Don't pass on DS because of the difficulty. I beat it and I am no twitch gaming pro. I found Bayonetta to be an order of magnitude harder. One thing I haven't seen mentioned is that you do open up shortcuts on many if the levels so even if you die after that point you can often get back to where you were pretty quickly. I need to get back into it and finish my platinum - I am so close but haven't played in months.
#92
Closed Account
Posted 17 January 2011 - 11:03 PM
Personally, I've passed and will continue to pass on DS because of the difficulty. I play games to relax and entertain myself, not to test my ultimate gaming abilities. If people enjoy playing games at a high difficulty level, thats fine for them, but it shouldn't be forced down your throat like they do here. 90% of modern games have the option to adjust the difficulty level, I have no idea why it was omitted here.
To be honest, the difficulty in DS is a little exaggerated. Once you get the mechanics down, and equip a few important items, the difficulty is manageable. Yeah, you will die a lot still, but its because you rushed through and didn't bother to take the time required to advance safely. I have never played a game where dying so much only motivated me to play even longer and smarter. We can go all the way back to games like old school mega man where the difficulty was insane and to this day I will not bother playing another mega man. haha But DS has a charm that keeps you wanting to try again and again.
#96
CAGiversary!
Posted 18 January 2011 - 12:41 AM
Did you try syncing them through the XMB?Jesus technole, that is a LOT of trophies and a LOT of Platinums you have there.
For some reason my PSN gamercard thing hasn't updated in months.
On topic... I think I'll bite on Demon's Souls. All of this talk about it is tempting me.
#100
CAGiversary!
Posted 18 January 2011 - 01:53 AM
I heard Demon Souls' servers are going down permanently, soon. So the game will no longer be playable online.
They've extended it twice already and will likely do it again considering it's one of their most successful games and continues to sell well.
Right now the servers will be available until October 2011, plenty of time
#101
COME ON!
Posted 18 January 2011 - 01:54 AM
I can't believe how many people are hemming and hawing about Demon's Souls. It's $15 now and it's an awesome game. You won't regret it.
I would agree that I don't think they're closing it down anytime soon. It recently became GH so I imagine more people will get into it.
Just don't send me friend requests on PSN, I get a bunch every now and then because I'm in the Pantheon I guess.
I would agree that I don't think they're closing it down anytime soon. It recently became GH so I imagine more people will get into it.
Just don't send me friend requests on PSN, I get a bunch every now and then because I'm in the Pantheon I guess.
#104
CAGiversary!
Posted 18 January 2011 - 04:30 AM
Just a quick word about the online part of Demons' Souls:
In online mode, you get a few main things in addition to the offline game.
1) You can find other player's bloodstains and touch them to watch a phantom replay the last moments before their death. Occasionally, this may be useful to warn you of something. Like if you see the phantom run ahead and get killed at a blind corner, you might want to be on your toes as you approach it, etc.
2) Players can leave messages that can be read by anyone else online. These messages are written by choosing from preset parts, but the range of what you can say is quite large. You can leave (and read) warnings, advice on how to handle enemies, directions for avoiding traps or finding items, etc. The messages left there will stay a certain amount of time, but eventually fade away.
3) When other online players are in the same area you are, you can sometimes see white phantom characters. This is basically you watching what the other online player is doing in real time, though there is no way that you can interact with a white phantom.
4) Players in Body Form have the option to summon up to two other online players into their game as helper "blue phantoms". The blue phantoms can aid the summoning player, but the level progress made stays with the summoner's game. IIRC, the blue phantoms can get their Body Form back if they help the summoner defeat a level boss.
5) Players in Soul Form have the option to invade the game of a Body Form player as a "red phantom". The red phantom players then travel through the level that the Body Form player is in, trying to kill him. This is where the PVP (Player Vs. Player) aspect of Demons' Souls comes in, and there has been a lot written about build advice and strategies for excelling in PVP. There is also a way for two players to enter an arena for pure PVP duels.
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All that said, the biggest things that would be lost from the lack of online play are the PVP and blue phantom parts. These can be a really fun part of the game. But as far as the core Demons' Souls experience goes, the rest is nice but not necessary. The white phantoms, online bloodstains, and messages are all a nice touch, and can be helpful at times, but they can be useless just as often. Not really a make or break thing. And if you are trying to manipulate World Tendency or Character Tendency, it can be much easier doing so offline, since in online mode your WT is synced to the server WT. Those who haven't played the game don't need to know what WT and CT are just yet; only know that you will have to alter them if you want to get certain weapons, armor, items, etc. It is easy to change them in offline mode, but the server sync can mess you up in online mode.
Long story short, significant side parts of DS would be lost if the server goes down, but the core game would not be tarnished from a lack of online play.
In online mode, you get a few main things in addition to the offline game.
1) You can find other player's bloodstains and touch them to watch a phantom replay the last moments before their death. Occasionally, this may be useful to warn you of something. Like if you see the phantom run ahead and get killed at a blind corner, you might want to be on your toes as you approach it, etc.
2) Players can leave messages that can be read by anyone else online. These messages are written by choosing from preset parts, but the range of what you can say is quite large. You can leave (and read) warnings, advice on how to handle enemies, directions for avoiding traps or finding items, etc. The messages left there will stay a certain amount of time, but eventually fade away.
3) When other online players are in the same area you are, you can sometimes see white phantom characters. This is basically you watching what the other online player is doing in real time, though there is no way that you can interact with a white phantom.
4) Players in Body Form have the option to summon up to two other online players into their game as helper "blue phantoms". The blue phantoms can aid the summoning player, but the level progress made stays with the summoner's game. IIRC, the blue phantoms can get their Body Form back if they help the summoner defeat a level boss.
5) Players in Soul Form have the option to invade the game of a Body Form player as a "red phantom". The red phantom players then travel through the level that the Body Form player is in, trying to kill him. This is where the PVP (Player Vs. Player) aspect of Demons' Souls comes in, and there has been a lot written about build advice and strategies for excelling in PVP. There is also a way for two players to enter an arena for pure PVP duels.
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All that said, the biggest things that would be lost from the lack of online play are the PVP and blue phantom parts. These can be a really fun part of the game. But as far as the core Demons' Souls experience goes, the rest is nice but not necessary. The white phantoms, online bloodstains, and messages are all a nice touch, and can be helpful at times, but they can be useless just as often. Not really a make or break thing. And if you are trying to manipulate World Tendency or Character Tendency, it can be much easier doing so offline, since in online mode your WT is synced to the server WT. Those who haven't played the game don't need to know what WT and CT are just yet; only know that you will have to alter them if you want to get certain weapons, armor, items, etc. It is easy to change them in offline mode, but the server sync can mess you up in online mode.
Long story short, significant side parts of DS would be lost if the server goes down, but the core game would not be tarnished from a lack of online play.
#106
Not For Sale
Posted 19 January 2011 - 09:27 AM
They've extended it twice already and will likely do it again considering it's one of their most successful games and continues to sell well.
Right now the servers will be available until October 2011, plenty of time
That's hardly "plenty of time". I have a pretty big backlog, and I'm enjoying a lot of games right now. I'd like to play the game, but giving me a time limit is pretty pathetic, tbh.
I've never seen a game's online die so quickly. Granted, this game probably runs their servers' bill pretty high. But I'd rather see them implement a small P2P system than just take the servers down entirely.
I really want to get this game, but I'm not paying more than 5 bucks for a game that's terminal.
#107
CAGiversary!
Posted 19 January 2011 - 09:32 AM
It's plenty of time if you disregard the rest of your backlog and play non-stop from now until then.That's hardly "plenty of time". I have a pretty big backlog, and I'm enjoying a lot of games right now. I'd like to play the game, but giving me a time limit is pretty pathetic, tbh.
