Chiggs
Gold Member
He didn't from my experience. I couldn't figure out why it was taking so long.
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Demon's Souls |OT| Power was granted, so the world could be mended
He didn't from my experience. I couldn't figure out why it was taking so long.
Classicrockfan
Banned
So is picking royal class=easy mode?
Ar¢tos
Member
If you know how to use it...
I would say summoning is more of an easy mode. Magic has some negatives, it's not all positives.
#Phonepunk#
Banned
Haha love how when you put on the Official’s Hat you start laughing. Doing that witch Yuria side quest right now.
I switched to cinematic view to try that out. it’s a different experience! I like it! I’m glad they put it in, getting native 4K at a far more solid frame rate than the original ever did. When standing still it’s easy to tell this is a crisper image.
I switched to cinematic view to try that out. it’s a different experience! I like it! I’m glad they put it in, getting native 4K at a far more solid frame rate than the original ever did. When standing still it’s easy to tell this is a crisper image.
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R6Rider
Gold Member
Generally yes. It starts out with great Magic and Faith stats and overall magic is fairly easy compared to many other styles of play. That being said there are many factors that can make the game easier or harder.
Play whatever class you want.
Alexios
Cores, shaders and BIOS oh my!
There's a change to the music in the original too at some point, might be related to the presence of Yurt, or not, I forget.
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Classicrockfan
Banned
Cool thanks
Ar¢tos
Member
Personally, I wouldn't recommend starting with a pure dex class if this is your first souls game.
Classicrockfan
Banned
Yes Im using a priest right now but was thinking about using royal,what would you recommend for a first timer?
R6Rider
Gold Member
What kind of play style do you want to go with/have in mind?
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Classicrockfan
Banned
doesn’t matter really.
Ar¢tos
Member
Royal or Knight.
Royal is the easiest of the casters, knight is the easiest of the melee classes.
Do a run with each type, the game feels different when you Change the type of character. Somethings become easier and others become harder.
Classicrockfan
Banned
Cool thanks,what item should I pick I think with my priest I had the green jelly.
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#Phonepunk#
Banned
Cinematic mode is choppy until you crank the motion blur all the way up. Then it’s actually pretty competitive w Performance mode.
R6Rider
Gold Member
I always turn off motion blur in games, but then again I'm not playing on cinematic mode.
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JohnnyFootball
GerAlt-Right. Ciriously.
No. It can help a bit if you like to keep some distance. But if you get hit, you're wrecked pretty quickly
Ar¢tos
Member
The Ring or Firebombs. The ring makes farming easier, for me that is much more important than one use consumables, but this is more thinking of later stages in the game. For early use, the Firebombs are great for the first boss.
#Phonepunk#
Banned
im only just now getting into the photo mode. some photos:
Allnamestakenlol
Member
Damn, what a looker.
#Phonepunk#
Banned
thought this one was pretty cool
Yes. I think the respawn rate is similar. I really wanted all the chunks and pure moonshadowstone at the end of 4.3 and died 2-3 times from the mantas but I think I got all of it.
decisions
Member
It's interesting that this game doesn't seem to have any penalty for quitting suddenly and not saving. I accidentally did that since the PS5 has no "are you sure you want to close the running application?" screen if you accidentally select another game. I thought I had lost some progress but it seems like you just start where you left off no problem. I'm sure this is unreliable and I won't do this intentionally but IIRC the previous Souls games would start you from the nearest bonfire if you didn't select the "save and exit" option? Maybe I'm misremembering.
Either way this game is amazing. I'm actually finding myself more often choosing the 30fps mode on my 4KTV. I know this is a controversial opinion, but there's something about the level of visual fidelity this game has reached that makes me feel like things look more natural and cinematic at 30fps. I feel like things are moving too quickly and too smoothly on the 60fps mode, and I've never felt this way about a game before. Am I crazy or what?
Either way this game is amazing. I'm actually finding myself more often choosing the 30fps mode on my 4KTV. I know this is a controversial opinion, but there's something about the level of visual fidelity this game has reached that makes me feel like things look more natural and cinematic at 30fps. I feel like things are moving too quickly and too smoothly on the 60fps mode, and I've never felt this way about a game before. Am I crazy or what?
Clear 1-2 and you'll have an easy spot right at the waypoint for farming large amounts of grass.
I've cleared that one. Where is the grass?
Directly behind you are two blue eyed knights, each will drop two mid-tier grasses. And the three crossbowmen behind them can drop the low level grass.
Nice, thanks. I'll do some farming there.
Inviusx
Member
I think 1-3 is the spot you're talking about. The archstone after you kill:
Tower Knight.
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Chiggs
Gold Member
Fuck Maneaters in New Game+. I killed one, then the other flew off and got stuck on the cathedral about 300 feet above me. I had to reload my game and it puts me outside the fog gate. I go in and the first thing the Maneater does is knock me off the ledge.
FUCK YOU, BLUEPOINT
FUCK YOU, BLUEPOINT
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R6Rider
Gold Member
Not sure how much of a spoiler this is, but:
You can find Patches the Hyena in 2-1 who will then be located in the Nexus and sell higher tier grass items (and one of them is discounted).
There are also several other NPCs near archstones throughout the game who sell various grass items.
#Phonepunk#
Banned
Cinematic mode is vastly underrated imo. So glad they included the option
Yoboman
Gold Member
I farm early souls and grass in 1-1. Once you've levelled a little, you can go through and beat 3 blue knights and the red knight and you'll pick up 3,000-4,000 souls a run and a lot of grass too
R6Rider
Gold Member
Also, had my first invasions tonight 
Normally I suicide or die early on in new areas as I explore and attempt stupid things. This time was different as I made it to 1-3 and was exploring the area. That spot with the open platform and the giant flaming ball that rolls down the stairs is where it all went down.
First guy was obviously a newer player, and I got one hit on him with Giant Club R1 as he attempted to spam his sword at me. He panics and rolls off the edge right onto the flaming boulder thing, killing himself. I have a laugh, grab a few items and make it half way up the stairs.
Second invader message pops up. I head back down to the flat area I was at before. Big chef hat invader starts spamming magic attacks across the courtyard to no avail. He finally gave up that strategy and made his way up to me. Lots of misses from each of us and then he gets two huge attacks off leaving me with about 10 HP, but just as his attack hits my R2 comes down on him, and then again, and then one final slam as he attempts to roll away each time. Sorry buddy, Giant Club says no.
Laughing at my luck and also worried about losing my near 20k souls I have, I make my way to the top of the stairs finally. Third invasion message pops as I'm baiting a Red Eyed Knight...great. After killing the knight and still not seeing the invader I head back down the stairs yet again to the makeshift arena. Waited here for awhile and nothing. Finally see him across the courtyard and he emotes. I open menu to emote back and he tries hurling some magic my way. I respond with the facepalm emote. He then rushes the stairs and is almost immediately met with a combo that sends him flying through the air and right on top of the still flaming boulder. Another invader dead.
It was a good day of Demon's Souls!
Normally I suicide or die early on in new areas as I explore and attempt stupid things. This time was different as I made it to 1-3 and was exploring the area. That spot with the open platform and the giant flaming ball that rolls down the stairs is where it all went down.First guy was obviously a newer player, and I got one hit on him with Giant Club R1 as he attempted to spam his sword at me. He panics and rolls off the edge right onto the flaming boulder thing, killing himself. I have a laugh, grab a few items and make it half way up the stairs.
Second invader message pops up. I head back down to the flat area I was at before. Big chef hat invader starts spamming magic attacks across the courtyard to no avail. He finally gave up that strategy and made his way up to me. Lots of misses from each of us and then he gets two huge attacks off leaving me with about 10 HP, but just as his attack hits my R2 comes down on him, and then again, and then one final slam as he attempts to roll away each time. Sorry buddy, Giant Club says no.
Laughing at my luck and also worried about losing my near 20k souls I have, I make my way to the top of the stairs finally. Third invasion message pops as I'm baiting a Red Eyed Knight...great. After killing the knight and still not seeing the invader I head back down the stairs yet again to the makeshift arena. Waited here for awhile and nothing. Finally see him across the courtyard and he emotes. I open menu to emote back and he tries hurling some magic my way. I respond with the facepalm emote. He then rushes the stairs and is almost immediately met with a combo that sends him flying through the air and right on top of the still flaming boulder. Another invader dead.
It was a good day of Demon's Souls!
Yoboman
Gold Member
UmbasaAlso, had my first invasions tonight
First guy was obviously a newer player, and I got one hit on him with Giant Club R1 as he attempted to spam his sword at me. He panics and rolls off the edge right onto the flaming boulder thing, killing himself. I have a laugh, grab a few items and make it half way up the stairs.
Second invader message pops up. I head back down to the flat area I was at before. Big chef hat invader starts spamming magic attacks across the courtyard to no avail. He finally gave up that strategy and made his way up to me. Lots of misses from each of us and then he gets two huge attacks off leaving me with about 10 HP, but just as his attack hits my R2 comes down on him, and then again, and then one final slam as he attempts to roll away each time. Sorry buddy, Giant Club says no.
Laughing at my luck and also worried about losing my near 20k souls I have, I make my way to the top of the stairs finally. Third invasion message pops as I'm baiting a Red Eyed Knight...great. After killing the knight and still not seeing the invader I head back down the stairs yet again to the makeshift arena. Waited here for awhile and nothing. Finally see him across the courtyard and he emotes. I open menu to emote back and he tries hurling some magic my way. I respond with the facepalm emote. He then rushes the stairs and is almost immediately met with a combo that sends him flying through the air and right on top of the still flaming boulder. Another invader dead.
It was a good day of Demon's Souls!
ColonialRaptor
Member
I haven’t really progressed much but I’ve been sort of grinding as I feel like I need some more strength as melee class is tough in a lot of situations especially in narrow corridors.
I beat the spider and have been grinding the skeletons in 4-1. I had collected up 14k souls from grinding and made a stupid mistake died and then another stupid mistake and lost the souls I’d grinded. I just laughed at myself cause it was my fault. I’m grinding because I’m trying to learn to parry with the weird off timing of these guys and it’s really interesting how much difference good weapons and gear can make!
Seriously this game is stupidly good the level design is out of this world. I actually look forward to replaying as a magic user with light armour and see what kind of difference it makes. I’m so glad I pushed through and kept at it until I learned despite how hard I find it. I’m one of those people who thought this game should have an easy mode but I think I understand now why it would ruin the game to have it there.
Red eyes still one shoting me. Blues are easy now though. Think im only soul level 22 or something so still early I think. Level 99 cap?
I beat the spider and have been grinding the skeletons in 4-1. I had collected up 14k souls from grinding and made a stupid mistake died and then another stupid mistake and lost the souls I’d grinded. I just laughed at myself cause it was my fault. I’m grinding because I’m trying to learn to parry with the weird off timing of these guys and it’s really interesting how much difference good weapons and gear can make!
Seriously this game is stupidly good the level design is out of this world. I actually look forward to replaying as a magic user with light armour and see what kind of difference it makes. I’m so glad I pushed through and kept at it until I learned despite how hard I find it. I’m one of those people who thought this game should have an easy mode but I think I understand now why it would ruin the game to have it there.
Red eyes still one shoting me. Blues are easy now though. Think im only soul level 22 or something so still early I think. Level 99 cap?
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Ar¢tos
Member
With caster or dex builds dodging is better than blocking.
I tend to enjoy magic more because I love the risk/advantage of playing in hyper mode.
dDoc
Member
Thats all on FromSoftware. BP barely changed game mechanics.
Any chance of a patch to increase enemy AI in the future? Doubt it but would be nice to have the option.
timmyp53
Member
Pretty snazzy for a create a character.Just went down the photo mode rabbit hole
The amount of control you have over the lighting is crazy.
Vtecomega
Banned
Hi guys. HDR looks completely broken for me for most ps5 games. Everything is complety washed out and terrible looking. My bldcks are basically white grey. Turning off HDR in Demon Souls makes it look a million times better.
A lot of people on Reddit have reported the same thing thing.
No matter what settings I change. Limited to full range it still looks washed out.
Is anyone else having the same issue?
A lot of people on Reddit have reported the same thing thing.
No matter what settings I change. Limited to full range it still looks washed out.
Is anyone else having the same issue?
cormack12
Gold Member
Try changing your 4K transfer rate to -1 or -2 until it's patched
Settings > Screen and Video > Video Output > 4K Video Transfer Rate
Vtecomega
Banned
cormack12
Gold Member
No but caught it buried in one of the subreddits the other day and bookmarked it in case I do have it when I get it tomorrow
Seemed to fix it for a number of people anyway.
Vtecomega
Banned
No but caught it buried in one of the subreddits the other day and bookmarked it in case I do have it when I get it tomorrow
It fixed the issue! You're the best
gunslikewhoa
Member
The level cap is 792.
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