Anyone still playing?
I finally finished my first run through after meticulously exploring every single nook and cranny and secret. Managed to solo Artorias, Kalameet and Manus in the DLC content. That was ridiculously satisfying. Fist pumping all over the living room when I landed that hat-trick. Completed Solaire’s quest line so he was available for summoning against Gwyn. Took him into battle and we absolutely mauled the old dude first go, no parrying. Took a deep swing of Estus on the spot where Solaire peaced-out. Praise the Sun, bro. It was a blast. My 5 year old kid (mentioned up thread) was watching alongside as usual. I gave him final button press of the game to become “the king of the bonfire”. He was absolutely beaming.
Decided, like an idiot and inspite of my gaming back catalogue, to try and go for platinum trophy, which involves collecting or crafting every single rare weapon, miracle, sorcery and pyromancy, as well as fully upgrading a weapon through every upgrade path, so it’s into new game plus and beyond that now I go. Foolish.
Was quite daunted initially as i’ve usually just started a completely new character in the past, and was worried i’d hit a difficulty wall early on. Turns out I got to Anor Londo in a couple of 2 hour sittings. Think I might actually be *** whispers *** good at Dark Souls at last. Capra Demon was the fucking worst, as usual, but even that was only about 4 or 5 attempts. So much RNG in that fight. Don’t like the bits that rely on sheer luck. Feels like no matter how skilled you are, it all depends on where those fucking dogs end up. See also: Bed of Chaos.
Got through Blighttown in about 25 minutes and only died once by falling off a ledge because my lock on switched to a mosquito and the camera titted-off. Grrrrrr. The area actually feels quite short once you know where you’re going. Got through Sens in about 15 minutes too. Unbelievable. If anyone had told me the first time I encountered Sens back in the day that I would one day breeze through it, i’d have… probably disagreed or something. Even so, good fun.
Character has ended up as a kind of nimble fast-rolling Cleric/Pyromancer, but with +15 Reinforced Club and 40 Strength. Have put hardly any points into Stamina because i’m using Pinwheel’s Mask of the Child stacked with Grass Crest Shield and the stamina bar refills in literally 1 second. Recommended.
All in all, still addicted. Still the best game ever made. Ever. My kid thinks so too. His school teacher asked the class to go home and think up any sentence they wanted, and to practice writing it out at home. This was his:
