I just bought Dark Souls. Any tips?

[MeChaNiZ3D]

Cuz it's just a better game overall, and like you I've clocked in 400-500 hours myself across 3 characters so it's just amazing and the possibilities are endless.

If this forum didn't have a policy against accusing other people of trolling, that's what I would be doing to you at the moment. Have you played Dark Souls, and if so, why is it worse than Skyrim (apart from being...amazing and open-ended, comments which I would attribute to both)?

Since when did having a difference of opinion become trolling.... Anyways yes I picked up Dark Souls shortly after finishing most of Skyrim and after a week of having no fun I traded it right back in, since it lacked in nearly everything that Skyrim excelled in. I don't feel like going into huge details but this whole thing is literally "IMO"

That's what I'm asking for. Your opinion. You just recommended that someone who has just picked up Dark Souls trade it back in, and you don't feel like giving any reasons for it apart from "It's just worse and Skyrim is good". How about this, characters. Give me any character in Skyrim that comes close to Siegmeyer of Catarina in characterisation. I have played Skyrim, so don't worry about mentioning obscure characters. I did not once care about a character in Skyrim. How about that Orc Chieftain, is that nearly as creative as Lautrec, does it have as much of an impact on the game? Also, give me any challenging boss fight in Skyrim that didn't involve spamming whatever you decided your character could spam and being behind cover the rest of the time. And feel free to inculde any mention of weapons that had movesets that differentiated them at all from similar weapons of their category.

Oh and OP...you may have seen I mentioned Lautrec. Do not look him up, it will be more fun if you just let the thing pan out. ^^

 

[JochemHippie]

Uhm, honestly. The fun in the Souls series has always been exploration, so if I were you I would play it blind.

There are however some little things that game doesn't really give you any hints about.

1. Raw Upgrading sucks ass.
2. Don't consume Firekeeper Souls, bring them to a Firekeeper to reinforce your Estus Flask.
3. The Resistance skill is utterly useless.
4. Praise the fucking sun.

That'll be all.

 

[MeChaNiZ3D]

I got the game today and been dicking about in undead burg (I think. It's bonfire has a ladder that leads up to the wyvern on the bridge).

All I have been trying to do is "get" the combat, is there something I am missing?

I know I have to not block so much, try to parry and counter and roll around like I'm on fire but I can't "get it". I am studying the zombies and they do this thing where they hold there sword up, for what feels like an hour, then attack in 1 frame ... I stand there like a manikin, finger hovering over the parry button and can only parry by fluke.

That particular attack is difficult for me even now, and I've played a lot of Dark Souls. Don't even bother parrying it, get a backstab or two-hand and kill them at once. The only way I managed it when I was starting was there was roughly enough time for me to do a fail parry and then parry again in the nick of time.

 

[Little Gray]

The best advise I can possibly give you is parry parry parry. Parrying is much easier in Dark Souls then Demon Souls and it seems like far more enemies can be parried and it will trivialize several tough areas including the final boss.

I never really resorted to parrying to be honest. I used it a few times in the beginning, but stopped risking it when fighting groups became the norm, and with every enemy having different patterns of attack.

Its one of those things that you dont need to learn how to do and you can beat the game just fine without but it greatly reduces the difficulty if you can. It can be really useful when fighting groups and taking out tougher enemies at a low level.

 

[garjian]

Here is something to help you in Dark Souls.

Learn to love crying. =D

Yes.

Your going to need a teddy bear to cry into and a therapist because your going to die.

And die.

And die.

And die.

I can never understand why people say things like this...
Dark Souls isn't difficult, at least to me... From my experience, it just seems to be a bunch of trial and error. Once you know the environment's traps and the enemies(esses?)'s tricks the game isn't scary at all.

My advice would be to have an affinity for your weapon... You don't need a shield. Proceed trough new environments with caution and use Co-op to understand bosses before trying them yourself. Also, it may be a good idea to get 14 faith at the start and a talisman, so you can buy and use heal early on. Oh and, choose the Master Key.

Some people will tell you to only increase your faith/intelligence/strength/dexterity up to enough to use to weapon you want, unless that weapon scales with an A or above? I never liked to do that, because my brain can't comprehend a 2-hand warrior who only has 30 strength.