General Dark Souls

@Mikey
It’s not the blue guy. I had completely forgotten there was another one.

@CloudMistDragon
Oh yeah, he’s even worse.

Day #64747 of waiting for a bloodborne collab with Monster Hunter/Soul Calibur

Smelter Demon was beaten tonight after only ten tries this time compared to the initial hundred, and the jackass who cost me a save file is history now too after a third try. No clue why this game is so obsessed with Pursuer fights, fighting him quickly got stale. Glad to finally be able to move on with the game though.

@CloudMistDragon
It’s all in his name.

Not implying he’s inappropriately named, it just gets boring fighting him over and over. Those fights weren’t in the original Dark Souls II either, discounting the one after SD.

Tonight, I finally beat Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin in under 33 hours without any grinding! I meant what I said, the game’s finally done, even after that save file deletion fiasco, and I only have one Souls game left to play before I have the whole franchise done! If you’re curious, here were my endgame stats…

Deaths: 34

Soul Level: 152 (I’m not joking, I was just adamant about never taking the Silver Serpent Ring off)

Armor: Jester’s Set (Everything was +5 save the robe, which was +10)

Weapon: Lightning Thorned Greatsword +5

Highest Stat/Build: Faith, 45

Less than two weeks until Elden Ring.

@Mikey
Thinking about buying it on Steam when it comes out. Do have some other games I’m still trying to finish though so I don’t know when I’ll get to play it for real.

@Background Pony #2940
I already bought it.

Still excited for Elden Ring, but I want to beat Dark Souls III first and be able to say I’ve beaten the entire Souls franchise. Also have a feeling DSIII won’t take me anywhere near as long as II, all things considered.

At least you don’t need to be on a server to get invaded by NPCs in DS3 now.

@Meanlucario
Really? I thought you could always get invaded by scripted NPCS in the series even offline….

@Mikey
Until now, not while offline. Or maybe that’s still the case, but the servers being down doesn’t affect it. I know I mention this bug before.

@Meanlucario
I see. How are you liking the game so far?

@Mikey
I’m talking about Dark Souls 3, not Elden Ring. I’ve beaten DS3 before.

@Meanlucario
I know, I was asking how you like Elden Ring so far.

@Mikey
I don’t have it. I’m going to wait for a definitive edition or so. My older brother is playing it, though.

@Meanlucario
Ah ok.

@CloudMistDragon
I think that’s a good call.

maybe I’m in the minority, but Elden Ring felt really rough at the start.

@toxicitzi
What do you mean?

@Mikey
Stormveil Castle, all the way to Godrick. I mean mainly the boss fights.

@toxicitzi
Are they too hard for the point in the game?

@Mikey
I would say, quite, yeah.. they provided a harder challenge to me than the ringed city bosses at that early point.

@toxicitzi
I’m stuck at Margit the fel. I think they expect you to go off and explore first though.