This is an awesome quote. I think you nailed it. For sure this continues throughout all three editions, with two standing out for me.
Oh, be on the lookout for a slightly new theme in Dark Souls 2.
Dark Souls remastered is $20 right now on Steam.
Is that worth it if you already have prepare to die? Does it add anything aside from convenience of not needing to use that patch?
newbrof
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Is prepare to die edition with DLC? Because remastered has it…
Kolbex
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I think the only thing Remastered really has over PtD is that it can run at 60fps without breaking the engine?
Multiplayer seems pretty robust on remastered pc. There are still tons of hints. I get invaded all the time in later areas (and everytime I walked into that one area in darkroot). Plenty of sigils outside bossfights, etc.
Will have to admit to some frustration. I’ve explored every area save Izalith, and I’m currently staring down three tough bossfights that are handing me my lunch (Nito, Manus, Kalameet). I’m tempted to burn all my stored souls to get my strength up so I can equip Havel’s shield, and then just try and face tank everything.
I dunno. Game stopped being fun for probably the first time.
You’re in a tough spot. Nito is definitely the easiest and Kalameet is probably the hardest. Izalith is simply lame so you’re going to have to buckle in.
Ooof. Guess I’ll start on the easy one…and then work my way back.
Oh joy, back to the Tomb…
Nito is a run like hell boss, and a blessed weapon to keep his buddies from coming back couldn’t hurt.
Or use speed runner strats for Nito. Walk into room, equip full stone armor set (but keep whatever weapon you normally use and forget shields they’re for babies), drop down, heal, wait for Nito to walk over to you and just stand in front of him and swing away until he’s dead. You can walk over to him but that may attract too many adds. You can also meet him halfway.
Don’t block anything, ignore all adds. You’ll poise through everything except the spikes so just make sure to heal occasionally. Given how much you’ve been playing you should have very good damage now so it won’t take long to blow him up.
Looks like I never mentioned Nito in this thread. I had to look him up. Oh yeah! I remember that guy now. I am not much help though because I don’t remember having much trouble with him. Same with Manus. I know people really smashed their heads against that one but I got him on my second try, after using all 15 Estus flasks and being on my last bit of health at the end. I just remember being able to back off and drink to recover health a lot, which helped in that fight.
As to Kalameet: come on, you’re not having fun against Kalameet? You’ve got him on the ground, right? Are you trying to get his tail first so you can forge that special sword? It turned out to be neat but I never really used it. Kalameet was a fun challenge for me though.
This is just the kind of strat that appeals to me. Will be using this method tonight. Thanks!
I think my problem here is that I took an extended break to play Sekiro and came back super rusty and now all the game has for me are endgame boss fights. I should have kept my momentum going.
I feel my prowess coming back, but it’s coming back slowly, and the game can be kind of unforgiving and a bit of a drag when all you’re doing is throwing yourself at bosses.
Ya got em on the ground. Not worrying about the tail. I can see the fun there, but the camera is a problem, and I’m a bit boss fatigued. But it’s a dragon, and I want to kill a dragon. Not going to give up on the “optional” bosses by any means, just need to reconsider my approach.
I think I’m going to farm humanity in the abyss until I can save Solaire, go face tank Nito, work my way through Izalith, and then return for the Manus/Kalameet double tango, before facing off against Gwyn.
Edit: like a total spazz I started up a new game on the switch last night sitting on my couch convalescing from my PC play through. Already at gargoyles ; )
Have you made the mistake of using the lock on functionality? Learning how to play without it should help a lot. Camera lock is one of the most difficult Dark Souls enemies.
I mostly lock on, I’d say for 98% of fights. I’ve taken enough stabs at Kalameet to see locking on isn’t going to work. Haven’t figured out the right balance of locking on/not locking on.
Oh cool I can help there. Stay with me here but it’s 0% locking on to 100% (aka one hundo aka keep it 100) not locking on. Unless you’re doing magic or firing a crossbow. Then I guess lock on sometimes.
I mostly played the Kalameet battle without lock-on. It wasn’t a choice. Since I wanted the tail, there’s no way to get to the tail with lock-on. When I did FINALLY get the tail, I think I did a mixture of locking on and not locking on.
Scuzz
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I bought it for the improved graphics but it kept freezing up early in the game on my then new PC, the same PC that has had no problems with any other game.
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Scuzz
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Nito you will beat. You need a faith weapon to keep the skeletons off your back, and timing his AOE attack makes him easier to beat.
Kalameet is one of the toughest fights in all Dark Souls. That’s counting all the games.
As for Manus, you need to use the necklace, although I could never manage to beat him that way either. I confess to having cheesed Manus in the cheesiest way possible. You can actually see him from outside the boss door area, look down into the abyss and you can see his eyes. Then you can kill him with arrows, many arrows. There is a summon within the Manus boss room but I never found it much help.
The necklace was too hard for me too. I just buckled down and learned the dodge timing to dodge through the incoming 360 fireball thing. Plus that’s badass.
