Have you ever taken a break from the Souls games because of difficulty?

After dying a lot..that is. I've been playing Demons Souls lately, but I doubt I'll ever finish it. I knew the game was going to brutal going in, and I do like it, but don't think I'll finish it, lol. I mainly took a break from it and I'm playing through the first Mass Effect again. Sometimes I just like taking it easy after getting my butt handed to me a lot. I'm not that great at video games anyway though to be honest. Something about those souls games though, hard as hell but still well made. Besides, I'm sure if I tried to finish that game, I'd NEVER get my backlog completed , lol.

Anyone here ever done the same? Taking a break from the souls games that is just to play something thats a little easier and such?

Thanks.

No. Then again, I'm one of those people that finds the Souls games are over exaggerated in difficulty.

No. Then again, I'm one of those people that finds the Souls games are over exaggerated in difficulty.

IndianaPwns39

my first character in demon's souls was melee oriented, so i died a few times against the flame lurker (if you haven't found him yet, you just wait! :P ). i put the controller down for the night and beat him later. however, the most productive thing to do when you're stuck in the souls games isn't dropping the game or keep banging away with the same tactic over and over again. i ended up beating the flame lurker by trying something new. i can beat him now with that same build with no problem because i know what works for me.

I took a break from Dark Souls a couple of times. I stopped at Sen's Fortress for a week and Ornstein/Smough for a couple of months until I swallowed my pride and summoned some help. 

and Ornstein/Smough for a couple of months until I swallowed my pride and summoned some help. 

Systems_Id

I bought dark souls on day 1. It took me a year to finish it. Not because it was hard or anything I just wanted to get the most out of the game. I got almost every item and upgraded it. I took breaks here and there sometimes up to a month. I also didn't want to finish the game till after the dlc came out. I don't play more then one game at a time or I'll get sidetracked and never finsih them.

Nope. If anything, I find it difficult to take breaks from the game(s). My first playthrough of Dark Souls lasted me about a good 60 hours after I spent a lot of time just exploring the environments. I did spend some quality time with Anor Londo's archerss the first time (like, 45 minutes of death and failure), but I got it eventually.

Really the Souls games are not that difficult once you get the hang of the mechanics. You just have to think ahead. Only attack when there's an opening. Two-hand your weapons vs bosses. There's probably an enemy around that corner.

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No. Then again, I'm one of those people that finds the Souls games are over exaggerated in difficulty.

YosemiteSam400

They can be difficult at times. Demon's Souls Flamelurker gave me a lot of trouble, for instance. However, people are frequently talking about how they couldn't get through a certain part or how some bosses were just too punishing, and I never encountered that. Yeah, Flamelurker killed me several times but I always got my souls back. It's no different than the 9 times I died at the last boss in Metal Gear Rising and just restarted the check point.

my first character in demon's souls was melee oriented, so i died a few times against the flame lurker (if you haven't found him yet, you just wait! :P ). i put the controller down for the night and beat him later. however, the most productive thing to do when you're stuck in the souls games isn't dropping the game or keep banging away with the same tactic over and over again. i ended up beating the flame lurker by trying something new. i can beat him now with that same build with no problem because i know what works for me.

LoG-Sacrament

I actually would bang away at the same tactic again and again because it was the only way to do something. Like with flamelurker it took me a 40 minute fight (8 hours of trying in total) to kill him with melee. It is just that one tiny misstep or wrong move will kill you. Patience is key but it kills you when you make that one tiny mistake.

yea i took break from getting frustrated trying to solo O&S and the 4 Kings

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my first character in demon's souls was melee oriented, so i died a few times against the flame lurker (if you haven't found him yet, you just wait! :P ). i put the controller down for the night and beat him later. however, the most productive thing to do when you're stuck in the souls games isn't dropping the game or keep banging away with the same tactic over and over again. i ended up beating the flame lurker by trying something new. i can beat him now with that same build with no problem because i know what works for me.

Hatiko

I actually would bang away at the same tactic again and again because it was the only way to do something. Like with flamelurker it took me a 40 minute fight (8 hours of trying in total) to kill him with melee. It is just that one tiny misstep or wrong move will kill you. Patience is key but it kills you when you make that one tiny mistake.

No. Then again, I'm one of those people that finds the Souls games are over exaggerated in difficulty.

IndianaPwns39

I bought dark souls on day 1. It took me a year to finish it. Not because it was hard or anything I just wanted to get the most out of the game. I got almost every item and upgraded it. I took breaks here and there sometimes up to a month. I also didn't want to finish the game till after the dlc came out. I don't play more then one game at a time or I'll get sidetracked and never finsih them.

jdc6305

Not because of difficulty exactly, but when I finally arrived Anor Londo it felt like I had beaten Part 1 of 2 of the game and so I let it rest until I find the motivation to play again or to start part 2 of 2 ^^

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I bought dark souls on day 1. It took me a year to finish it. Not because it was hard or anything I just wanted to get the most out of the game. I got almost every item and upgraded it. I took breaks here and there sometimes up to a month. I also didn't want to finish the game till after the dlc came out. I don't play more then one game at a time or I'll get sidetracked and never finsih them.

Minishdriveby

Dark Souls' Platinum was fun to get it. Demon's Souls requires all the world tendancy bull crap, and screw that :P

No. Then again, I'm one of those people that finds the Souls games are over exaggerated in difficulty.IndianaPwns39

Agreed. Once you get the hang of the combat system and have some decent equipment, it's actually quite a forgiving game.

Then again, I play heaps of roguelikes (where everything can kill you and death is permanent), so my perception of RPG difficulty is a little skewed. :P

I straight up quit Demon Souls and have not returned to it since. It was not the difficulty by itself that made me quit, but the combination of the difficulty and the depressing atmosphere. However, I am playing Dark Souls right now and the difficulty does not bother me at all thanks to the more approachable atmosphere.

I straight up quit Demon Souls and have not returned to it since. It was not the difficulty by itself that made me quit, but the combination of the difficulty and the depressing atmosphere. However, I am playing Dark Souls right now and the difficulty does not bother me at all thanks to the more approachable atmosphere.

SwagKingCole

Interesting.

Now that you mention it I suppose there wasn't anything as straight up creepy as Tower of Latria in Dark Souls.

Never quit because of difficulty but I do take breaks from it now and again.

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I bought dark souls on day 1. It took me a year to finish it. Not because it was hard or anything I just wanted to get the most out of the game. I got almost every item and upgraded it. I took breaks here and there sometimes up to a month. I also didn't want to finish the game till after the dlc came out. I don't play more then one game at a time or I'll get sidetracked and never finsih them.

IndianaPwns39

Dark Souls' Platinum was fun to get it. Demon's Souls requires all the world tendancy bull crap, and screw that :P

No