souls game is a strict no summons, no magic rule. Apart from invades and reading soap stone messages because they can be quite funny. I'll also help people stuck on bosses that I've previously beaten for quick souls gains.

On NG+ I start messing around with pure magic builds and I don't mind messing about with summons. When I get to my third run that's when I start messing about with build crafting and use stat tables and community builds from fextralife. With Bloodbourne I have around 400 hours largely because of build crafting and I'll usually end up with maybe 2 pvp builds, a few invade builds and then solo Pve builds in my souls games. Not to mention the true end game, Fashion Souls!

I'll be doing exactly the same with Elden Ring and I welcome the game kicking my ass the first time through.

 

[TheDarkPhantom]

On my own the first playthrough, the way God intended ALL games be played the first time through .

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

Will invade for sure

This

 

[Fare thee well]

Media blackout, but my review sources have to pass muster.

 

[Graciaus]

Blind no summons as always.

 

[worldwithpyramids]

Always blind on first play through.

 

[BreakOut]

I will mainly play with friends that I’m close with, discovering as we go but sticking together. I don’t want a random, but I really wanna play with friends.

 

[Artistic]

None of the above. Game isn't for me.

 

[Bakkus]

Whenever I do play it, it's gotta be with video guide and finding the best weapons. Because these games are not fun at all imo if you're just using the shitty weapons you find in chests and from regular enemies. Unless you are really lucky with item drops on the stronger enemies.

 

[DaleinCalgary]

Mostly by myself. I found in previous games I needed help mostly because of lag and stuttering against bosses but I soloed Demons Souls and am on 4x NG and I do fine myself.

 

[Sleepwalker]

I'll play it in coop as much as possible

 

[DaleinCalgary]

Whenever I do play it, it's gotta be with video guide and finding the best weapons. Because these games are not fun at all imo if you're just using the shitty weapons you find in chests and from regular enemies. Unless you are really lucky with item drops on the stronger enemies.

The Diablo thread is over there----->

wtf are you talking about

 

[Imru’ al-Qays]

I won't coop at all my first playthrough. I might look up a weapon location or two though. Hoping that Wikidot comes back as the main wiki, Fextralife is fucking awful and routinely spoils boss info, including final boss info, on unrelated pages.

 

[Juza]

Like any Souls games... Always solo blind! fuck the secrets, invisible walls, shortcuts.. etc I know I'm going to spend hundreds of hours on the game, why in the hell should I discover everything in the first playthrough?

The most amazing element in Souls games is the MYSTERY, if it gone, you will lose that sense of tension, the fear of the unknown, the motivation to explore! you simply ruin your experience.

Pro tip: stay away from the community

 

[Bakkus]

The Diablo thread is over there----->

wtf are you talking about

Dark Souls have no good weapons which can be found easily without guide, or lucky item drops.

 

[DaleinCalgary]

Dark Souls have no good weapons which can be found easily without guide, or lucky item drops.

Most weapons are good once upgraded. And usable.

 

[remember_spinal]

If it holds its release date with HFW i don’t think I’m gonna go in blind, cause I won’t play it day 1. If one gets delayed I’ll be locking myself in a dark damp basement lit only by a single oil lamp and playing until i cannot keep my eyes open.

 

[Imru’ al-Qays]

Dark Souls have no good weapons which can be found easily without guide, or lucky item drops.

Lol what. . .the standard longsword or halberd can carry you through the entire game lol

 

[Danjin44]

I play it like I did with other Souls series, completely offline.

 

[R6Rider]

Dark Souls have no good weapons which can be found easily without guide, or lucky item drops.

Completely incorrect.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

always in Dark souls game .... i play like a lone wolf.

 

[Barakov]

Will you go along with each new discovery by the community or will you try to play completely on your own, disconnecting from everything else?

FromSoft games have a community aspect on launch that I believe is unique in gaming. How will you engage with it?

Along with the community. The final great videogame at least deserves that.

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

There is literally nothing less appealing to me than playing a game along with the community.

 

[Kssio_Aug]

I will not go on a media blackout for it. But I do intend to play on my own pace and discover thing as much as possible on my own too. But since my free time to play is short, I don't intend either to waste it reading/watching guides unnecessarily, nor insisting on finding something on my own for far too long if I get stuck somewhere.

Dark Souls have no good weapons which can be found easily without guide, or lucky item drops.

In Dark Souls fancy weapons not always are the best weapons. Longsword in Dark Souls 3, for example, is considered one of the best weapons in the game.

It's really not a hard game to play without a guide if you don't intend to go for the secrets, specially with the notes people let on the ground with some tips here and there.

But I mean it mostly for main-quests... some side-quests are simply insane to do without a guide.

 

[MisterBrimstone]

If I'm not sweating all over my controller because I was invaded I'm not playing a soulsgame.

 

[Huevos de Oro]

The community? What is the community but a thatched barn where full havels drink in the reek, and their pyros roll on the floor among the dogs?

 

[remember_spinal]

I will not go on a media blackout for it. But I do intend to play on my own pace and discover thing as much as possible on my own too. But since my free time to play is short, I don't intend either to waste it reading/watching guides unnecessarily, nor insisting on finding something on my own for far too long if I get stuck somewhere.


In Dark Souls fancy weapons not always are the best weapons. Longsword in Dark Souls 3, for example, is considered one of the best weapons in the game.

It's really not a hard game to play without a guide if you don't intend to go for the secrets, specially with the notes people let on the ground with some tips here and there.

But I mean it mostly for main-quests... some side-quests are simply insane to do without a guide.

Yeah, I don’t agree with the weapons thing but a guide is pretty much mandatory in dark souls if you want to do sidequest.

 

[existensmaximum]

Does anyone ever play these games without any online discussion? It seems like a lot of stuff is impossible to discover on your own, and was made to be found through collaboration and chance.

 

[cireza]

Always play solo with zero information from outside.