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In this thread we can be the most obnoxious fanbase of all time. Because Souls is so much darker and hardcore than all those other common action games that the publishers think that they are so marketable.
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Re: Dark Souls 2 |OT| of only the most hardcore gamers on the planet
« Reply #1 on: March 06, 2014, 04:06:41 PM »
Waiting for PC  :( :( :( :( :(

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« Reply #2 on: March 06, 2014, 04:54:10 PM »
Esch, sucks at videogames, sucks at photoshop
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« Reply #3 on: March 06, 2014, 05:02:02 PM »
Respec. Early game fast travel. :rejoice

:heart Prepare to Casual :heart
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« Reply #4 on: March 06, 2014, 05:03:54 PM »
blah blah blah I'm a basic bitch who can't handle real difficulty in my games
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Re: Dark Souls 2 |OT| of only the most hardcore gamers on the planet
« Reply #5 on: March 06, 2014, 05:21:37 PM »
Thread is instant quagmire, all going according to plan

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Re: Dark Souls 2 |OT| of only the most hardcore gamers on the planet
« Reply #6 on: March 06, 2014, 05:24:50 PM »

I already made this photoshop


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Enjoy!

This photoshop is very accurate as it depicts how Dark Souls 2 is going be a figurative "slam-dunk" for From Software, and dedicated hardcore gamers alike.
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« Reply #7 on: March 06, 2014, 05:27:23 PM »
Respec. Early game fast travel. :rejoice

:heart Prepare to Casual :heart

You can respec? Fuck yes.
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« Reply #8 on: March 06, 2014, 05:33:16 PM »
this game is gonna suck, this series sucks

Jank controls shit graphics

No character/environment interaction worth a damn its 2014

People only like it cuz its japanese/an exercise in trial and error

I already made this photoshop


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Raban

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« Reply #9 on: March 06, 2014, 05:39:08 PM »
apart from being really excited to play this game, I'm also interested to know what its sales performance will be. If it manages to do even better than the first game I'm sure Namco will be very pleased.

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« Reply #10 on: March 06, 2014, 08:43:00 PM »
I think the difficulity is overrated. Still love Demon Souls tho.

Watching a stream makes me...curiuous however. I don't like how nimble you can be now.
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« Reply #11 on: March 06, 2014, 08:55:42 PM »
they equippin lightweight gear bra
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« Reply #12 on: March 06, 2014, 08:58:44 PM »
they equippin lightweight gear bra

I am aware, breh. They move faster than previous iterations.
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« Reply #13 on: March 06, 2014, 09:03:20 PM »
Hope they get the Game Genie codes out quick for this one.

Infinite Health  :aah

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« Reply #14 on: March 06, 2014, 09:10:27 PM »
let's not pretend like they didn't patch Dark Souls right quick to make that shit babby compliant for all the massive babbies that couldn't handle curse stacking and skeletons not dropping souls n w/e. Of course DS2 is gonna be more babby. That's the natural order of things. Namco wants to sell more Dark Souls 2 than they did Dark Souls 1, not less or even equal.

All the complainers should go play Kings field 4 instead, that game kills you arbitrarily for clipping the floor tiles. all kinds of hardcore real gamer(tm) gaming to be had.

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« Reply #15 on: March 06, 2014, 09:27:43 PM »
King's Field :aah
Shadow Tower :lawd :whew :noah

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« Reply #16 on: March 06, 2014, 09:34:27 PM »
Hope they get the Game Genie codes out quick for this one.

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I'ma be all over the infinite ammo tho
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« Reply #17 on: March 06, 2014, 09:34:50 PM »
real men play dungeon crawl stone soup.


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« Reply #18 on: March 06, 2014, 10:36:13 PM »
Kings Field IV is due for a revisit. Once I am done with Ground Zeroes, which won't take long of course, I am rerenting that shit :aah
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Re: Dark Souls 2 |OT| of only the most hardcore gamers on the planet
« Reply #19 on: March 09, 2014, 05:09:52 PM »
I might be getting the game after all

Going to play it just for the lore and environments. Fuck the tough battles.  :punch

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« Reply #20 on: March 09, 2014, 06:43:08 PM »
I might be getting the game after all

Going to play it just for the lore and environments. Fuck the tough battles.  :punch

it's still going to end up like this because if it's like the previous game is going to be choke full of cheap shit that instantly kills you

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« Reply #22 on: March 09, 2014, 10:48:46 PM »
Yeah....no.
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« Reply #23 on: March 09, 2014, 11:21:02 PM »
DS2 keys are region locked.  Buying from a Russian reseller is a bad idea.  It's like $40 at GMG if you use a promo code.

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« Reply #24 on: March 10, 2014, 01:03:22 AM »
what promo?

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« Reply #25 on: March 10, 2014, 01:06:35 AM »
I might be getting the game after all

Going to play it just for the lore and environments. Fuck the tough battles.  :punch

it's still going to end up like this because if it's like the previous game is going to be choke full of cheap shit that instantly kills you



Yeah thats because that guy is str8 n00b. "Equip Elite Knight set cos DEF dont matter", if DEF dont matter then why equip anything? n00b
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« Reply #26 on: March 11, 2014, 08:21:10 AM »
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The first boss in the game accidentally fell off the platform.
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« Reply #27 on: March 11, 2014, 08:39:43 AM »
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The first boss in the game accidentally fell off the platform.
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sounds exactly what i'd expect :neogaf

reading the review of this is painfull, i've read a gamespot review of DKC:TF that called the game cheap but when it comes to this it's "THIS GAME IS HARD AND AMAZING"

i've read on another review that everytime you die you lose some max health up to the point where you only have half of your health bar,this is the kind of frustating bullshit-kick in the ball of the players that makes me not wanting to do anything with the game and scream at the people acting like this game is made of unicorn farts and i know it would be like this because the original dark souls is full of frustating bullshit-kick in the ball of the players

if this was another game it would be a big deal but since it's dark souls, the game with the obnoxious fanbase that only plays HARD games for HARDcore players, it's no biggie

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Most significantly of all, enemies eventually stop respawning. This serves two purposes: shutting down soul farming, and removing the frustration of making a mistake against a grunt you’ve already killed a dozen times on the well-travelled route from bonfire to boss

yeah this is how i would have opened the review "ehy guys! backtracking to a boss when you die is now slightly less chorish"
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« Reply #28 on: March 11, 2014, 10:23:53 AM »
Apparently I'm a dumbass and went to the equivalent of the Catacombs first. 

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« Reply #29 on: March 11, 2014, 11:39:00 AM »
Will get/play once I get around to beating the first one. :noah

Hopefully I don't have to work this weekend.

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« Reply #30 on: March 11, 2014, 12:55:26 PM »
Reading reviews, they've addressed every problem I've had with the franchise - aside from JANK, because I hate jank - apparently. Getting pc version.
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« Reply #31 on: March 11, 2014, 01:32:39 PM »
Game seems a bit more harsh than Dark Souls.

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Your health scales downwards while hollow ala DeS and you only get one Estus Flask at the start and have to find shards to increase the number.
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« Reply #32 on: March 11, 2014, 04:19:36 PM »
I rented this for PS3. Can't wait to play it later tonight. Installing it now so it's ready to go though. THE REAL DARK SOULS (2) BEGINS HERE!

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« Reply #33 on: March 11, 2014, 08:42:50 PM »
This game is fucking awesome.

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« Reply #34 on: March 11, 2014, 09:03:52 PM »
Got the PS3 collector's edition today. I think I'm gonna finally sit down and play through the series come winter break...
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« Reply #35 on: March 12, 2014, 12:07:17 AM »
street date is tomorrow here  :'( Gonna be playing in 24 hours :hyper

I've got the "Black Armour" edition reserved, that comes with steelbook case and cd soundtrack. I wasnt paying 100$ extra for a doll
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« Reply #36 on: March 12, 2014, 12:23:07 AM »
I'm so jelly of y'all that are playing it already :'( I can't wait to dig into this game

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« Reply #37 on: March 12, 2014, 02:11:55 AM »
I'm so jelly of y'all that are playing it already :'( I can't wait to dig into this game

Is demi really buying it for you?

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« Reply #38 on: March 12, 2014, 02:56:58 AM »
demi is lovely man :-*

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« Reply #39 on: March 12, 2014, 03:57:48 AM »
you need a ce guide to go with it?

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« Reply #40 on: March 12, 2014, 11:04:58 AM »
Game will get patched and nerfed, guide will be useless.
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« Reply #41 on: March 12, 2014, 11:21:27 AM »
people still buy guides?
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« Reply #42 on: March 12, 2014, 11:56:42 AM »
people still buy guides?
As collector's items.

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« Reply #43 on: March 12, 2014, 01:03:24 PM »
yeah fuck a guide, I want this game to penetrate me with no protection

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« Reply #44 on: March 12, 2014, 01:27:31 PM »
I buy them for the art usually. I've recently started to go digitally for guides since they take up so much space.

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« Reply #45 on: March 12, 2014, 04:10:45 PM »
my copy is gonna be in my hands in 3 hours :hyper

I'll be stuck at work for the rest of the day but can enjoy the soundtrack CD at least, it will pump me up!!!!1
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« Reply #46 on: March 12, 2014, 06:58:16 PM »
I've put about 7 hours into this game and it's amazing. I love the teleporting between bonfires and all the new features. I haven't really tried out dual-wielding because I'm rolling as a battle mage.

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« Reply #47 on: March 12, 2014, 09:00:19 PM »
Battle mage? Pffft, pick a side man - anal play or bows.

Just got my copy :hyper

I got the "Black Armour" edition which comes with DLC code for weapons and armour and stuff. Got the code queued on my 360. PREPARE TO CASUAL WITH OP STARTING GEAR
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« Reply #48 on: March 12, 2014, 09:17:49 PM »
still need to beat Dark Souls before I play this.  which...might take awhile, maybe I should just get it?

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« Reply #49 on: March 12, 2014, 09:19:31 PM »
I have a feeling if you play this it'll probably be tough to go back to Dark Souls. Do what you want, but my suggestion is play DS1 first. Lots of people still play it and it's still a fantastic game. Yes it will take you a long time to beat (anywhere from 60-100 hours depending on your build/how often you get stuck) but it's totally worth it and DS2 isn't going anywhere.

If you play on 360 or PC I can help you get through the game faster if you don't mind doing that, but personally what made me fall in love with Dark Souls is how easy it is to lose dozens of hours meandering around the levels looking for hidden stuff.
« Last Edit: March 12, 2014, 09:21:22 PM by Raban »

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« Reply #50 on: March 12, 2014, 10:33:37 PM »
holy shit :o that long?  I'm about 20-30 mins after the bridge with the big dragon perched at the end of it - right when some very cool looking skeleton faced knights start showing up.  I keep getting killed by this fatty with a huge shield in a church.  My guy just isn't nimble enough to attack then evade fast enough. Just really started having fun with it, though.  The only thing I wish it had was a moves list in menu like Ninja Gaiden, you shouldn't have to use wikia for that.

I am playing on 360, would love to have some help :)  although I'm not playing it as my main game right now, in fact I just picked it back up recently cause of DS2, I'm still playing South Park and BF4...but I'd make an exception sometime to play with you, that'd be great.  my GT is volta volta

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« Reply #51 on: March 12, 2014, 10:37:14 PM »
added you, just post here or PM me if you wanna play sometime and I should get back to you. If you're having trouble evading, try putting points into endurance or just remove the heaviest pieces of armor ;)

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« Reply #52 on: March 12, 2014, 11:28:09 PM »
So apparently the DLC gear just gets dumped into your inventory when you start a game. Hmmm, seems like a bit of a cop out. Hopefully it isn't too OP or anything. That being said you could get the Zweihander straight away in Dark Souls and that was one of the best swords in the game so.....
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« Reply #53 on: March 13, 2014, 02:19:26 AM »
The game is really good, don't get me wrong, but it is absolutely full of cheap shit that wasn't in Demons Souls or Dark Souls Uno. Enemies who miss you by a mile still damage you, attacks going through walls, button lag on recuperation from stun locks and some questionable lock on issues that cause the camera to spaz the hell out.

It needs patching for sure. The health slowly diminishing might be a problem if the effigies are non-replenishable from the vendor, so I don't know if that's going to cause an issue.

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« Reply #54 on: March 13, 2014, 03:53:11 AM »
fuck this game has been incredible since I've entered my name!



Character name is Maxidic - going warrior with focus on DEX. Bows it is, fuck anal play
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« Reply #55 on: March 13, 2014, 04:42:13 AM »
Watched the Quick Look. Really like what I saw.
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« Reply #56 on: March 13, 2014, 02:41:57 PM »
Should have waited until the next patch.
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« Reply #57 on: March 13, 2014, 03:26:11 PM »
So I couldn't get online which sucks. Will try again tonight.

The DLC loot is pretty fun. It just gives you a basic array of weapon types, you've got a big dagger and axe and mace etc.

Game is incredible of course, but damn it's difficult starting off. Been dying a lot so health bar is at like 50%. Worried to use my effigies as I'm afraid they'll be in short supply. Help!

I've been enjoying the new NPCs and the of course the butt pirate enemies.

I'm trying the get through the Giants Forest (or something), is this the right location to start off with?
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« Reply #58 on: March 13, 2014, 03:39:20 PM »
I died several times last night when arrows missed me by a good bit and they still stuck in.  Hopefully they get shit like that sorted, because fuck making it even more frustrating.
« Last Edit: March 13, 2014, 03:52:36 PM by Steve Contra »
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« Reply #59 on: March 13, 2014, 03:43:16 PM »
eeep :X

hmm according to this: http://support.namcobandaigames.com/index.php?/News/NewsItem/View/23/dark-souls-ii-server-information

server issues should be sorted. I want to get online yo
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