Video Games And The Joy Of Discovery

8 responses to “Video Games And The Joy Of Discovery”

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   janedoe

   December 22, 2015 at 11:41 am

   Grouse vid

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   poita

   December 22, 2015 at 3:33 pm

   This is great, and exactly the reason I don’t like spoilers 🙂

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   leeson865

   December 22, 2015 at 5:13 pm

   Man. I love the idea of Dark Souls. I just suck at it so bad and can’t stand fighting through 10-20 mins of trash mobs to try the same boss fight again. Is there something I can do? 🙁 I really feel like I’m missing out, since it’s totally my time of setting/game.

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      comandaben

      December 23, 2015 at 12:12 am

      I can give you my own 2c on that.

      I’m only a relatively recent player of Dark Souls (finished the first game a few months ago), after initially being incredibly put off by the unforgiving nature of the game however i can also say that it is among one of the most unique and great experiences i’ve had with a video game, which is saying a lot in 20 years of gaming haha

      If you get easily stressed by games (like me) i’d suggest just to take it slowly at first, an hour or two and take your time. I’ll refrain from giving precise gameplay advice =P

      This reminds me i still need to finish Dark Souls 2 which I’ve had for the past few months on sale haha

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         leeson865

         December 23, 2015 at 2:23 pm

         Thanks man. What build did you play through with? Something that made the game a bit easier? Did you follow any guides to get good items early or anything?

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            comandaben

            December 26, 2015 at 12:47 pm

            I’d watched a little bit of early game gameplay from the first area and i’ve played more RPG’s than i can count in the past 20 years or so, so i just went for a high strength+dexterity build and i got lucky in getting a Dark Knight 2 handed sword, one of the strongest weapons in the game.

            My playstyle in games has often been offense before defense so once you get good at Dark Souls game mechanics (which you hopefully will sooner or later) like rolling, blocking, parrying (not necessary for the 1st playthrough but nice if you can get the timing down) then it’s a very enjoyable game =)

            I also chose a similar build in DS2, i just love 2 handed weapons so much =P

            I didn’t use any guides as the NPC’s generally gave me an idea of where i had to go, i needed one for DS2 as i got lost very easily.

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               leeson865

               December 29, 2015 at 3:16 pm

               OK. I forced myself to try Dark Souls again 3 days ago. I’m 12 hours in and blitzing through it! I don’t know what happened, but this time I’m just better! I’ve beaten like 7 bosses and I’ve died less than 20 times. I also was lucky enough to get the Black Knight Sword! Last time I played, I tried the Gargoyles about 30 times and barely got them to half health. This time I beat them on the third try. Loving it!

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   cctrbo

   December 23, 2015 at 8:56 am

   I only finished Dark Souls for the first time in late 2014, since then I’ve finished it again, finished DS2 twice and I’ve just finished a second playthrough of Bloodborne… All including related DLC.

   My best tip would be to take your time and set small goals when you first start playing. You can’t rush these games, but having said that you can certainly choose to run past a bunch of enemies you’ve already killed to get back to the boss fog.

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