Does anyone know how dark souls plays with an xbox live silver account? Will it still have those "multiplayer" features or silver players are literally alone in the game with no previews of other player's actions?

chuchu258

Just wondering if any grabbed the CE of DS yet because I wanted to know what that mini strat guide that comes with it is like, some say its just a download code, so?

I still need to get into Demon's Souls finally. :? People praise that game like it's the next coming of Christ so I'm definitely interested (I even own the game but never played for more than 20 minutes).

DrRockso87

So the most interesting boss fight of any game I have ever played has got to be the Demon's Souls 3-3 boss fight. If you play onilne, instead of fighting a standard AI boss, the game pulls in a human foe. While this is truly original, it presents some problems, as I cna only imagine a player in the shoes of a boss has the potential to be truly unbeatable. So is it worth playing the fight online, or is it just filled with insanely good tryhards who you will NEVER beat?

Essian

Perhaps it's specific to some gamers, but the notion that there is a very real threat to your character -- one that could, potentially, cause you to restart the entire game -- is an exciting challenge.

Look at it this way: when you complete the game, the taste of victory will be so sweet that you'll look back on your experience and say, "Now that was awesome!" Really, there aren't many games that can boast of having a difficulty level comparable to Dark Souls, and so getting through it will be something to remember.

And, of course, if thatyou do happen to get cursed, and you're having a hell of a time, call someone into the game. I know I'd love to join and fight through the world with someone.

Mini2

Sigh... it breaks my heart to see this. I've been watching the 24 hour Dark Souls livestream with IGN.com, and just read their review of the game, and it saddens me to say that the devs have finally broken the golden rule of tough games, and made their adventure cheap. Now to be fair, it's not ALWAYS cheap. There are just two specific instances where I feel the game is just plain broken.

1. Curses - in the game, a frog enemy can curse you, cutting your overall HP by HALF. This is familiar to demon's souls players, as it was the same consequence of dying in the first game. But the debuff stacks. So you can actually be so far limited by your max health that EVERY enemy can kill you in just 1 hit. And the curse does not fade upon dying, and can only be healed by an NPC in a few specific areas of the world. This can effectively break your game save, and one of the IGN editors says that he must not restart his character because of this game mechanic.

2. One of the boss fights features an enemy that shoots a corrosive bile that can degrade armor quickly. The problem is that once armor has been broken, it's gone forever, and you can't repair it or get it back. This means that the one boss can destroy your entire arsenal of weapons. That's not fair, and that is NOT fun.

I think we all knew in our hearts that in order to make a game harder than Demon's Souls, they were going to cross the line into cheap land, but it's just really sad that they've done it. Not sure I'm even going to be picking up the game anymore. Having to retry a boss 17 times for 4 hours because he's hard, I can handle. Having to restart my entire game save because of a game breaking mechanic. That is just NOT fair.

Essian

The Remote-Detonated Explosives can be found in Jenson's apartment, in his secret stash. There's a keypad next to the doorway to his kitchen. Hack it, and the TV will move, revealing a stash of various weapons and ammo in the wall.

Still haven't found the grenade launcher.

Lord_Nas3k

Anyone else know????