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    Dark Souls III

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    It is weird how you absolutely fly through NG+. The muscle memory to deal with everything. I'm nearly at the end of it now, it's taken me about 3 hours. I haven't used a shield, just two handed my greatswords and only died twice. The contrast to my first playthrough is ridiculous. I've been using a guide to go through one of the special endings, some real crazy shit happens. I'm also wrapping up a load of the npc story lines that  missed first time round, Siegward's is hilarious!

    Dark Souls III

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    Finished it a few days ago and had a bit of time to reflect before writing up my opinion. I went into Dark Souls III not knowing what to expect, I had completely blocked myself out of any info and wanted to completely go in blind. My initial thoughts were that it would carry on a bit like Dark Souls II, (for those not familiar with the Souls life cycle DkSII's world is a result of King Vendrick, a chosen undead like yourself neither linking the flame or walking away but sort of finding a loop hole between the system. We don't know the time scale of the DkSIII events but was pleasantly surprised to almost completely realise that worlds were more closely linked. 

    So, since being plonked on Boletaria's castle steps in Demon's Souls, I went in cautious, as always. A knight class, high armour, 100% block shield and turtled my way through the opening areas, not taking any chances. Everything looked great, my 3 year old PC plays it brilliantly and it felt like a real Souls game, non of the essential ingredients had been messed with. By the time I'd reached mid-game, things were really starting to step up. The difficulty ramp is almost perfect, they give so, so many clues to help your progression, it stares you right in the face but at times the glaringly obvious isn't so obvious when frustration and even anger clouds your brain. 

    Then came one of my favourite moments in gaming history. After the slog through the gloomy catacombs you suddenly find yourself exiting a mountainside to discover this absolutely beautiful snowy, moonlight city. The French Gothic Notre Dame-esque architecture; the Gwyndolin dark moon; The Silver Knights. It had to be Anor Londo, surely? By this point I was pretty hooked, piecing together every piece of item info I could and things started to make sense. I was also getting my arse kicked by Pontiff Sulyvahn at this point. A nasty piece of work but one of the game's most intriguing and interesting characters. The cathedral floor battle room, the dramatic walk and of course the whole imprisoning of Aldrich, a God devourer. The devourer of Gwyndolin. 

    Usually there are areas in Souls' games that I really, really hate, I dread the thought of going through them: Tomb of Giants DkSI, spider area DkSII and a new addition is certainly the dungeon in DkSIII. Man, that place was horrible - but obviously purposely designed to be a nightmare, to make you want to get out of the hole you're in as it makes the escape feel like you've actually escaped Hell and the feeling of elation that comes with it. I don't know how they're able to provoke such emotion in you, they do it extremely well. 

    The end game really delivered with The Archives (weird place) and Lothric Castle. The King Lothric story is still pretty shrouded in mystery to me. There's a link between Gwynevere here and the elder son, carrying the curse I'm guessing. I was doing a lot of SunBro-ing at this point and had some great moments along the way. A particular shout out to the guy I was helping out on Dragonslayor armour who got a bit cocky and knocked off the castle roof by a meteor just before he got the kill. Before fighting the Lord of Cinder I knew there were secret areas that I'd missed and really wanted to see them before I finished my first playthrough. I had to read up on Archdragon Peak, let's be honest you'd never find it otherwise. There's not much else to be said though, Archdragon Peak is it, it's the pinnacle moment of the entire series. It's where we discover who Gwyn's first born is (IT'S NOT SOLAIRE!!!!) and holy shit, it's the toughest fight of the entire series. I copped out and Co-Opped it but don't regret it, it was an explosive, fascinating end to a tragic tale. Particularly as you find Ornstein's body and Armour at the Nameless King's arena. Did you notice the amount of sunlight items near the Irithyll Archdragon Peak entrance? 

    The inevitable DLC aside, with what I imagine will be more answers. I had an absolute blast with Dark Souls III. A truly fitting end to a series in which I've felt every clunk on my shield, every silly roll off a roof to my death; every genuine fist pump to downing a difficult boss. There's nothing else like it in the ARPG genre, nothing comes close, imo. I just cannot wait to see what From Soft (now that they're huge) will offer us next.







     

     

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    Dark Souls III

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    He has been quite annoying this series. He's just completely in his element at the moment and gets rather carried away. There's something hugely compelling about his videos though, I'm finding myself quite gripped. 

    Dark Souls III

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    I've never personally taken Souls' pvp seriously, never seen the point. I tend to just enjoy running around naked, with a mimic head on and the silliest weapon I can find and just be a complete nightmare invading people trying to peacefully get through their game :P 

    Dark Souls III

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    I was trying not to look up any guides on my first run and just play through without any info but I've decided to do some of the optional areas (that I would never have found) before really focusing on the Lord of Cinder. I wanna try and round up my character's stats too, get to about SL 80 and upgrade some of the incredible late game weapons I've picked up. I'm not sure If I'll do a NG+ yet. I'm thinking of starting a completely new build after, there's so much to do.

    Dark Souls III

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    Yhorm and Dancer down tonight. Really enjoyed the Dancer fight, her slick movement and flowing attacks made for a fascinating fight. Things are really heating up now, got myself a nice set of weapons for various encounters. Particularly the Astora Greatsword which is absolutely wrecking high armoured enemies; great fun! 

    Dark Souls III

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    No, i'm not summoning on my first playthrough. I really want to get the maximum reward feeling from soloing them. Sometimes when you summon you can get a really overpowered player that kills the boss for you and it feels like cheating a bit. But yeah, I had the tactic down from really early on but i just couldn't avoid the arrow attack. Eventually i was using the stamina regen item and had enough to out roll it. 

    Dark Souls III

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    That smouldering lake area is crazy. They often do this, they hide entire, huge areas in extremely odd places. There's even a hidden place within the hidden place :lol: A bit like Ash Lake in DkSI. From a lore perspective this place absolutely incredible. I'm really starting to piece together what's going on now. There's an absolutely bad ass shield under that big worm enemy too. 100% physical resist, fairly light, high all round resistance and recovers more souls from enemies when you kill them. Managed to get the Demon King down on my second try, though I somehow got stuck under his legs and was touch and go for the final hit. 

     

     

    Dark Souls III

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    Took me 4 hours to kill Aldrich, Devourer of Gods. 4 hours, I just don't know why i struggled so much. His second phase arrow attack is just ridiculous. When I finally got the kill, I just got the final attack in before he killed me. Was a beautiful moment though. I need a rest for a few days. 

     

    Dark Souls III

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    Are you playing a dex build? If so, Halberd type weapons are really good for dishing out heavy damage. The move sets take a while to get used to but when you learn to 2hand them, they can be devastating. Katana's are strong with high dex scaling and added bleed debuff but they only really shine against light armoured enemies. Coming up against heavy armoured enemies, it'll be a bit of a struggle. 

     

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    The guy on the throne in firelink can transform your boss souls into enemy weapons. If you haven't already checked, he'll have some pretty powerful, fun weapons to try out.

     

    Jores Okore

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    Why do they feel they have a right to act and do what they like and not, y'know, like work hard day in day out and earn a chance to play. It's a shame cos he's a player with decent ability but he, like many others are part of the horrific culture we have the club and has to leave for us to be able to re-build. So, let's hope he's gone as soon as possible. 

    Dark Souls III

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    It's absolutely ridiculous how closely this is related to Dark Souls I. I can't tell at the moment whether we find out the link (I really hope so) or it's just playing to the fans of DkSI. That said, there's also links to Demon's Souls and DkSII, so I would imagine it will wrap things up nicely. I'm absolutely loving it now, tbh. It's just fantastic. One area in particular I've just reached, my jaw hit the floor. It's also nice to know that there's hundreds of hours of exploring, playing new characters, pvping left to do. Great stuff. 

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