The Official "Demon's Souls" Thread


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Hi guys, need your opinion! :)

I have some store credits from Play-Asia and I'm in a dilemma whether to use it for Demon's Soul or Little Big Planet GOTY

Is Demon's Soul a game any PS3 owner should not miss? I'm not that big fan of RPG but I'd really like to try this game.

Please advise, thank you :)

Demon's Souls. without a doubt. Ignore its 'rpg' classification as it's really insignificant. It's just a great all around experience with great mechanics. Everyone you talk to is there for a purpose, to either tech you spells, or sell you something. No chit/chat. So not much a story driven game as its more the get right to the fight type. It surely isn't a game you want to miss.

Its one of those games that can be both as easy or as hard as you'd like it to be. All without having to change a single setting. Same goes for character creation/skills. That's what makes it so appealing.

I have LBP goty. I only play it with my son, and have a blast. But wouldn't play it alone.

So what is the game referring to when it talks about skill? For example when I equip a compound bow it says that I do not have enough skill and it's effectiveness will be reduced. Is this talking about dexterity or something else?

Yea. Each item requires a stat perquisite. Heavy items require certain amnt of str. Bows require x amount of Dex and so forth.. Look up the symbols in the manual.

Yea. Each item requires a stat perquisite. Heavy items require certain amnt of str. Bows require x amount of Dex and so forth.. Look up the symbols in the manual.

If I look at the item in game it will tell me what stats it requires? I know what the symbols mean but I didn't notice a requirement.

If I look at the item in game it will tell me what stats it requires? I know what the symbols mean but I didn't notice a requirement.

Yea. Press square to cycle details on any item. I think the Long Composite Bow requires STR though.

Edit:This..

The Compound Long Bow requires 22 Strength (two-handed) and 12 Dexterity to wield.

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So Corris watch out I'm finally about to get my Platinum in this!!! Muhahahaha :p

Least I'll have a unique plat (looks at all of you with the easy Terminator one ;))!

I'm up to 2%!

Same 2% I've had since about a week after I got it... lol.

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Yet another revival for this thread!

I just bought the greatest hits version the other day and sat down to play it last night. It's really fantastic. All the reviews said it was hard, but it's really not. I think the correct adjective is unforgiving. It took me about 2 hours in total to beat the first world, and I downed Phalanx on the first try. The game is really a lot of fun.

However, I have some questions for those of you who have played this. I'm having trouble understanding some of the mechanics.

So World Tendency is basically a gauge for each world based on your actions. It gets darker when you die in body-form (but not in soul-form), and gets lighter when you kill major demons. As your WT gets darker, enemies gain HP and do more damage, but they also drop more souls and items when killed. As WT gets lighter, enemies are easier to kill but drop less souls.

If dying in soul-form doesn't negatively affect your world tendency when killed, why would you ever want to play in body-form? With the Cling Ring boosting your soul-form maximum HP, and the bonus to damage that soul-form has by default, what are the reason why you would ever play in body-form?

...and I know I have some other questions, but I can't recall what they are at the moment. Anyways, the above should be enough to get started. :laugh:

If dying in soul-form doesn't negatively affect your world tendency when killed, why would you ever want to play in body-form? With the Cling Ring boosting your soul-form maximum HP, and the bonus to damage that soul-form has by default, what are the reason why you would ever play in body-form?

There's another advantage when playing in soul-form: if you are playing online you can't be invaded by other players (then again you might actually want to be invaded so you can have some PvsP fighting, or just keep the possibility as an extra challenge).

Still, in body-form you have quite a few more HP than in soul-form, even with the cling ring, which depending on your stats could easily be the difference between life and yet-another-run-from-the-last-archstone from a single blow dealt by some of the tougher enemies.

Also you can wear two rings instead of wasting one of the slots with the cling ring, which comes handy later on.

On a side note, WT doesn't just affect enemies' strength and rewards, it also triggers events that wouldn't happen in other different WT.

And the game doesn't really get hard until the 2nd play through.... Freaken still trying to get past lvl 2 on that, but the fireball dudes kill me in 1 hit with anything lol

With most of them you can put stuff (door frames, beams, furniture...) between you and the fat guys to block the fireballs, then it's just a matter of timing your attacks.

In this game being a cheap sneaky ****** really pays off :rofl:

With most of them you can put stuff (door frames, beams, furniture...) between you and the fat guys to block the fireballs, then it's just a matter of timing your attacks.

In this game being a cheap sneaky ****** really pays off :rofl:

Oh I do, but there are some moments where it just doesn't work how it should LOL, and the Armor Spider is a pain in the arse now. No more just sitting back and Soul Arrowing him...

Oh I do, but there are some moments where it just doesn't work how it should LOL and the Armor Spider is a pain in the arse now. No more just sitting back and Soul Arrowing him...

I just grab a bunch of arrows and a decent bow, "cover" behind the corpse stuck to the left wall halfway through the tunnel, lock aim on the spider's head and spam the fire button while watching TV :shiftyninja: actually I never managed to kill that bitch in "fair combat" :blush:

I just grab a bunch of arrows and a decent bow, "cover" behind the corpse stuck to the left wall halfway through the tunnel, lock aim on the spider's head and spam the fire button while watching TV :shiftyninja: actually I never managed to kill that bitch in "fair combat" :blush:

Me either lol. A friend has, but when I tried his strat, I just get demolished. Though he could barely beat flamelurker, and that fool was a breeze for me lol.

Me either lol. A friend has, but when I tried his strat, I just get demolished. Though he could barely beat flamelurker, and that fool was a breeze for me lol.

hehe well for the flamelurker on the second playthrough I used the thief and fragant rings and kept casting pestilence on him from distance, where he couldn't see me. Same with Old King Doran.

Hell I've watched a lot of TV while playing this game :rofl:

The game requires a little bit of skill and combat planning at times, but I've to admit I've beaten several big demons using lame tactics.

Ah hah glad to see this topic bumped.

I've still to get my plat, currently in the middle of my 4th playthrough and have been there for months and months.

I hope Demon Souls gets a true sequel, not just a spiritual successor.

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Okay people with the Asian/Hong Kong copy, I need your help! Spare stones to help me get my plat :p

Even although this is my 3rd playthrough I'm still short of stones, most notably, pulpstones, l.splinter of hardstones, chunk of greystones, chunk of mercury stones and others.

Thanks! Reply here or PM so we can arrange a time to meet up in-game.

I really should just knuckle down and farm, but I've not played DS in soo long it's actually quite hard again :laugh: Not to mention I've forgot a lot of the layouts/locations of things.

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