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AdmiralViscen

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Demon or Dark Souls for a newb?
« on: October 22, 2013, 01:13:06 AM »
My friend just gave me Demon.

archnemesis

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Re: Demon or Dark Souls for a newb?
« Reply #1 on: October 22, 2013, 01:19:10 AM »
I prefer Demon's Souls in general. You can jump between five different world through the central hub which is nice [strike]if[/strike] when you get stuck.

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Re: Demon or Dark Souls for a newb?
« Reply #2 on: October 22, 2013, 01:26:42 AM »
Either - they play the same.
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Re: Demon or Dark Souls for a newb?
« Reply #3 on: October 22, 2013, 08:34:41 AM »
Depends on what you're looking for.

Demon's is level based with a hub world you can go to buy items, level up, etc.
Dark is "open world" based and you can explore around and do things in any order.

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AdmiralViscen

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Re: Demon or Dark Souls for a newb?
« Reply #4 on: October 22, 2013, 10:07:50 AM »
The latter sounds more interesting, but maybe the former is easier to get into for the first time?

Not sure when I will have time to try it.

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Re: Demon or Dark Souls for a newb?
« Reply #5 on: October 22, 2013, 11:00:21 AM »
I think Dark Souls is the more accessible game.  Granted, I played Demon's Souls first and imported it, but parts of Demon's structure are obtuse.  Progressing in Dark Souls feels more natural.

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Re: Demon or Dark Souls for a newb?
« Reply #6 on: October 22, 2013, 11:10:43 AM »
I also found Dark Souls more accessible. Though still retained enough challenge to be satisfying.
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Re: Demon or Dark Souls for a newb?
« Reply #7 on: October 22, 2013, 11:29:52 AM »
I think Dark Souls is more accessible. It has better production values and is more polished as well as lacking a lot of bullshit that Demon's throws at the player.

AdmiralViscen

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Re: Demon or Dark Souls for a newb?
« Reply #8 on: October 22, 2013, 11:58:27 AM »
ruh roh

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Re: Demon or Dark Souls for a newb?
« Reply #9 on: October 22, 2013, 12:26:43 PM »
Just play either. Know the game is going to fuck you harder than your wife did.
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Re: Demon or Dark Souls for a newb?
« Reply #10 on: October 22, 2013, 12:34:21 PM »
ruh roh
you can still have a lot of fun with Demon's, though. I suggest rolling a sorcerer so you have access to a powerful spell from the start, and if you're interested in melee you can build your character towards a melee weapon that scales damage based on your magic stats. A lot of people apparently have trouble with a boss called the Flamelurker in that game, and I was able to defeat it on my first try with a sorcerer. I didn't even use a healing item :lol

The Souls games really aren't that hard, they just don't explicitly tell you the many ways you can make it easier for yourself. But you will die a lot. Neither game is afraid to kill the player in ways that make you feel really dumb.

AdmiralViscen

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Re: Demon or Dark Souls for a newb?
« Reply #11 on: October 25, 2013, 09:01:50 PM »
Temple Knight, Wanderer, or Royal?

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Re: Demon or Dark Souls for a newb?
« Reply #12 on: October 25, 2013, 09:29:55 PM »
Demon has lots of repetitive, tedious BS


I've only played Dark a little but it seems better in that regard

Raban

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Re: Demon or Dark Souls for a newb?
« Reply #13 on: October 25, 2013, 09:39:39 PM »
Royal.

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Re: Demon or Dark Souls for a newb?
« Reply #14 on: October 25, 2013, 09:51:17 PM »
My friend just gave me Demon.

Then play Demon's.

I'll be the minority and say play that one first anyway. "Accessible" or not, that's the first in the "series" if you ignore Kings Field and therefore the logical one to go first if you play by series release.

(Plus, I don't like the nerfed Magic of Dark Souls so...)

Raban

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Re: Demon or Dark Souls for a newb?
« Reply #15 on: October 25, 2013, 09:58:51 PM »
It's probably better that you're going from Demon's to Dark, because I don't think going the other way is nearly as enjoyable.

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Re: Demon or Dark Souls for a newb?
« Reply #16 on: October 25, 2013, 10:33:45 PM »
I dunno. Going from magic charges to MP would be an upgrade IMO. Only huge loss is Poise, but I don't really like that system.

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Re: Demon or Dark Souls for a newb?
« Reply #17 on: October 25, 2013, 11:08:55 PM »
this thread gave me the sudden urge to play Dark Souls again so i loaded up a new character for which i'm maxing dex with the Uchigatana.
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