Playing Dark Souls for the first time

[Wh1p]

Never played this game before despite playing video games for quite some time now. Playing completely blind, it's quite good so far. I don't want to search anything up because I like how the bosses surprise me. The class I chose for this playthrough is Warrior, as it seems to be the most standard class from the looks of it.

I just beat the Taurus Demon last night so that's basically where I left off. This game reminds me a lot of Megaman in it's level design, with the combat being very similar to Ocarina of Time. After crossing below this giant bridge with a dragon I got poisoned and died but I plan to continue playing tonight. If anyone wishes to follow my journey I'll post updates in this thread.

 

[Mr. Reloaded]

@TheKnightOfTheSea @DarkestKnightofSpoilers

 

[Calypso]

My condolences.
Never played DarkSouls either.. but I played Sekiro without knowing that it's even worse than DarkSouls.. I cried and got desperate until I shut it off xD​

 

[Wh1p]

Sidenote my thumb kinda burns from playing yesterday lmaooooo. The last time this happened was when I played Megaman X and my thumb went numb from spamming the d-pad for hours.

 

[Johnny B. Decent]

If I may take a moment to vent about Souls games......

So, if enemies can kill you in a few hits even if you're wearing heavy armor, then what's the goddamn point of wearing armor in the first place?

 

[Veku]

Prepare for the swamp

 

[Mr. Reloaded]

If I may take a moment to vent about Souls games......

So, if enemies can kill you in a few hits even if you're wearing heavy armor, then what's the goddamn point of wearing armor in the first place?

It looks cool

 

[Uncle Van]

"After crossing the bridge with dragon, I got poisoned and died". Definitely the rats under the bridge lol.

 

[Johnny B. Decent]

It looks cool

It's kinda like how Geralt only wears leather armor and chainmail in The Witcher. If full plate doesn't do anything, you might as well go for mobility.

 

[Wh1p]

"After crossing the bridge with dragon, I got poisoned and died". Definitely the rats under the bridge lol.

Yup. Just got to the Gargoyle fight. Gonna beat it either tonight or tomorrow.

 

[TheKnightOfTheSea]

If I may take a moment to vent about Souls games......

So, if enemies can kill you in a few hits even if you're wearing heavy armor, then what's the goddamn point of wearing armor in the first place?

Havel Armor is legit good for a lot of bosses in DS1 tho... I'm not sure about literally any other game

 

[Uncle Van]

Yup. Just got to the Gargoyle fight. Gonna beat it either tonight or tomorrow.

I hope you find a certain ultra greatsword(you can grab it at any time in the open world). If you do, you'll always be a strength chad and never go back.

 

[DarkestKnightofSpoilers]

Never played this game before despite playing video games for quite some time now. Playing completely blind, it's quite good so far. I don't want to search anything up because I like how the bosses surprise me. The class I chose for this playthrough is Warrior, as it seems to be the most standard class from the looks of it.

I just beat the Taurus Demon last night so that's basically where I left off. This game reminds me a lot of Megaman in it's level design, with the combat being very similar to Ocarina of Time. After crossing below this giant bridge with a dragon I got poisoned and died but I plan to continue playing tonight. If anyone wishes to follow my journey I'll post updates in this thread.

Interested to see how you do on your first journey ,be patient and stay calm
@Peroroncino @Pot Goblin @Jaguark101 where the ones who put me on the Dark Souls journey back then

If I may take a moment to vent about Souls games......

So, if enemies can kill you in a few hits even if you're wearing heavy armor, then what's the goddamn point of wearing armor in the first place?

There is a catch with armors in Souls Games as well ,it‘s called equip load
When you are underleveled and wear heavy armor you "fatroll" which means you dogde slower than usual ,quite a suprise when you die to it the first time

but yes as @Mr. Reloaded said drip is important

 

[SakazOuki]

If I may take a moment to vent about Souls games......

So, if enemies can kill you in a few hits even if you're wearing heavy armor, then what's the goddamn point of wearing armor in the first place?

Depends on the game
Poise in DS1 is busted, certain bosses can be cheesed that way
In DS2 I always play naked but armor is pretty useful here if you just wanna minimize damage taken without sacrificing agility
For DS3 it can be pretty useful for certain elemental bosses, like fire resistant armor for the demon duo

But yeah in general naked or minimal armor is the ideal way to play

 

[Wh1p]

Btw the Necromancer in the room right before the Gargoyle boss is really fucking annoying. I try to just run past him since it's not worth dealing with him every time, but sometimes I get slaughtered. Lol.

 

[NAMELESS]

Never played this game before despite playing video games for quite some time now. Playing completely blind, it's quite good so far. I don't want to search anything up because I like how the bosses surprise me. The class I chose for this playthrough is Warrior, as it seems to be the most standard class from the looks of it.

I just beat the Taurus Demon last night so that's basically where I left off. This game reminds me a lot of Megaman in it's level design, with the combat being very similar to Ocarina of Time. After crossing below this giant bridge with a dragon I got poisoned and died but I plan to continue playing tonight. If anyone wishes to follow my journey I'll post updates in this thread.

Dark Souls difficulty is overhyped.Only the DLCS gave me trouble.Artorias was hard to beat.