Stick to it! I know it seems overwhelming in the beginning, but you will get used to it at first and then get better with time.

It might not only be a souls thing, but using darkness as difficulty is the worst game design choice ever.

It doesn’t work so you can figure out why and learn how to install arch. Simple.

I looked up where to find the Zweihander :|

Awesome! I’ve made it to the Depths now after many tears and much pain :p

Is it my dehumidifier?

Dark Souls! Hoping to get out of that Undead Burg!

Well it took my most of yesterday to beat him. Find that long :p and no actually I will be playing Dark Souls - for the first time!

Well I ended up using the elec grinder, which helped a lot with actually dealing some damage. And then instead of trying to parry/dodging him I used the aegis to just block him.

I read there was some cheesy technique to get perfect parries in with the aegis. I tried that but never managed to actually succeed at it :p but it did give me the breathing room to actually get some openings and deal some damage. And then he dead :p

Yeah fuck that guy :p

I don’t know yet, but it seems challenging. Just had a single go last night, because I beat Simon super late and had to go to bed. But i got through its first phase and then he went crazy and I died :P

No, grinding levels already felt like cheating, so no difficulty slider for me please :3 and I see what you mean about the final boss. I knew I would have to take out Geppetto as well somehow!

lol I totally agree. Personally I don’t find phase one that bad and with the right combo of dodges and parries he becomes manageable. Phase two though, Jesus Christ a shitshow. Dodging punishes you, parrying punishes you and keeping a distance punishes you.

I gave it 40 goes and figured I might as well go grind a bit, to see if I can get some more damage. Because I do absolutely no damage to him, when I finally do get an opening.

I expect that it is the final boss. Simon Manus. But I won’t rule out that there could be another one - perhaps Geppetto is showing up ?

A bit late to the game, but I ended up playing Lies of P. Reached the final boss fight late last night, got stomped and went to bed. So now I am sitting and waiting for my workday to be through ….

1 in everything except intelligence. That would maybe be a 5 :p

But it is the 9th today :|

It’s not the failure of our parents, it’s the exploitation by the capitalist class, that did this.

Yes, that is why I made the post, because I heard from several places that is should be like super punishing and one of the most difficult souls like - which isn’t why I wanted to try it, I just really loved the setting and atmosphere - but I just don’t find it super difficult.

And it’s not like I’m trying to humble brag, I got my ass handed to me in Elden Ring, Sekiro and Demons Souls. So I by no means consider myself a good player at all. Maybe there is just something with the combat that clicks with me in this one.

But I’m not complaining! I am super stoked that I am on the verge of actually finishing a soulslike. I had completely written off the genre.

Well you could argue that you should spend LR (or first play through in the case of LoP) to learn the mechanics and then utilize those skills in HR (or in new game), but I see your point. And I do enjoy my big ass glaive, but as mentioned I will look into the other weapons in my next play through. There are some pretty nifty looking ones I must admit.

And fought the green swamp monster boss. Loved the design, but first time around I didn’t keep an eye on my durability, so my weapon broke mid second phase. I didn’t carry a secondary weapon so it impaled me and did unspeakable things to me :( Second time around I got it though!