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    Dark Souls 3

    Considering its out for most of us (cheeky scrubs buying it from Asia aside) in about two hours. here's the thread.

    I'm going in at midnight for a couple of hours to get a feel for it, then starting properly tomorrow. Been a long wait but the hype is insane.

    Anyone else bothering on release?

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    My copy finally got dispatched this afternoon. I'll probably be picking it up from a sorting office on Wednesday morning.

    Listened to a couple of video reviews (because I'm not watching any actual content. I don't want to see ANYTHING.) and it looks like the game you probably want. Someone compared to MGS4 in terms of fan services but I'd love this game to actually deliver some closure. Anything to avoid us making the same choice for a third game running.

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    Payday Thursday so be picking it up from Tesco or some place then, it looks like a hybrid of Bloodborne and Dark Souls which suits me fine as I love both games.

    Only game I've been genuinely excited for in a long time.

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    My was dispatched today too, so it should be here tomorrow. Ideally I want to finish the first one before I dive in but that probably isn't going to happen in the next 24 hours, and I've got Wednesday off work. What am I going to do, not play it?

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    Half an hour holy shit

    Got a free theme and soundtrack too, £50 digital is ridculous.

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    So I got this overnight on PC. That's my day sorted. Or an hour of it before I get lost, die and then sulk.

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    Is it worth even bothering if you've never played a Dark Souls game before?
    I'm a twit

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    If you've any reservations, grab one of the earlier games on the cheap. Seems my copy's coming through Yodel. Its nowhere near me and I'm off to work in 15 minutes. Nearest depot is Team Valley. Arse.

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    Can't even do the boss in the tutorial bit.

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    If I only went 2 handed in DS2 (I hate blocking in all games) and got up to the Samurai boss person before deciding enough is enough (well not really, they put a giant mini boss inbetween the bonfire and the boss and I lost 40k souls and rage quit forever)

    Am I going to get my ass kicked? Every video has people with shields and that's the exact opposite of how I play. I want to be fast as fuck, rolling around and fucking people up. Does that playstyle exist?

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    Yes but you have to be good at the game. I do the majority 2-handed.

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    I don't need to git gud. I was born gud. Any specific classes/stats I need to boost to make the playstyle more viable? In DS2 I just dumped a shit load into the one that gave you more invincibility frames (Poise?) and nothing else.

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    Restarted as a Knight and kicked that first guys ass at the second time of asking. Easy this.

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    Quote Originally Posted by phonics View Post
    I don't need to git gud. I was born gud. Any specific classes/stats I need to boost to make the playstyle more viable? In DS2 I just dumped a shit load into the one that gave you more invincibility frames (Poise?) and nothing else.
    Go for whatever you like, the beauty of the game is the discovery.

    Mike: You faced the other 'thing' in the starter area?

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    I don't think so?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mike View Post
    I don't think so?
    Have a look around near the absolute start, there's another path with much joy

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    Two and a half hours in, two bosses down, first major area cleared. Its an absolute beauty, Souls crossed with Bloodborne

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    Yodel decided not to bother delivering this and are trying again tomorrow.

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    The wait for payday is killing me I need this game now!!!!!

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    Fuck me, avoid the PC version at all costs. I've crashed 7 times just getting to Lothric. (Running: 1.03)

    Did it all 2 handed though, so much better than shielding. I say that knowing I absolutely fluked it when he knelt down stunned right next to me when I hadn't even rolled. Got him with the last hit of Stamina when I had not even a visible health bar.

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    Fixed the crashing bug. Turn lighting to low in settings.

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    Not a single crash here yet, thankfully.

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    Its here. Going to stream a blind playthrough for the sake of it.

    www.twitch.tv/shindigpsc

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dark Soldier View Post
    Have a look around near the absolute start, there's another path with much joy
    Much joy!! "you died"

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    Easy!

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    I've gone in as a Herald, mainly because I wanted to do something other than Knight. And the cape looks cool. I probably should have just gone Knight though. The spear is a bit shit and the healing miracle is pretty useless. But at least I look good.

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    I just pegged it full speed past a massive dragon! EEP

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    I've found my first Black Knight.

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    He's fun isn't he!

    I got absolutely wrecked by two NPC invaders fighting alongside two real invaders earlier. Four on one, got cornerfucked. Lovely

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    The only thing that's bothering me is that I haven't met a boss for ages.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mike View Post
    I just pegged it full speed past a massive dragon! EEP
    I've met him too. Not sure what to do about him. I think just leave him there?

    I think I've done every thing there is to do in this area now, other than the boss fight. I can see where it is as well, so on to that I suppose. Thank fuck for the shortcut I've just unlocked too, which will make the inevitable multiple trips back to him a lot easier.

    The spear is now "Fire Spear +1" and faring a little better, thankfully. Flaming backstabs for everyone! One more dexterity point can start swinging around the Halbert I've picked up though.

    Seems to be more about the dodging in this one. I know it's always been about the dodging really, but the parry seems a lot harder to pull off now and the doges seem quicker and don't seem to use as much stamina.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Alex View Post
    I've met him too. Not sure what to do about him. I think just leave him there?

    I think I've done every thing there is to do in this area now, other than the boss fight. I can see where it is as well, so on to that I suppose. Thank fuck for the shortcut I've just unlocked too, which will make the inevitable multiple trips back to him a lot easier.

    The spear is now "Fire Spear +1" and faring a little better, thankfully. Flaming backstabs for everyone! One more dexterity point can start swinging around the Halbert I've picked up though.

    Seems to be more about the dodging in this one. I know it's always been about the dodging really, but the parry seems a lot harder to pull off now and the doges seem quicker and don't seem to use as much stamina.
    I bow and arrow cheesed him to fuck

    Assassin is so fucking cool. I'm just going round doing backflips and shit.

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    You can just run past the dragon. Roll through or shield his fire sweep, and the fire left on the ground does miniscule damage.

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    That's me done for the day. 7 hours, 5 major areas, two bosses. I see what looks like a boss door in two areas but can't trigger them. I'd also consider this big fella I found to be boss-like.

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    Quote Originally Posted by phonics View Post
    Fixed the crashing bug. Turn lighting to low in settings.
    Or not Fucking lol.

    A serious fix to this bug seems to be standing next to the bonfire for an extended period of time and then it's 50/50 if it'll crash at the next bonfire. Fucking sick.

    I did enjoy Vinny Caravella's Dark Souls 3: Prepare to Crash edition bit.

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    Lads, the first proper boss ("Vordt") has killed me an embarrassing number of times now.

    I don't even think he's that hard on paper, but the execution is proving impossible. I can nail him until about two thirds of his health is gone every time without fail, then he goes mental and I can't get the fucker off of me.

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    I managed by getting under him and rolling out of his big charge attacks.

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    Panic over gentlemen, he's dead. We were minutes away from a full-on meltdown there though. Fucking hell.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shindig View Post
    I managed by getting under him and rolling out of his big charge attacks.
    Yeah, I just stayed put underneath him in the end and poked away at him with the spear. It was kind of doing that all along, it's just that half way through when he starts charging around he was tearing me to shreds.

    I might just go full on tank mode now. Get rid of this spear, whack a load of points into vitality and go the heavy armour/big fucking sword route.

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    With all tall human style bosses or enemies. Get close, circle right and use the roll i-frames to dodge and attack. Makes the game so much easier once you learn it. If you can keep your stamina bar from emptying you'll win.

    I'm 11 hours in, level 40, three proper bosses down and three areas fully cleared. Rocking a proper amazing weapon with A str scaling, and some bad ass armour. Double handing all the way.

    It's really the culmination of all the games, every positive aspect of each brought together to create a beautiful, gorgeous, fluid masterpiece (so far, anyway).

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    I saw Dark Souls II (the Xbox One upgraded edition) on Simply Games today for £17, so I've ordered it.

    Does it differ for the better from the last gen original?

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    It's just a port I think. Still got slowdown in Blighttown etc. PC version with DSFix is still the best version.

    Edit: just saw you meant 2. Scholar is fucking terrible with ludicrous enemies added in dickhead areas. Gave up after about four bosses.

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    So it's much much harder than the original?

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    Put it this way, there's a dragon near like the third fucking boss for zero fucking reason. There's more enemies in mobs, and later game enemies have been randomly put in earlier areas.

    Its still very playable, but its just change for the sake of it imo. They've tried to justify it with some lore bullshit but it makes little to no sense.

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    Thought I;'d recovered from last nights anger, got 3 foot from the bonfire and I crashed. I just laughed.

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    Issues with Xbox version too, it fucks up and won't download patch. PS4 is perfect, luckily.

    PC versions are always a secondary consideration, bar 2 which has handled by the B team and they developed properly for PC.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dark Soldier View Post
    Issues with Xbox version too, it fucks up and won't download patch. PS4 is perfect, luckily.

    PC versions are always a secondary consideration, bar 2 which has handled by the B team and they developed properly for PC.
    They bought on Durante who fixed DS1 for this PC so I had hoped it'd be a similar carry on for the third. However, this exact problem has been reported for weeks (reviewers were having the same issues) and they've done nothing about it. It's a farce.

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    What card are you on? Some people seem to think there's a problem with AMD 700 series cards.

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    GTX 670. I listened to the Bombcast, they're wrong.

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    Buy a console you PC scrub

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