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I hate 5-2....literally....3 deaths so far.....none of which I should have endured....and the level is so slow moving. Arrows are easily replenished....at least the regular ones. Go to 4-1, kill the first reaper and you can get 400+ of them.

Does anyone think the design of this game is a ploy to get gamers to buy strategy guides (especially ones included in expensive deluxe editions)?

Originally Posted by yoshi9784 Does anyone think the design of this game is a ploy to get gamers to buy strategy guides (especially ones included in expensive deluxe editions)?

http://demonssouls.wikidot.com/

I don't understand why anyone would ever buy a strategy guide.

Working through +++ now. Something oddly satisfying in one shotting a boss.

io, if you go through +++, Flamelurker is a real jerk. My tactics don't work as well. Best bet is to do the same thing, just use homing soul arrow (as long as you get 5 bullets) from on top of the big piece of rubble over and over. The time between shots is enough of a buffer. Doing that coupled with my +5 Kris Blade and Ring of Magical Sharpness allowed me to take him out in just a handful of casts.

Prior to that victory I died a few times on him, ruining my record against that boss.

Thanks for the tip. But I have a question. I have never been able to use homing soul arrow - it just makes the dots and then they go away without firing. What's the trick to getting it to actually work?

Be in range of a target and they should fly. As long as I am a little closer than targeting range, I've never had a problem.

Some enemies they won't go after... like I tried using them on the Blue Dragon, but they would never fire off. Eventually they just disappeared. But most of the time they went off without a problem. I would practice with them a bit... better out in a level than at a boss.

Platinum. Woo. This one felt really good!

io, if you want to hold any weapon, just let me know. I will say past few days I have been having some issues logging into the PSN. Dunno what is going on.

Originally Posted by Saint Noir Platinum. Woo. This one felt really good! io, if you want to hold any weapon, just let me know. I will say past few days I have been having some issues logging into the PSN. Dunno what is going on.

Cool, yeah, the Insanity Catalyst and whatever that other one is that is the 4th use of a demon...

I thought I'd have tons of time to play games over the long holiday weekend but I actually ended up playing less than I did before Thursday. This was partly due to family things, partly due to Amazon sale watching, and partly due to the HWV $4.99 sale . But in any case, I've made no progress on DS since we last met up and I still have to finish this play and most of the next one just to get the spells - would be nice not to have to worry about those last 2 weapons as well.

Originally Posted by io Dude, if I can make it to the end of NG+ then I think most CAGs should have little trouble.

thanks! I'm buying this game.... I can't wait to play it.

Finally finished up all of 5...have Maneater left in 3-2 and then 3-3 to finish off before I mop up 1-3 and 1-4.

Nothing like showing off the game to your friend and have the auto-aim feature mess up on you. Never had that happen when I was trying to melee before...not sure how I missed 3 consecutive spears (misses, not blocked) and proceeded to die by a big sword knight in 1-3 after the first fatty minister. Talk about embarrassing....

Originally Posted by io Cool, yeah, the Insanity Catalyst and whatever that other one is that is the 4th use of a demon... I thought I'd have tons of time to play games over the long holiday weekend but I actually ended up playing less than I did before Thursday. This was partly due to family things, partly due to Amazon sale watching, and partly due to the HWV $4.99 sale . But in any case, I've made no progress on DS since we last met up and I still have to finish this play and most of the next one just to get the spells - would be nice not to have to worry about those last 2 weapons as well.

Yeah, just let me know when. I went in and messed with my router and everything seems to be back to normal now. I think I am 157 or somewhere there about in terms of level at the moment.

Originally Posted by happy http://demonssouls.wikidot.com/ I don't understand why anyone would ever buy a strategy guide.

The strategy guide was extremely helpful with finding upgrade materials and which crystal geckos you need to get as well as their specific locations. It was also great in showing me all the tendency events I needed to do. I'm not a huge fan of the Wiki, although I did use it to see which weapons I should upgrade and to get other strategies on any bosses that were giving me trouble. I loved the official strategy guide though.

Originally Posted by gettinmoney662 The strategy guide was extremely helpful with finding upgrade materials and which crystal geckos you need to get as well as their specific locations. It was also great in showing me all the tendency events I needed to do. I'm not a huge fan of the Wiki, although I did use it to see which weapons I should upgrade and to get other strategies on any bosses that were giving me trouble. I loved the official strategy guide though.

The official guide also has more info on upgrades than the Wiki. Both have been really useful for me.

That reminds me I have to finish the last two levels to complete my game... and mail in my guide cover for a replacement guide!!

damn other games...

Oh well I am coming back to this one now.

I have one more boss fight which is in 1-4 then whatever happens after that

Originally Posted by souljiro I have one more boss fight which is in 1-4 then whatever happens after that

May the force be with you... hopefully you don't lose some levels!

once you "beat" the game, can you still keep on playing the same character?

correct, and you actually need to to unlock all the items etc.

Its called New Game + or NG+ for short.. if you see mention of ++ well those people are on their 3rd play through.

Originally Posted by orbit18 once you "beat" the game, can you still keep on playing the same character?

Yeah. You keep everything except keys and that sort of thing. The levels reset, but you have all your weapons and items. Which is good as NG+ is pretty hard, but ++ on it is a lot easier and levels out/doesn't jump as high in difficulty (least for me).

Originally Posted by souljiro I have one more boss fight which is in 1-4 then whatever happens after that

What level are you? I have 1-3 to finish (want to get Biorr first before I forget) then 1-4 and the finale.....can probably help you with 1-4 after I do 1-3.

DOH! Forgot I have to finish up 3-3 also.....just finished up 1-3 tonight....Biorr makes that an easy win.