Taunt me as I die my way through Dark Souls. Maybe.

[Krylo]

Lacking the hub made it less of a pain in the ass, because you knew where to go next instead of like getting to 1-2 and being like oh fuck I'm dying like a bitch now guess I'm supposed to go to like 2-1? Okay no this is a cunt too, uh... 3-1 isn't bad for now, etc.

[Kim]

Like, literally the worst part of Dark Souls is Blighttown, which is less awful than World 5, plus you can shortcut through 90% of Blighttown, PLUS PLUS Blighttown at least doesn't have Demon's Souls shitty shitty shitty lighting.

[MSperoni]

I actually liked Blighttown (liked it in a horrible way. "loved to hate it" is a better way of putting it), it was less of a hassle than World 5 because you could get the Rusted Iron Ring and that made the swamp a lot easier. Also it branched off into some cool areas, like the tree, and the Naked Spider Lady's Lair.

EDIT: Too bad your internet connection is bad or we could maybe do a co-op LP (though it's hard to arrange that kinda thing in Dark Souls...)

EDIT2: Also, Dark Souls lacked a "visible hub" (unless you count Firelink Shrine as the hub, which I guess technically it was), but the bonfires were sort of the "hub" in a way. I mean, you could warp from most bonfire to bonfire once you advanced a bit.

[Krylo]

Originally Posted by MSperoni

I actually liked Blighttown (liked it in a horrible way. "loved to hate it" is a better way of putting it), it was less of a hassle than World 5 because you could get the Rusted Iron Ring and that made the swamp a lot easier. Also it branched off into some cool areas, like the tree, and the Naked Spider Lady's Lair.

Ash Lake after the tree was like, the prettiest part of Dark Souls. Other than MAYBE the vista over the city of the gods place the name of which escapes me at the moment.

Like just breath taking the first time you look out into it.

[A Zarkin' Frood]

I liked Blighttown. I also liked the Valley of Defilement in Demon's Souls, in fact I liked that area even more. Blighttown is just Valley of Defilement light. But I still like it. The worst part of Dark Souls is clearly that one bit with the two dragonslayer bow knights. No contest. I also have to say, that my inspiration for starting this, at least to some minor degree was me watching an LP of Dark Souls and the LPer skipped Blighttown and The Depths. What the hell?

I DO understand why people dislike Blighttown, though.

On the matter of difficulty. My very first impression of Dark Souls was, that it was way easier. By now I have to say, I think Dark Souls is actually harder, but it starts easier, and the progression of difficulty is more gradual and less frustrating. Sure, the hub is gone, and while this takes away a little bit (really just a tiny little bit) of your freedom of where to go next it also tends to lead you mostly to areas you're supposed to go to. It also feels more like a whole world. All in all I think Dark Souls is the superior game. A bunch of changes were made from Demon's Souls that just made it more enjoyable and less generic than Demon's Souls. Not to say Demon's Souls was generic, but it abided more by some traditional RPG elements, like mana to cast spells and healing items (which made the game a joke ,really, because it was easy to amass quite a few without ever buying any)

Over the course of this playthrough I'll try to show off some stuff not everyone knows about, maybe I'll also learn something new. I'll also conduct an experiment on Seath.

Originally Posted by MSperoni

EDIT: Too bad your internet connection is bad or we could maybe do a co-op LP (though it's hard to arrange that kinda thing in Dark Souls...)

It would be cool if that were actually possible. Even if my PS3 does connect though, this would be hard. I don't know what exactly determines whose summon signs appear in your world, but I think it might be latency related. This would probably make summon signs from players from different continents rare. I could swear I got invaded by a japanese dude once, though. Because those were some mad skills I fell victim to.

[Krylo]

Originally Posted by Pulsating Tumescence

I could swear I got invaded by a japanese dude once, though. Because those were some mad skills I fell victim to.

I know I've co-opped with Japanese people a lot 'cause you get Japanese thank you notes sometimes.

[A Zarkin' Frood]

Gonna start a stream in a few minutes/seconds
http://www.livestream.com/unnamed4th

[A Zarkin' Frood]

Finished streaming about an hour ago, had to upload one of the videos to youtube because livestream didn't process it. It was a long session. Longer than I originally planned. But what the hell, not like I actually had stuff to do.

02-1 Undead Burg
Co-commentators: None of you bitches!
Info: Geminex tells me I have a sweet accent and I slightly fuck up but don't die. (I'm not gonna actually watch this)

02-2 Undead Parish
Co-commentators: NOBODY!
Info: Some guy who I assume to be Krylo bitches at me for sucking and I die a few times.

02-3 Lower Undead Burg
Co-commentators: Solitude is my name!!!
Info: I die a few times more and then after not dying once I proclaim myself the best player. Then as I say goodbye to my loyal viewership Cabal shows up and calls me a butt pirate.

If you want to make this watchable please volunteer for co-commentary!!! Or go to hell!!!!

[MSperoni]

Originally Posted by Pulsating Tumescence

It would be cool if that were actually possible. Even if my PS3 does connect though, this would be hard. I don't know what exactly determines whose summon signs appear in your world, but I think it might be latency related. This would probably make summon signs from players from different continents rare. I could swear I got invaded by a japanese dude once, though. Because those were some mad skills I fell victim to.

I've managed to set up a co-op with a friend before, but it can be a bit time consuming to pull off, and one time I got invaded while we were trying to do it. He also lives in the US, so that might have made things easier. (I think we just got lucky, actually).

I bump into a lot of Japanese people at certain times, usually over night, I can tell they're Japanese via their trophy lists. Not that it makes much difference. My online activity with Dark Souls has actually been pretty nice, and I've had a share of success with invasions and being invaded (I win more than I lose, which is rare for me in an online venue).

EDIT: One time me and another member of the Blade of the Darkmoon Covenant invaded someone, and that person had a partner who was trying to pull the ol' "Disguise as a Vase" trick on us, but I spotted it and smacked them. I think they were surprised that I wasn't surprised because their instinct was to just run rather than stand their ground and fight back, but my character, despite having heavy armor/weapons is very fast, and I managed to kill them before they could do much. The person who we invaded was dispatched soon after by the combined might of me and my partner. That was a pretty cool match.

I also had one where me and some people were all battling it out in that part in Anor Londo in the rafters. Like, someone had invaded someone else, and the invaded player summoned me and another player to their defense, and we all ended up in that rafter area. I chased the invader across the rafters while the other helper shot at them with arrows. The fight ended with the invader slipping off and falling to their death.

[Doc ock rokc]

Originally Posted by Pulsating Tumescence

Finished streaming about an hour ago, had to upload one of the videos to youtube because livestream didn't process it. It was a long session. Longer than I originally planned. But what the hell, not like I actually had stuff to do.

02-1 Undead Burg
Co-commentators: None of you bitches!
Info: Geminex tells me I have a sweet accent and I slightly fuck up but don't die. (I'm not gonna actually watch this)

02-2 Undead Parish
Co-commentators: NOBODY!
Info: Some guy who I assume to be Krylo bitches at me for sucking and I die a few times.

02-3 Lower Undead Burg
Co-commentators: Solitude is my name!!!
Info: I die a few times more and then after not dying once I proclaim myself the best player. Then as I say goodbye to my loyal viewership Cabal shows up and calls me a butt pirate.

If you want to make this watchable please volunteer for co-commentary!!! Or go to hell!!!!

Heres a idea. WHY DON"T YOU GIVE US MORE THEN 5 MINUTES BEFORE YOU START SO WE CAN JOIN IN!