Topic: Demon Souls Remastered. Is it, isn't it?

@velio84 Thanks! Yeah, I actually finished the game several days ago, but I wanted to have my review done before I gave any final announcement. 😄

I must say, Elden Ring is looking really awesome right now. After seeing the beginning of the Souls games, I’d like to compare and contrast the newest. But I think I’ll be waiting for a little while.

@Th3solution Umbassa!!!

Congrats mate, and honestly you're not really missing anything by swerving the platinum... it is more 'admin' than actual rewarding/interesting gameplay. Best to lick any wounds, and move on to ER this Friday!

What was your final build out of interest? I played DEX Samurai, using Sharp Utichanga with Sticky LongBow... nice mix of quick&dirty melee with a solid ranged option. Will likely mirror this for ER!

Seriously well done, there were many times I nearly gave up... and some of the back-tracking to bosses can be remarkably tedious. Funnily enough I was OK with Flamelurker... but it was the armoured spider that handed me my ass most times out of all the bosses (!)

@CJD87 Thanks! I ended up with about 50 points in magic, 40 in intelligence. Had a very low strength and dexterity.
At the end I had the insanity catalyst (by virtue of using the Old Monk Soul) in the left hand and the Crescent Falchion in the right. So it was a similar set up of firing ranged magic attacks with the left, then slicing and dicing with the sword in the right hand if I got too close. Kept my armor paper thin to be quick and nimble. As a result I couldn’t take many hits but I rarely let them get too close. Stupid skeletons were an exception, as were the more aggressive bosses like Flamelurker. I did okay with Armored Spider due to its stationary approach, as I could hide behind a pillar and fire shots at it.

@Th3solution Well done 👏 - a most excellent outcome. I’m glad that you really enjoyed the game and it’s been great reading your comments as you’ve been going along.

It doesn’t feel like long ago I was doing the same and wrapping up my first play through. I’ve got just less than 50% of the trophies and started an NG+ that I’m planning on going back to. I don’t blame you for not going for the platinum though as it is quite involving. It seems we both ended up with the crescent falchion as our go to weapon. It made easy work of some things and was responsive enough to not get caught too often in the middle of an animation.

I’ll be onto Elden Ring at some point so maybe I’ll meet you there 😀

@Th3solution Congratulations, my friend. Are you excited for Elden Ring? I remember you saying you might play it in a few months once all the guides are out there and the first ones down the rabbit hole have thoroughly explored it.

@render Thanks. Yeah, it looks like it would take the better part of 2 complete playthroughs, and really 2.5 to get the platinum. I could see myself being able to get through much quicker on second run since I know the terrain and the boss strategies, but it would still be quite an investment. Whether Elden Ring or Dark Souls 3 is the next FromSoft game will depend upon the reviews. Maybe I will be in The Lands Between sooner rather than later!

@TheBrandedSwordsman Thanks and yes, I am getting more excited for Elden Ring, having completed Demon’s Souls. It really got me interested more in the genre and this newest entry looks phenomenal. But yeah, I am still going to wait until I read reviews and see the fan reception. I have no doubt it will be positive, but I do want to see if a few guides and videos start to pop up before I indulge in the game. Besides, I don’t want to burn myself out on the Souls games too aggressively, so I’m planning to play some other style games first to cleanse my palate.
How about you? Are you getting Elden Ring day 1?

@Th3solution Well done sir, only 3 more to go now!

@Th3solution congrats my man!! Do you need a break from the souls formula or are you tempted for another? Bloodborne is truly a hell of a game and my fave of what I've played

@JohnnyShoulder I know you told me I should play them all from the beginning to get the full effect, but I’m just not sure I want to wait to play DS3, as it’s the one I’m most excited to play. It and Elden Ring. I think I’ll go with the non-From knock offs before subjecting myself to Sekiro 😅

@R1spam I actually played Bloodborne. It was my only other FromSoft game before now. (Well, besides the 3-4 hours I spent back on PS3 with the original Dark Souls. At the time it didn’t click). And yeah, Bloodborne is exceptional. I would rank it higher overall compared to Demon’s Souls, despite DeS being fantastic in its own right. A few things held the game back from reaching the heights of BB, as I state in my review, but I can’t fault it for being the first of the Soulsborne series so it had a few ideas that needed to be fine tuned.

But to answer your question, yeah I’ll take a break for now. It’s possible that Elden Ring will rock the world and I’ll not be able to hold out, but for now I’ll play some different genre of games for a couple months before maybe DS3 or ER

@Th3solution I think I will wait until the guides filter in as well.

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@Th3solution Well done on beating this monster of a game! Are you going to be giving Elden Ring a shot?

@Gremio108 I plan to play Elden Ring, certainly. If anything Demon’s Souls has convinced me of that (along with the gushing praise online for it). But I think I might play Dark Souls 3 first. I don’t know. If a copy of Elden Ring falls into my lap I’ll reconsider. Either way, I’m taking a Souls break for a bit. Started Mass Effect.
How about you? Jumping straight into The Lands Between?

@Th3solution Yep, started it tonight. It's pretty wonderful. Dark Souls 3 is my personal fave, for various reasons, so I'd be intruiged to see how you get on with it.

Tower Knight is down. Bizarre fight with really odd hitboxes. At least it’s over.

@nessisonett I found Tower Knight to be one of the more difficult bosses. Perhaps it’s because I tried to get the special trophy for beating it without killing any archers. After a few failures at that, I decided I better just do it the traditional way and clear them out first.

@Th3solution That’s what I get for not checking the trophies! Ah well, don’t have any Souls platinums other than Elden Ring cause they’re usually a nightmare and I prefer playing the games blind rather than using a walkthrough for starters.

@nessisonett Curious as to how you're finding DeS after beating ER?

I did it the other way round, and was relieved at a lot of the QoL improvements that ER employed... particularly in regards to bonfire/grace placements!

I remember that the gauntlet run back to Tower Knight from the nearest bonfire was nearly as tough as beating TK!! Remember being very thankful that ER always had a grace point right outside the boss 'door'

@nessisonett Yep I had one of the endings for Elden Ring spoiled for me when I was looking at trophies. One of the reasons why I've not bothered with them much since.

@CJD87 Mostly just find it an utter annoyance as if it’s doing it on purpose. I’m perfectly fine with the game being hard but the way it forces you to run to the boss arena every single time which is usually miles away even with a shortcut does my head in. I’m stuck on Armour Spider at the minute and the run is almost as bad as the boss, even using the lift.