jumblejunkie

Oct 20 2011, 01:42 PM

Dark Souls looks so awesome, but if I lost hours of progress from dying, then I would be SOOOO out. I still want to try it, but I will wait until it goes on the cheap.

doubledongs are sexy

kevinski

Oct 22 2011, 10:41 AM

By the way, I was a bit disappointed that Jason's random trivia was actually based around real trivia this time around. Whenever he played the intro sound effect, I immediately laughed, because I was expecting something every bit as ridiculous as the question about Robert De Niro's age. Alas, it was not to be.

jldearth12

Oct 22 2011, 01:58 AM

Thanks for answering my love talk question. I took your advice and told her whats up! thanks.

jumblejunkie

Oct 20 2011, 01:42 PM

Dark Souls looks so awesome, but if I lost hours of progress from dying, then I would be SOOOO out. I still want to try it, but I will wait until it goes on the cheap.

doubledongs are sexy

TheEMUreview

Oct 22 2011, 03:32 PM

people always bitch we "never answer forum questions waa waaa waaaa" so I wanted to do something a bit different for you all. Dont worry, JHRWQ will always be funny, 95% of the time bull shit questions and 100% bull shit for prizes, something everybody wants to be a part of! Dont worry kevinski, I got your back with the randomness!

MidiPour

Oct 21 2011, 12:26 AM

PeteDorr,

This is from someone who put 1000+ hours in Demon's Souls, to put that in perspective I have 7000 sessions in Demon's Souls. And although the Japanese players are committed, there are NA/EU/etc players who are just as committed, who are just as good at PvP. It's not about the armor, rather it's how you evade attacks, and how you respond (or can respond) to the infamous lagstab (backstab).

I facepalmed really hard dude, NA is pretty notorious for it's amazing PvP players. The Japanese aren't the best by any means. They had a head start, but it wasn't by much. And no special armor in Dark can replace PvP meta skill.

Also, most veterans find the fog ring to be a farse. I've never had a problem against someone who wore a fog ring. and I didn't have any problems against a Soul Level 400 person who goes against my SL 125. Dark Souls has diminishing returns at higher SL, because once you hit 40 STR, you're not going to get much gains. That's why there are so many efficient low level builds. You could be SL 700 and easily lose to a SL 125 PvP veteran who carefully distributed his stats.

PeteDorr

Oct 23 2011, 03:01 AM

MidiPour

Oct 21 2011, 12:26 AM

PeteDorr,

This is from someone who put 1000+ hours in Demon's Souls, to put that in perspective I have 7000 sessions in Demon's Souls. And although the Japanese players are committed, there are NA/EU/etc players who are just as committed, who are just as good at PvP. It's not about the armor, rather it's how you evade attacks, and how you respond (or can respond) to the infamous lagstab (backstab).

I facepalmed really hard dude, NA is pretty notorious for it's amazing PvP players. The Japanese aren't the best by any means. They had a head start, but it wasn't by much. And no special armor in Dark can replace PvP meta skill.

Also, most veterans find the fog ring to be a farse. I've never had a problem against someone who wore a fog ring. and I didn't have any problems against a Soul Level 400 person who goes against my SL 125. Dark Souls has diminishing returns at higher SL, because once you hit 40 STR, you're not going to get much gains. That's why there are so many efficient low level builds. You could be SL 700 and easily lose to a SL 125 PvP veteran who carefully distributed his stats.

And I still stand by what I said regarding why I bought it on 360. People who invested thousands of hours and kicked ass at PvP in DS are obviously going to buy DkS on PS3. I was not one of those people who played DS for 1000's of hours, hence I would prefer to play with the newbies who wont kick my ass at every turn because they simply know the game mechanics like no tomorrow.

MidiPour

Oct 22 2011, 06:54 PM

jumblejunkie

Oct 20 2011, 01:42 PM

Dark Souls looks so awesome, but if I lost hours of progress from dying, then I would be SOOOO out. I still want to try it, but I will wait until it goes on the cheap.

doubledongs are sexy

Also, Jumble. The reason I got into Demon's Souls was because I was one of those PSO fanboys. Dark Souls has that psuedo-rogue-like element of if you die, you lose your currency. In PSO, the difference was if you died, you lost your meseta/equip. And the gameplay of Demon's/Dark is so similar to PSO, it feels like a Jrpg in real-time. And despite there being a PSO2 in the making, we all know Sega wont go back to that gameplay mechanic. They've only further developed, modified the original PSU/PSP model for PSO2.

What I'm saying is if you found Demon's Souls inaccessibly hard, just keep trying. Because once you get past that steep learning curve, the online portion of the game becomes ridiculously fun and addicting. It's one of the most innovative online games this generation, you're really doing yourself a disservice if you don't get into it.

Anyone who loved PSO will love this series. I can't stress that enough. It's just a matter of getting past the learning curve.

MidiPour

Oct 23 2011, 03:46 PM

I had a similar problem with SFIV, which eventually I RQ'd due to how advanced the online players were.

jumblejunkie

 

MidiPour

 

I had a similar problem with SFIV, which eventually I RQ'd due to how advanced the online players were.

Don't let the advanced players scare you in SF4. Play Ranked matches. SSF4 or SSF4AE does pretty well for the most part with pairing you with people in your same Player Point range. Marvel vs Capcom 3 on the other hand does not!!

Ibuki

Oct 24 2011, 11:37 AM

HCG mentioned that the Neo Geo collection on PS2 had amazing emulation. I just about fell out of my chair in shock. The emulation in that collection is god awful. It's a complete shame to see how SNK had treated the Neo Geo catalog. It can be a fun diversion for an hour or two if you find it in a bargain bin for $5 new, but beyond that avoid that game.

The Neo Geo emulator on PSN is infinitely better, but unfortunately is priced a bit too high.