Recent content by tehwes

I would disagree with the idea that today's "family-friendly" equals "CG movies targeted at children". Specifically, the part that they're just targeted at children. When I think family-friendly I think of The Incredibles or Shrek, which have things the kids can laugh at but also things the...

Prince of Persia 2008. I really enjoyed the game and wish they hadn't canned that particular series, especially after the setup at the end. I loved the Sands of Time trilogy (except Warrior Within... I hated running around blindly trying to find the path to the "correct" time-thiny to continue...

I can confirm the Pharos pool of water significantly reduced the fire damage. Combined with a Fire Quartz Ring + 1 and Flash Sweat I can able to get that chest open (the one before Smelter). It's a Phoenix Parma, which is a light shield with low block % for everything except Fire, which is 90%...

Yeah having wet feet is supposed to let you avoid the fire damage, from what I hear.

I was trying for over an hour to get the chests on the lava path, using these two things. It doesn't work, at least not that way. I even tried combining with large lifegems and the fire-resist burr. Also tried Iron Flesh, same deal. I was able to land on the chest, allowing me to literally...

If you spent 16000 souls on him (i.e. buy everything in his initial catalogue) you can buy the Alva Armour and certain boss armours (after you beat them). I'm using it now and it looks pretty cool... the red trim is nice. It's also got decent poise, great scaling on the chest piece and is fairly...

You now need to mash the action button (A on 360, X on ps3) to find most hidden doors. Hitting them with your weapon doesn't do anything. Regarding early weapons -- you can buy a nice variety from the first blacksmith. Axes, swords, bow, spear. Cool melee weapons - watch out for the...

Don't forget that if you find a weapon you like but don't have correct stats for, you can respec your levels by using a certain item. You can get one fairly early and I've found 3/4 total in about half the game.

Gender swap.

You can still roll through basically every attack; it's just more strict timing. For side swings, it really helps to roll into the swing. But overheads attacks are the killer in DS2 -- they have extreme tracking. With parrying, you have to parry earlier and the weapon you're using affects the...