I had given DS1 a try on PC back when I saw the game played by PewDiePie (jesus this was ages ago) and didn’t really get the game at all; keyboard controls prior to PTD edition probably didn’t help either lol

My first real venture into soulslikes was Bloodborne and it went horribly to say the least. I killed the Cleric Beast and Gascoigne the first evening I tried the game and put down the game afterwards but it was just too much for me. I was scared, didn’t know what I was doing, and it was just waay to hard for me.

Took me a couple of years to get back to it and give it another shot. One of my all-time favourite games today.

How about you guys?

  • @[email protected]
    2•13 hours ago

    Played Dark Souls 1 after a friend recommended it, INT+DEX Magic Build.

    Got to Blighttown, took me forever to beat the Capra Demon.

    Load up the game next time, save corrupted.

    Whatever, I think. Dark Souls is all about failing and trying again. I make a new character, and since I know the game a little better this time I level her more efficiently.

    Get halfway through Blighttown, put the game down.

    When I return, save file corrupted.

    Now I’m pissed, and I’m not letting Dark Souls beat me in this low-down, dirty fashion.

    I figure out that it’s enabling online mode that may be causing the save corruption

    So I start the game again, grind a little for souls. Book it to Darkroot Basin, whip that little fucking dickhead Black Knight’s ass, firebomb the Hydra, spend 20 minutes rollsoulsing the Golem that contains Dusk and get my magic buff items.

    Honestly, I felt satisfied. It was annoying to lose all my progress, but it really made me git gud.

    That third run, I was at level 5 doing more damage than my level 20 the previous run. That build steamrolled Ornstein and Smough on the first try.

    And now I’m unable to beat Four Kings, for some reason.

    I feel like I’ve had a very unorthodox playthrough of DS1 so far.

    • DruidOPMEnglish
      2•13 hours ago

      Honestly this sounds amazing. It’s your origin story and will lead you to many more adventures, I feel like

      • @[email protected]
        2•10 hours ago

        Yeah, as soon as my save corrupted I realized it was the ultimate “YOU DIED” and I didn’t deserve to play Dark Souls if I couldn’t git gud from there.