Designer1 Posted May 29, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted May 29, 2020 Me last night: "Yeah, this King of the Storm is a bit of a hard bastard isn't he." Few tries later: "Yeessss! Get down you ****!.." Looks at screen and realises a second phase has started: "You bunch of ba..." YOU DIED! So basically this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted May 29, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted May 29, 2020 35 minutes ago, Designer1 said: Me last night: "Yeah, this King of the Storm is a bit of a hard bastard isn't he." Few tries later: "Yeessss! Get down you ****!.." Looks at screen and realises a second phase has started: "You bunch of ba..." YOU DIED! So basically this: On my first run, he was the hardest boss in the game, I actually just completely walked away from the game rather than face him over and over. But... Once you get his pattern down he's not that difficult. Have you been up the ladder by the boss room btw? Unrelated to the boss but a familiar face... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted May 29, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted May 29, 2020 38 minutes ago, Chindie said: On my first run, he was the hardest boss in the game, I actually just completely walked away from the game rather than face him over and over. But... Once you get his pattern down he's not that difficult. Have you been up the ladder by the boss room btw? Unrelated to the boss but a familiar face... Yeah, me and Havel had a 'smack each other around with our huge weapons' contest (oo-er!) FUGS and I won 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted May 29, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted May 29, 2020 Nameless King and Dragonslayer Armour now down 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted May 30, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted May 30, 2020 DS3 All done. A masterpiece imo, and one I'll definitely play through again. Now back onto Bloodborne... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted May 30, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted May 30, 2020 1 hour ago, Designer1 said: DS3 All done. A masterpiece imo, and one I'll definitely play through again. Now back onto Bloodborne... Including the DLC? Nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted June 5, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted June 5, 2020 Watched a few of these lately. Now, completing one of these games without dying would impress me...but all three consecutively without even getting hit? Mind boggling amount of dedication (madness). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daweii Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 10 hours ago, Designer1 said: Now, completing one of these games without dying would impress me...but all three consecutively without even getting hit? Mind boggling amount of dedication (madness). It's insane the dedication. I watch The_Happy_Hob on Twitch quite regularly who is the originator of the Trilogy No-Hit Run and it's insane. Hob is currently in the midst of working on the God Run 2.0 which is Demon's Souls, Bloodborne, Sekiro and Dark Souls 1, 2 and 3 back to back without getting hit. These No-Hit Runners are a different breed, it's crazy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted June 9, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted June 9, 2020 Realised today that I'd missed an optional boss in The Ringed City DLC. Midar or something or another... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted June 9, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted June 9, 2020 Midir... Ah he's nothing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted June 9, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted June 9, 2020 2 hours ago, Chindie said: Midir... Ah he's nothing Down (after quite a few solo tries) Used a couple of summons in the end and the one guy was an absolute ringer. NG+ awaits... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted June 29, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted June 29, 2020 Working on the DS2 Platinum now. Its quite time consuming and yet, I'm really enjoying it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubbs Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 Just noticed the DS trilogy is available on PS4 for about £33 - tempted! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted July 1, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted July 1, 2020 9 hours ago, dubbs said: Just noticed the DS trilogy is available on PS4 for about £33 - tempted! I'm biased as they are three of my favourite games of all time so I'd say they are well worth it (I've dropped 150 hrs in DS2 alone) What it might be worth doing is picking up the DS1 Remaster (glorious in 60fps) from the PS store and giving that a whirl. Its 12.99 iirc. I know 1 and 2 inside out so always happy to pass on tips and advice. Praise the Sun! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted July 6, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted July 6, 2020 Dark Souls 2 finally Platinumed What an amazing set of games the Soulsborne series is. Absolutely Outstanding. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginko Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 I've played them all except for Sekiro (waiting for it to be under £30 in one of the sales, but no luck so far). I'm ashamed to say I've only completed Dark Souls 2. Demon's Souls, Dark Souls 1 and 3, and Bloodborne all eventually got too intimidating for me. No other games have ever brought me such high highs and low lows. The highs are totally worth it, but I really have to be in a special mood to play these things. Not sure why I feel this way, and I don't know why I persevered with DS2 over the others, but I think part of it now is that I don't really have the time to spend on games like I used to. If I'm going to spend a rare few hours a week playing a game, I feel like I need to have made progress, and I could play a Souls game for that length of time and get absolutely nowhere! I'm just not very good at these games, or I don't have the patience anymore. Probably the more the first one. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubbs Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 1 hour ago, Ginko said: I've played them all except for Sekiro (waiting for it to be under £30 in one of the sales, but no luck so far). I'm ashamed to say I've only completed Dark Souls 2. Demon's Souls, Dark Souls 1 and 3, and Bloodborne all eventually got too intimidating for me. No other games have ever brought me such high highs and low lows. The highs are totally worth it, but I really have to be in a special mood to play these things. Not sure why I feel this way, and I don't know why I persevered with DS2 over the others, but I think part of it now is that I don't really have the time to spend on games like I used to. If I'm going to spend a rare few hours a week playing a game, I feel like I need to have made progress, and I could play a Souls game for that length of time and get absolutely nowhere! I'm just not very good at these games, or I don't have the patience anymore. Probably the more the first one. I took a 2 year break from Bloodborne because it was just too difficult at the time. Started again over lockdown and finished it last week. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted July 23, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted July 23, 2020 Dark Souls 1 finally Platinumed. It included taking down O+S in NG++ so yeah, definitely one of my best gaming achievements Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted August 1, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted August 1, 2020 Considering doing a Platinum run on DS3. @Chindie any tips? I assume I'll need to reach at least NG++ again? Many missables? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted August 1, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted August 1, 2020 21 minutes ago, Designer1 said: Considering doing a Platinum run on DS3. @Chindie any tips? I assume I'll need to reach at least NG++ again? Many missables? It's an enormous grind if you're not into the multiplayer. You have to collect every ring, every spell (of every type), every gesture... A number of these require you to level up covenants, which requires you to collect their covenant items, which are all available in the game world but often with really low drop rates -basically to encourage playing in multiplayer. Expect to spend a lot of time farming knights in Lothric Castle and 2 specific skeletons in the Catacombs if you're not going online. And by a lot of time I mean potentially double figure hours even if you min max item drop rates with stats, rings and the Crystal rapier. There's a few missables - there's gestures, rings and spells that form parts of quest lines you can miss, you can theoretically miss a couple of the covenants (most obviously the Moundmakers, which you can't access if you defeat the Greatwood boss and has a very obscure way to access) and you have to achieve each of the 3 possible endings, the Usurpation of the Fire requiring you to follow specific actions throughout the game (I managed to fluke doing this on my very first run through the game, but it's definitely not signposted). It's not a difficult platinum so much as it's a long haul. You'll want to use a guide as some of the quests to follow very easily go off track. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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