Lila Feuer

Still riding DSR hard, Duke's Archives and Crystal Cave done, Demon Ruins and Lost Izalith done, blew through the Catacombs and believe I'm encroaching on Gravelord Nito in Tomb of the Giants. Very glad I got a Sunlight Maggot for this place in advance. Almost beat Bed of Chaos in first try prior, but died before the final part, wasn't expecting it to still be on the verge of completion in realtime, very unusual for a Souls game I think. Hoping I'll be able to drain New Londo Ruins soon so I can get that Very Large Ember for +15 weapon ascension!

Was very fond of DemonStar in my youth, I last played it in 2014.

Iron Liches don't know bout my s h a d o w s p h e r e 0/10

Well well, where to begin on Dark Souls Remastered? Last time I had completed the Depths, Blighttown and finally Darkroot. The hydra "boss" was honestly really lame, falling into the category of environmental set-piece like the Hellkite Wyvern or Ceaseless Discharge (at least he gets a name on the screen) where there's one optimal way to do it and any other method gets you killed. I almost ventured into the Catacombs next after failing to make progress in New Londo Ruins, but due to learning about the Lordvessel's requirement to even complete Tomb of the Giants I had to pursue the main quest and ventured through Sen's Funhouse and then finally completed Anor Londo. Internet wasn't lying, Ornstein and Smough are hard, supposedly they're among the toughest not just in DS1 but the entire series, but for me it was a matter of just getting a hit in at all initially and not constantly choking down Estus while hitting nothing. Ornstein had to go first, at least this playthrough, the supped up version of Smough wasn't that bad, I lamed him out with his slowest attack for a hit or two until he eventually faltered, took me like 8 or 9 attempts to get to that point because Ornstein refuses to be ignored during the battle. Power Within helped a lot in cutting down time needed to kill Ornstein. On the other hand, invading Lautrec and his subsequent battle wasn't that bad, didn't have to retry it at all. Not wasting much time, I'm now inside the Duke's Archives, recently hit level 81 with my Knight, everything else from hereon out is uncharted territory, so that "death" a little ways in scared the shit out of me before putting two and two together that oh yeah, Bloodborne did this later on with imprisoning your character in that game also (I watched Maximilian Dood play through that game). Also been rocking a Greatsword +10, Tower Shield and the Silver Knight set. Also got a Heavy Crossbow +10 for midrange engagements, and Black Bow of Pharis +10 because I like sniping some of the more dangerous or egregious enemies. E: The poison arrow is positively busted, but it's saved me some grief, like those infamous Silver Knight archers early on in Anor Londo that I remember struggling against last time. Two hits and then watch them die, or browse your phone if you're me. Never before has killing something in a game been so laid back and relaxing!

Caffeine, nicotine, id Software games.

Oh, shit. Well this is gonna hafta wait, but damn, I loved Eviternity, a sequel was the last thing I expected. @Dragonfly Congrats and to everyone else that was involved!

Who cares what other people think. Care about what I think!

Untold fact: id actually summoned real demons during their D&D campaign and created Doom to contain them. That's why Ishii in Doom 3 says "The devil is real! I know...I built his cage." as a clever inside joke at the company.

@BGreener A +3 BKS against those gargs wasn't a fight it was a slaughter. I'll give them a chance to shine someday, that's the luck of the (weapon) drop. Should be smooth cruising through the Depths at level 35. Only thing that felt OP or spongy was those drakes in the Valley, but the BKS wasn't upgraded yet so hopefully next time they'll notice the 86+ to base damage difference. Not looking forward to that hydra later on in Darkroot Basin, thing is unusually terrifying and fast.

@Lippeth They made some things easier from what I've heard, phantoms couldn't use estus to heal when say, invading Lautrec later on if you do his quest line but now you can. There is also no devotion to covenants as you can swap out freely, though that might've been more of an online thing. I returned to the Undead Asylum, something I never did before, and was surprised with some of the encounters I had there, especially the boss. I don't know if this was side content or if it has a bearing on the game later on, but I got a Black Knight Sword which I'm switching to from the Drake Sword. The fucking Capra Demon made me lose my soft humanity of 8 so I'm slowly rebuilding it. Bell Gargoyles are up next proper and then I'm heading to the Depths.

@Mr Masker Yeah last time I rang both bells of awakening which was Undead Burg/Parish and the Depths/Blighttown, did Sen's Fortress and made it to Anor Londo but didn't fight the boss(es). Made OK progress in Darkroot but didn't kill the hydra. Didn't venture into Tomb of the Giants from the Catacombs, which for me was the hardest area in the game, or get very far in New Londo Ruins due to being lost. I'm guesstimating I saw a little over 50% of the game so I'm prepared. And some optional locations like Valley of the Drakes.

@BGreener Yeah it's a weapon not worth upgrading from what I gather but it helps save crafting materials for better weapons due to requiring dragon scales (which are better used elsewhere.) Should help against the Bell Gargoyles which I had sunbro help me out with last time and I'm gonna avoid using summons now unless I run into real trouble. Unsure atm if I want to upgrade my Broadsword or the Estoc or both, it's good to have a weapon that hits multiple enemies but also one that works well in tight corridors and works behind a shield, plus that reach. I want to use the Zweihander I got early eventually though, which was a favorite of mine until I got the Black Knight Greatsword in my first old playthrough which was my main as an ultra greatsword user. I went with the Knight again, because I like the 100% physical damage resistant starting shield and powerful weapon (even though you can buy the Heater Shield very early which I've switched to since I like to parry and it too has 100% physical damage resistance.) They do start out fat rolling due to the armor but I took off the helmet and gloves and pumped some points into endurance in order to normal roll.

Exceptional early playthrough of Dark Souls Remastered, it's amazing how different things feel when you do things like backstabbing and parrying, as well as the jumping, roll and running attacks. Estoc + heater shield = byebye to the first black knight, he was never this easy for me before, three successful parries brought him down to a splinter of life. Also the Taurus Demon finished itself off by miscalculating a jump backwards and stumbling off the side of the bridge you fight it on lol. Also got the Drake Sword from shooting its tail and now I feel dirty because it totally trivializes the Undead Parish.