From Software The Dark Souls Discussion Thread

[Wunderbar]

Is "idea of Evil" even canon? Those chapters were removed by Miura.

 

[Morality Games]

Is "idea of Evil" even canon? Those chapters were removed by Miura.

He removed them because he thought it gave away too much of the setting of Berserk.

 

[Wunderbar]

Maybe he decided to retcon those chapters because came up with a better idea for a greater-scope villain.

 

[Morality Games]

Maybe he decided to retcon those chapters because came up with a better idea for a greater-scope villain.

Anything's possible, but it seems unlikely given later developments in the story. The existence of the Idea of Evil is still suggested in later conversations, but in very opaque and abstract terms, and it's basically consistent with how the Astral World is described (similar to the Warp in Warhammer universes, the idea of Evil is basically a Chaos God born out of the collective wish that a seemingly indifferent universe should provide human life with meaning and purpose, as opposed to Guts' conviction that humans should create their own meaning and purpose).

Miura's main stated regret was that he enlisted the idea of evil as a speaking character that exposited and explained all of the mysteries of the setting.

 

[Lyric Suite]

Ok, maybe i found the problem. Xbox one controller. Going to borrow a wired controller from a friend and see what happens.

 

[Lyric Suite]

Hahaha, i'm fucking retarded. I didn't plug in the antennas in my motherboard thinking that was only for the wi-fi, which i'm not using, but apparently it's also needed for bluetooth to work properly.

Back to the high res textures and so far so good, hope that solved it.

 

[Verylittlefishes]

Started to play DS3 from scratch as a dex assassin. Wow. After 100 hours as a knight feels like a completely new game.

 

[fork]

Started to play DS3 from scratch as a dex assassin. Wow. After 100 hours as a knight feels like a completely new game.

Well, better or worse?

 

[Fenix]

You can't ripost everyone, that's what I don't like.

 

[Ivan]

Tried the Daughters of Ash mod and came away very satisfied. It does a nice job of playing around with the core progression of the game and aims to not only mix up the enemy encounters but most of the boss fights as well. I was itching to not just replay the game, so I'm glad I found out about this mod. The world of Lordran is still a joy to explore, but I felt the shortcomings more keenly now that I'm more experienced with these types of games.

strengths:
-it changes the behavior of enemies and placement of items so you can't progress as your brain would normally like to
-it renames the locations and presents you with clues to complete objectives to progress (e.g. you can't hitch a ride to Anor Londo just by reaching the top of Sen's Fortress)
-might be my imagination, but Artorias is nicely buffed and a pleasure to do battle with

weakness:
-adding prerequisites for advancing will include some backtracking, (BUT! the game introduces a new item that allows you to warp to many but not all bonfires
-IDK what the fuck happened, but I couldn't advance my Uchigatana past +10)
-the Gaping Dragon is awfully buffed and boring to fight

Reminiscing:
Everybody knows that the quality of DS1 is masterful from The Undead Asylum through Anor Londo. It's after that all of the maps are plagued by a shit-ton of boring traversal with little level design to make them memorable. Sen's Fortress, Izalith, even the garden area of Oolacie felt pretty barren. That said, my only other gripe was the god awful platforming/slopes that result in insta-death. So happy they ironed this out in DS2.

TLDR: Daughters of Ash successfully offers a pleasantly refreshing way to re-play Dark Souls

Very happy with my experience and I look forward to trying out the other well-known mod that remixes things: Prepare To Die Again some time in the future. For now, I'm going to research if there are any such mods for Dark Souls 2, and kill some more time before the Cinders mod for Dark Souls 3 nears completion.

 

[LESS T_T]

Now even more actively discouraging you to get the "remaster": https://steamcommunity.com/games/211420/announcements/detail/3008952177464493481

Discount program termination

For the past two years, we have offered a 50% discount on Dark Souls: Remastered for everyone who owned a copy of the original Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition on Steam.

This message is to inform you that we are shuttering this discount program on September 30, 2021.

If you would like to take advantage of your discount before that final day, we invite you to do so.

Thank you,

The DARK SOULS Team

 

[Russia is over. The end.]

I'm sure I'll get the remaster at a -90% discount some day. Not paying 50% of the game price for a 60 fps fix and broken multiplayer.

 

[Latelistener]

It had a 90% discount though, the only reason why I got it. Back when the base discount was only 40%, the 50% discount of an owner of the original game summarized together making it 90%.

But when the base discount got below 40%, that was it.

 

[The_Mask]

I'm sure I'll get the remaster at a -90% discount some day. Not paying 50% of the game price for a 60 fps fix and broken multiplayer.

Dark Souls will never go on a discount. Bamco learned real fast that Dark Souls is amazing and that it should never be discounted.

The Steam mods made sure to pass that info up above, but not the fact that it is an absolutely terrible idea to remaster it, and not fix any of its issues.

 

[Caim]

I'm sure I'll get the remaster at a -90% discount some day. Not paying 50% of the game price for a 60 fps fix and broken multiplayer.

I got the remaster on the cheap but I stick to the Prepare to Die edition because I'm not a FUCKING CASUAL.

 

[Ivan]

I will pick up the Remaster once the new mod comes out. Xmas sale methinks:

 

[CthuluIsSpy]

Now even more actively discouraging you to get the "remaster": https://steamcommunity.com/games/211420/announcements/detail/3008952177464493481

Discount program termination

For the past two years, we have offered a 50% discount on Dark Souls: Remastered for everyone who owned a copy of the original Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition on Steam.

This message is to inform you that we are shuttering this discount program on September 30, 2021.

If you would like to take advantage of your discount before that final day, we invite you to do so.

Thank you,

The DARK SOULS Team

Doesn't this regularly go on sell anyway at a higher discount?

 

[cretin]

I'm finding the 2nd half of this game to be a huge slog, especially lost izalith. Good lord this area sucks balls. It feels like something a modder would make and the amount of running I have to do between deaths is just alt-f4 tier.

Someone convince me there is good stuff to come yet because I'm just feeling like skipping this crap and going to DS2.

 

[Elwro]

For Izalith, make sure you have found the bonfire inside one of the pillars. Then it's just the matter of learning the shit boss arm-waving patterns. There's only one decent fight in the whole area, and it's the single pyro girl in front of the boss. If you don't care about some specific items, forget about the level as soon as you can.

We don't know what you've already done. But e.g. the Tomb of Giants offers elite eintertainment for the truly sophisticated palate!

 

[cretin]

For Izalith, make sure you have found the bonfire inside one of the pillars. Then it's just the matter of learning the shit boss arm-waving patterns. There's only one decent fight in the whole area, and it's the single pyro girl in front of the boss. If you don't care about some specific items, forget about the level as soon as you can.

We don't know what you've already done. But e.g. the Tomb of Giants offers elite eintertainment for the truly sophisticated palate!

Oh ok, I only came there for the sunlight maggot because ToG was fucking unbearable using that gay lantern, so if there's nothing critical there I'll just fuck off.

 

[Elwro]

If you don't want to get all pyromancies, then yeah, nothing to see there.

 

[Teut Busnet]

I'm finding the 2nd half of this game to be a huge slog, especially lost izalith. Good lord this area sucks balls. It feels like something a modder would make and the amount of running I have to do between deaths is just alt-f4 tier.

Someone convince me there is good stuff to come yet because I'm just feeling like skipping this crap and going to DS2.

Lost Izalith is indeed really bad, but overall I think it gets overstated how 'horrible' DS is after getting the Lordvessel.

Maybe Tomb of Giants and Duke's Archives aren't endlessly replayable, but I always found them to be enjoyable enough. If you mix Ariamis, the DLC and climbing down to Ash Lake in the second half, it's not a slog at all - it just contains one ugly, unfinished and disappointing area.

 

[fork]

And again, don't play Remaster if you don't have to! It's worse in every way!

 

[Elwro]

Really? The only changes I've seen is that the covenants are more easily managed and that it runs on PS4.

 

[Monkey Baron]

I'm finding the 2nd half of this game to be a huge slog, especially lost izalith. Good lord this area sucks balls. It feels like something a modder would make and the amount of running I have to do between deaths is just alt-f4 tier.

Someone convince me there is good stuff to come yet because I'm just feeling like skipping this crap and going to DS2.

Hang in there! The DLC is awesome IMHO. If you haven't gone to the Duke's Archives yet, make sure you go to the Darkroot Garden first where the Hydra is.

How to access the DLC

You'll need to kill the hydra and then kill the golden golem that spawns after (I think you have to save and quit after killing the Hydra for it to appear) so you can talk to Dusk, then when you go to the Dukes archive, a golem that you probably won't miss will drop the broken pendant. Then when you go back to the area in Darkroot where the golem was you'll see something peculiar which if you investigate will kick off the DLC

Lost Izalith is the worst part of the game by far, I think everyone agrees that they ran out of time and just slapped a few things together. I like how dark Tomb of the Giants is but it's a really tough area. Not a big fan of the boss of that area. I prefer the other two areas, I hope you enjoy them more!

I don't know if you're aware but there are some optional areas that you probably missed if you weren't given the heads up by anyone. One of them has some really awesome level design. If you're feeling burnt out by the post-Lordvessel areas you should give them a try!