The Official "Demon's Souls" Thread

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I love how even the pause button in this game is harsh, it brings up the pause menu as an overlay, gameplay continues meaning you're vulnerable :laugh: Can't pause during a difficult boss battle to rethink things!

Started as a Royal :)

Seeing other people playing online as ghosts is really cool, makes you feel not alone.

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Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Almost beat the Vanguard (Tutorial Boss that you're not really suppose to defeat, the game carries on even if you die).

Got it down to about 2-3 more hits and it one hit killed me :(

Screw that, reload and attempt number 2 :p

ps. I'm loving how this game feels, I almost died from the normal soldiers in the tutorial :laugh:

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I gave up on trying to beat Vanguard in the tutorial and I'd wager you will too. :p You'll get your revenge later on in the game though. I love the messages people leave, the most popular and annoying one is "this is harsh, evaluate me". I've seen some funny ones involving "sticky white stuff" and "rod weapon" heh.

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I gave up on trying to beat Vanguard in the tutorial and I'd wager you will too. :p You'll get your revenge later on in the game though. I love the messages people leave, the most popular and annoying one is "this is harsh, evaluate me". I've seen some funny ones involving "sticky white stuff" and "rod weapon" heh.

Yeah it's off-putting to keep trying as you need to spend another 5 mins running through the tutorial level again.

I'll try it once again, maybe once more after that.

One bad roll/dodge and you're dead.

Standing outside the room just now, it's funny how you can look through the fog and see it. Can hear it groaning also :p

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I tried 4 more times but couldn't get anywhere near as close to my first attempt. Beginners luck :p

On with the story, I'm just a completionist like that, if I know something can be done early I'll try and try again to do it LOL.

Anyone got any tips for me before I do 1-1? Is there any loot or anything I should know about?

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Well, this sucks. I load up the game and it tells me that I cannot play online due to a parental lock. I guess the age for playing this online in China is 19. It's ridiculous - in the UK the age would probably be 18, which I am, but it still applies because of where the game came from. I live on my own, bought my PS3 with my own money, can drink, vote, be sentenced to prison, but I can't play a Playstation game online :/

I've done some searching and apparently when I do turn 19 in a couple of months it still won't let me play, so I'm stuck having to either create a new account to play this game with, or never experience online play. I've sent a message to Sony on their customer services page, but I might ring them tomorrow, see if they can do anything - apparently this happens with Metal Gear Solid Online too and you can contact Sony to sort it out.

I absolutely love the game though, I've played through 1-1 and 2-1 as my Royal so far.

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I think you can change the restriction level in Security Settings. By default the restriction level is 9 which means only 18+ can play restricted games. Setting it to 0 should allow you to play. My terminology my be off as I'm at work and I don't recall exactly but that's the gist of it.

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I think you can change the restriction level in Security Settings. By default the restriction level is 9 which means only 18+ can play restricted games. Setting it to 0 should allow you to play. My terminology my be off as I'm at work and I don't recall exactly but that's the gist of it.

There's a separate parental control built into the game concerning online play - I've read it also happens in MGSO and Call of Duty. The parental controls in the security setting were set to Level 9, and the first thing I did after getting the error message was change it to Off.

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I'm getting really tempted to buy this, but I don't wanna pay nearly ?50 for one of the Asian versions, especially when the USA version is not too far round the corner now. Hopefully the US import versions will be just below the ?40 mark, but I bet I'll have to dream on:p:p

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God damnit some Red Eye Knight in 1-1 just owned me. I take it I'm not suppose to go that way? There was about 4 different paths.

Someone left a message on the floor kind of hinting that I should turn around and not fight if a newbie :laugh:

I think the online mode in this is quite genius considering the type of game it is. All the messages and bloodstains left behind by other players.

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God damnit some Red Eye Knight in 1-1 just owned me. I take it I'm not suppose to go that way? There was about 4 different paths.

Someone left a message on the floor kind of hinting that I should turn around and not fight if a newbie :laugh:

I think the online mode in this is quite genius considering the type of game it is. All the messages and bloodstains left behind by other players.

Yeah, he's a tough one - best to leave him for now. I went back after a while when I got the Soul Light spell, which one-shots blue-eyed knights, but he was blocking every one, so I led him back to that pit and played cat and mouse with him until he fell in. I don't think you can access the door he guards yet anyway - I couldn't.

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Leave that area for later in the game, like the messages suggest. :D You'll need the Mausoleum Key to open the door anyway but inside you'll get a sweet sword from someone. I'm trying to be as vague as possible. :p Also killing the Red Knight gives you 2,000 souls which helps early on in the game.

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Leave that area for later in the game, like the messages suggest. :D You'll need the Mausoleum Key to open the door anyway but inside you'll get a sweet sword from someone. I'm trying to be as vague as possible. :p Also killing the Red Knight gives you 2,000 souls which helps early on in the game.

Will do!

What do you recommend I do after 1-1?

2-1? I've read some people say it's easier than 1-2.

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I gave up on trying to beat Vanguard in the tutorial and I'd wager you will too. :p You'll get your revenge later on in the game though. I love the messages people leave, the most popular and annoying one is "this is harsh, evaluate me". I've seen some funny ones involving "sticky white stuff" and "rod weapon" heh.

I've just found out why,

If you rate them, the person who left the message gets their health replenished which is why you keeping seeing "This is harsh.Evaluate me" messages near boss areas. Message also stays longer if there is many ratings.

This game is awesome, I'm loving it. Once you die in a level and have to track back to reclaim your souls the tension is unbearable, especially if you've racked up thousands of souls. I'm right to assume if you die again and don't make it back to your body you lose the souls? That's what I'm led to believe anyway hence the tension :p

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Audioboxer spam in here now... haha.

Beat Phalanx, only died once.

Got my B_stard Sword, and Heater Shield combo on the go now after upgrading my strength. Shield is good does 100% melee damage block. Only thing I noticed which is cruel is if you upgrade a stat the prices for ALL the stats increase :laugh: I might try taking on that Red Eye Knight now...

The game just wants to do things to make it harsh on you!

I'm not sure where to go after 1-1, going to grind through it once more then maybe try 1-2.

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Audioboxer spam in here now... haha.

Beat Phalanx, only died once.

Got my B_stard Sword, and Heater Shield combo on the go now after upgrading my strength. Shield is good does 100% melee damage block. Only thing I noticed which is cruel is if you upgrade a stat the prices for ALL the stats increase :laugh: I might try taking on that Red Eye Knight now...

The game just wants to do things to make it harsh on you!

I'm not sure where to go after 1-1, going to grind through it once more then maybe try 1-2.

I'm really wondering if I should pick this up just yet, or play through what I have already.....

Not started inFAMOUS yet, still yet to complete GTA4 also have Fallout 3 as well to start. I'm thinking this would be another game that I want to play, just never get around to doing so. Oh and also want to complete Killzone 2 on Elite.

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DAMNIT!

I just got my body form back after beating the boss in 1-1, joined 2-1, decided to go to the toilet then came back to a black phantom finishing me off :(

Or whatever you call it when a player invades your game, it's a black phantom right? Really unfair, the guy should of noticed my guy was AFK and waited for me to come back to give me a chance :p

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DAMNIT!

I just got my body form back after beating the boss in 1-1, joined 2-1, decided to go to the toilet then came back to a black phantom finishing me off :(

Or whatever you call it when a player invades your game, it's a black phantom right? Really unfair, the guy should of noticed my guy was AFK and waited for me to come back to give me a chance :p

Why would he do that when he gets a free easy kill and his body back?

I seem to be doing quite well - I haven't died once to a boss yet. Tons of times to the levels preceding them, but never to a boss.

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Why would he do that when he gets a free easy kill and his body back?

*facepalm* It's a joke.

@AB, ow, that is harsh. It's also making want this game more though! :p I'm gonna have to wait until around my birthday in August at least though. I'm getting Ferrari Challenge this week, then I'm saving up a bit for Fight Night Round 4, then after that I'm saving up to pre-order all the fall games that are coming out that I want (Forza 3, GT5, Assassin's Creed 2, Splinter Cell Conviction).

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Why would he do that when he gets a free easy kill and his body back?

I seem to be doing quite well - I haven't died once to a boss yet. Tons of times to the levels preceding them, but never to a boss.

Ahhh I didn't know they get their body back, fair enough. I thought they just get souls. (and yeah it was more of a joke than a serious remark :p but I genuinely didn't know they get their body back)

Yeah I'm doing pretty good, in 2-1 now.

How do you get soul light by the way?

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Ha, that sucks. I've played 35 hours and I haven't been invaded yet. I did try co-op once on the Adjudicator boss and that was fun. You can get Soul Light after you save Sage Freke from the Tower of Latria, you'll also need the Doll Demon's soul to purchase it. Soul Light is great, I still use it.

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Just a question but do you have to be logged into PSN to play this game as my connection is sometimes flaky?

As far as I'm aware you can play it in offline mode by simply not signing into PSN, but if you do play it while connected nothing will happen if your connection drops, I think the only thing would be that phantoms in your game would be booted - you wouldn't lose progress or anything.

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As far as I'm aware you can play it in offline mode by simply not signing into PSN, but if you do play it while connected nothing will happen if your connection drops, I think the only thing would be that phantoms in your game would be booted - you wouldn't lose progress or anything.

Thanks, may well order this tonight in that case then :D

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