Dark Souls

Fume Knight is one of my fav solo fights ever.

LTK I disagree entirely about DS3 poise. It's utterly wank. They brought too much bloodborne over. You can tell which game was developed first.

Re: Armour upgrading - also means you can rock lighter armour but it can still be effective, so it does affect your build.

That's my opinion though. Horses for courses etc.

Furi? That weebi boss rush game? Can't stand it

torb

Good work. A kill is a kill!

Oh gosh yes. There's more. A lot more. You've also two optional areas that are pretty well hidden and are very much worth finding and exploring. Not even taking into account the two DLCs which are pretty sizable each.

That reminds me. I take it you found Smoldering Lake?

If I remember right they brought back passive poise in Elden Ring, so we'll see how the chips fall.

Incidentally, there was a big update to poise values at some point after the release of DS3, and I think no one really understood how it worked before that. Did you happen to stop playing before this update?

After the “epic” fight against the Dancer I had to laugh when the next big set piece was “a ladder descends”. The lothric knights are really vicious and I got ganked a few times trying to run past a handful of assassins. Less than 100 arrows to kill a dragon so I just did it- first time I endured that kind of tedium since the dragon sword in DS1. 2 for 1 was nice though.

Next boss was just an empty suit of armour if I understood correctly - naturally no challenge for me, a suit of armour with meat inside.

I’ve pushed through the archives as well, got a very bloodborny situation with three hunters taking me on at the same time. I was under the impression this game was short-ish but it really feels huuuge.

Yeeeaaah you didn't need to do that, there's a much quicker and easier way to kill them if you just go around the courtyard.

I cheese it - leg it over the bridge, fast quit before the breath, leg it again once you load back in and you'll only take some chip damage from the burning ground before you can get to safety

torb

I take it you found consumed Kings Garden if you've gone through the archives?

Lorian seems doable though, I think I need to roll counter clockwise and it should all fall into place. I also need to return to Smoldering Lake to properly thank those who killed the sandworm for me, but can't remember what bonfire was closest, that area is a bit maze-like in my mind.

Should they be done before I beat Lorian? Will I know point of no return for DLC stuff before I reach it?

I'm now at the point in DS1 (Lost Izalith) where I abandoned it on first playthrough, returning literal years later to complete it. Definitely powering on through this time.

Tell you what though, the Remaster hasn't been particularly kind to the stompy chicken demons in the lava - if anything they look even more ridiculous.

Before I shut off the console I suddenly found myself in the tutorial area only it was dark and the enemies are rougher - trippy stuff - hope the tutorial boss shows up too

There is another bonfire hidden closer to the boss I think. Somewhere in the lava lake. Unless yours is even closer, then I probably don't know that one.