Boss down. He's not a boss boss is he? I've a feeling guys like that will be common later in the game.

The loot is a strange one, you can't become attached to a weapon like you do in Souls, they break or are outclassed too quickly and the whetstone is a pretty rare drop.

I can't decide whether to do this, or crack on with DkS3. Would do the latter were it not for the time limit, prefer staying focused on one game at a time. But not sure if I'll have it wrapped up before 5 May. Hmmmm.

Is this like Dark Souls?

Usually those Yokai mobs die for good though when you kill them, think of them as Black Knights in DS. The pools of black and white energy them create are Yokai energy and they hamper Ki recovery so be wary of that.

Aye, the zombie things do the same shit. Surprised at the size of this then, two big areas, then a boss, then another area?

@P

Mate, you have enough games to finish without wasting time on demos.

Tempy wrote:

acemuzzy wrote:

I can't decide whether to do this, or crack on with DkS3. Would do the latter were it not for the time limit, prefer staying focused on one game at a time. But not sure if I'll have it wrapped up before 5 May. Hmmmm.

You'll not finish this by May 5th

Even if I pause DkS? Yoiks. Is this then unplayable, or is it just the reward for completion goes away?

Not that you should just dip in, but man you are like a gaming magpie - have fun with what you've spent your money on already!

I played it for about 20 mins. Got the hang of hitting R1 after each couple of swings, but overall it seems a bit hit and miss, and suddenly finding yourself dead is tiresome.

It's one of those games where I'm not sure if I just need to learn it properly or it just isn't very good, and I'm also not sure I can be arsed either way. If 'mistakes' are going to be punished that harshly, it seems like there'll be too much repetition.

JonB wrote:

I played it for about 20 mins. Got the hang of hitting R1 after each couple of swings, but overall it seems a bit hit and miss, and suddenly finding yourself dead is tiresome.

It's one of those games where I'm not sure if I just need to learn it properly or it just isn't very good, and I'm also not sure I can be arsed either way. If 'mistakes' are going to be punished that harshly, it seems like there'll be too much repetition.

I found this too. Instant punishment for not having the chance to learn the intricacies of combat is cheap as fuck.
Dying without learning isn't what Souls is about and this desperately wants to be Souls. Hopefully this is addressed in the final game but at the moment I'm feeling lucky as opposed to feeling like I'm getting it.

Paul the sparky wrote:

I didn't have you pegged for a sissy boy Jon.

Why I oughtta...

It's usually the sort of thing I'd like, but I dunno about this one. With something like Ninja Gaiden you get the feeling it's proper good from the start, even when it's kicking your arse.

Best thing for this I think is to see how the full game is received. If it's generally thought to be great, then I'll give it a try.

It needs some tweaking but the core of a brilliant game is definitely here. Tweaking the damage in/out of enemies will be of tantamount importance, but it is tempting me to pre-order off the back of how much fun I had with the demo, especially with my first few hours in DSIII feeling very much like a Taking Heads refrain.

Paul the sparky wrote:

Everyone had Revel pegged for a sissy. If you're dying and not learning from it, why are you blaming the game instead of yourself?

Guilty as charged. Have a t shirt and everything.
I guess I like a game to try explaining what your meant to do. I kind of expected after three hours to have made some kind of progress. I still seem to be progressing through absolute luck. Probably better just not to bother with it.

Have fun, muzzy. I found it appealing in concept but poor in execution. But hey, horses for courses.

Apparently it's timed like last time?

Gotta go fast.