b8ac82 No.14232400
Does this still hold up? The servers go down in 30 days.
efca88 No.14232531
It's a rougher version of Dark Souls, but it's still better than 2 and 3. It's a shame nobody will be able to see how Old Monk should actually work once they're down.
b8ac82 No.14232545
>>14232531
What level range do you need for old monk? Can you put an blue sign down in any part of that world, or does it have to be the stairs right before the boss fight?
efca88 No.14232565
>>14232545
It's been a while since I've played so I can't tell you the SL range without looking it up, but I got summoned for it once while waiting in the beginning of 3-2 waiting to see if anyone needed help going through it or it might have been when I was going through it with a friend and we just timed it wrong, I don't remember. I think it also will pull you into the boss if you try to invade anywhere in world 3 if it syncs up right.
cf4783 No.14232583
>>14232545
Ive been summoned from area one of latria before.
Just stay in soul form and take off your hat, no hats allowed since the monk wraps require the space to equip itself onto you.
9c5e8c No.14232593
>>14232520
>Can carry 99 instant full healing healing items that can be farmed with minimal effort
xXHARDCOREXx dude, whoa.
ab8a10 No.14232605
>>14232400
It's a bit rough around the edges and certainly very modest but I'd say it still holds up. Level design is overall fantastic and Latria is still unmatched in its ambiance besides some moments in BB.
It's got a very FUN ALLOWED approach to game design; if it came out this day, the chimp outs over PvP would have been unprecedented.
>>14232531
I've been putting signs at 3-3 there for the last week just to get the yellow tornado hat for my completionist character. Wait 1h and nothing. I'm at Lv120 which oughta be within the meta.
DaS3 tries to replicate the Old Monk experience but it's not nearly as good. I'll take watching that cutscene over a giant rubbing his nipples while talking in the slowest possible manner.
15ad60 No.14232614
>>14232593
>he forgot about humanity being extremely farmable
Demon's souls is slightly harder than Dark Souls but come on now.
e27361 No.14232622
>>14232545
Here is what I would do to make sure I was summoned for the old monk fight while minimizing my chances of being summoned.
1. Find a place where you can put down your summon sign where people will not see it.(Yes you can be summoned for the old monk fight with a black or blue stone.)
2. This can be done in any area of Latria as far as I know.
3. You will know you are being summoned for the old monk fight when the text is different from either soapstone summon. It will read something like "You are being Summoned." then "Invading another world as a black phantom."
4. You will have to just sit and wait because there are several places that will remove your sign when you pass through it. It's better just to sit around.
I usually put my sign underneath some coffins the player is unlikely to attack. This usually works.
6d8e55 No.14232626
>>14232565
Summon range is 10 levels + 10%
b6c104 No.14232666
I remember the amounts of sheer rage that was generated by going mage and just running away from people with soul arrows for 10 minutes straight scraping spear, anyone?
75a252 No.14232683
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>>14232583
For best experience, play this on the background while you wait for the summon.
9931a7 No.14232713
>Want to fire up DeS for one more playthrough before the servers go to shit.
>LITERALLY nobody playing
What the fuck? None of my previous build characters could find anybody to co-op with, let alone invade, and to make matters worse the servers were shitting the bed every 5 minutes, causing me to lose connection to them.
555496 No.14232714
>>14232605
Yeah, this guy said it. It's a bit wonky fun version of DS. Level design is at times really amazing, and at times a horrible mess. I've played the game through multiple times and I can say for a fact that some of the linear "bad" design is intended. Not too sure about the shrine of storms area2 though, that place sucks.
Combat is faster and more stunlock-heavy than DS, magic is OP in PvM and PvB. PvP is dominated by boosted stats, gear/armor is almost irrelevant. You just want to hit fast and not get staggered. Some magic builds are really good in PvP. But they need specific gear to boost damage and most spells are dodged easily.
>>14232593
xXWhoaXx. What a fucking retard.
7dc606 No.14232726
>>14232614
Excuse me for my butt in,but dark souls humanity farming (at least in 1) was tedious and up to RNG
75a252 No.14232747
>>14232726
Can't you purchase Humanity from a vendor?
555496 No.14232750
>>14232726
In DS1 you can just invade and kick the hacking "Hitler666" off a bridge, and get all the souls and humanity you ever wanted.
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ab8a10 No.14232793
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>>14232666
You're an evil one, Mr. Satan.
>>14232714
>magic is OP in PvM and PvB
Split damage weapons alone are stupidly good, even with a shitty investment in either INT or FTH.
Also, re-gen builds are absurd. Ring + a Blessed weapon + Adjudicator's Shield and you just see that HP bar climbing. Just the Adjudicator's Shield and the Regen ring can fully negate poison.
df9574 No.14232822
>>14232605
Lvl 120s don't fight the Old Monk boss…go with lvl 30. You'll get more fights in the early-mid levels. At least it was for me.
>>14232614
> farming
In DeS you can just use the easy dupe glitch. I did that with the rare stones (pure bladestone was extremely annoying to get) and dropped them for ppl whenever I invaded/was summoned.
6d8e55 No.14232835
>>14232793
>invading at SL15 with a +5 blessed mirdan hammer and +5 Adjudicator's
132712 No.14232844
>>14232822
>astartes Dante
e3b00b No.14232859
I've yet to get far in Demon Souls, but I'm wondering if I'll miss out on much other than Old Monk with the online gone. I figure anyone who is still playing and is on PSN will be absolute gankbeasts.
870b64 No.14232886
>>14232713
Yeah when I tried to play the servers were shitting their pants hard.
ab8a10 No.14232890
>>14232683
Great. Got a new ear worm.
Might as well have the album playing while watching EVO Jp.
>>14232822
I figured I could get someone in the NG+ cycles. I'm at NG+++ with that poorly planned character (wish all their games had respec even if a costly NG+ only thing).
>>14232859
Yellow tornado hat is the one thing you you'll miss since it's a reward for defeating a host as a Old Monk summon.
As for the actual experience, I got the game pretty late and just went solo through it (got invaded a couple of times). It's still pretty enjoyable.
75a252 No.14232896
>>14232793
Adjudicator Shield +5 alone is enough to negate poison.
176c76 No.14233049
>>14232793
The sad fact is DeS is practically offline already since the server shits itself every few minutes.
I have a SL 40 character running around trying to get summoned and invade, but the only thing I can get is occasional Old Monk summons
ab8a10 No.14233136
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>>14233049
>DeS is practically offline already
>tfw no more I'm in trouble – please recommend this message!
Side note, this game's OST doesn't get enough praise. Really, that alone makes the experience very enjoyable. Wish they went back to its style, less ooohs and aaahs and more instruments, particularly brass.
75e246 No.14233147
>>14232822
wtf all this time I thought you couldn't dupe stones
870b64 No.14233249
>>14233049
>>14233136
I hope someone is saving the server code to emulate it later. Shouldn't be out of the question but if someone doesn't grab it now then they'll have to remake it which is a bitch.
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d360dc No.14233296
>>14233136
I loved DeS' soundtrack because it was way more atmospheric, like in the literal sense. It was just there, setting a mood versus some blaring orchestral/choral score like DaS.
9eaedf No.14233422
>>14232583
Monk headpiece actually equips no matter what, purely cosmetic and you retain the properties of your helmet.
7e8d30 No.14233429
Yes it still holds up and they need to make a PS4 remaster.
4f6b9c No.14233449
>>14232714
>PvM and PvB
It's either PvE (Player versus Environment) or PvP, quit making up your own retarded acronyms.
4f6b9c No.14233457
>>14233429
I was actually thinking… "With the Dark Souls remaster coming up, they more than likely are going to remaster Demon's Souls for PC, PS4, Xbone and Switch"
It's odd that FromSoft is doing a remaster of DS1, because they said only a couple years ago that they would rather make new games than make remasters of their old games… Then they announce a remaster of Dark Souls. Like how do you go from "there's no way we'll ever do that" to "60 days motherfuckers!"???
I guess the better question is how cancerous can Vaati be, turning a 15 second teaser into a 12 minute video?
ab8a10 No.14233481
>>14233457
>"With the Dark Souls remaster coming up, they more than likely are going to remaster Demon's Souls for PC, PS4, Xbone and Switch"
DeS is like BB, it was produced under supervision by Sony's Japan Studio. Sony likely needs to be onboard for a remaster.
>they said only a couple years ago that they would rather make new games than make remasters of their old games
Miyazaki said there would be no more sequels to the series. Cue the "well, technically…"
d03416 No.14233487
Can anyone spare one Pure Bladestone and/or Pure Darkmoonstone? Those are the only ores I need to platinum this game. SL is 228 if anyone can summon me into their world.
4f6b9c No.14233501
>>14233481
He said 'no more sequels, at least for the time being.' He left it open that in 10 years they might reconsider. But the idea was that they were working on new stuff, and then that teaser came out, and then immediately after the teaser we get a trailer for Dark Souls remastered. Like fucking WHAT?
a632b7 No.14233519
>>14233457
>Like how do you go from "there's no way we'll ever do that" to "60 days motherfuckers!"???
Money anon.
11e38b No.14233698
>>14232400
tbh, never had any online interactions in demons souls anyway
>live in asia for 3 months
>buy the chinese version there
>bring it back home
>tfw find out it doesn't match up with north american psn
4f6b9c No.14233707
>>14233698
The only "interaction" I ever had with PSN while playing Demon's Souls was people manipulating my world tendency, because the online servers are 1000% black. It's pretty well impossible to do anything other than pure black if you play online.
ba21c7 No.14233727
>>14233487
You gotta earn it bro. You won't be truly satisfied if you don't.
ba21c7 No.14233730
>>14233707
That's just blatantly false. Killing bosses is more than enough to end up in Pure White. Were you playing during Halloween pure black world tendency events? Those were forced by Atlus.
d03416 No.14233744
>>14233727
I don't even care about earning it at this point.
282620 No.14233841
>>14232400
I can't believe they are still up. Honestly Demon's Souls holds up great not only because of the gameplay ( FATLUS DID A GOOD THING?! ), but because of the kind of people you encounter during invasions. I once was invaded by a dark spirit from Asia PS region because he would always invade me at the same damn time of night. Anyway, we would meet up and he would drop +10/+5 weapons and I would drop titanite or one of the weapons I was working on, then he would wave and leave. 3 days later he would be back while I was grinding for Utchiganis on skeletons and demand his weapon back. He would punch me in the back until I quit grinding, then I would give him his +10 moonstone sword. I guess he just wanted to lend it to me so I could grind for awhile. In return he dropped an auto-healing/faith type sword (it's been awhile sorry) and went on his merry way. Funny thing was…we never once fought. We just awkwardly traded.
Crazy shit like that is why it was so good. Players from all the regions were chill even if they were there to invade and kill you. They were also way more skilled than the people I used to trounce in DS2 Don't take my word for it though. Get it and go online even if there is only a month left.
Oh yeah…there is this extremely easy glitch that was left in the game that gives you infinite souls of ANY kind. Respec doesn't exist in Demon's Souls, so if you didn't like your build…that glitch is how you can respec after making a new character of course.
2576b4 No.14233869
tfw got pure bladestone legitimately
7e8d30 No.14234158
>>14233481
Honestly if they gave DeS a Ps4 Remastering with all the cut content and stable online it would be a dream come fucking true.
ba27cb No.14234327
>Heard the servers were going down
>Boot up the game one last time
>Log into my old SL100 character
>Go to 4-1
>Spend 10 minutes trying to invade
>Absolutely dead
>Shut it off
Nothing of value is being lost. Souls multiplayer was always shit and it's more fun with your ethernet unplugged.
176c76 No.14234760
>>14233501
I don't think it's FROM itself doing the remaster, there's a contracted dev that did it.
30439f No.14235006
Either Sony was fucking with us or servers are getting fucked in the ass with too many people connecting considering they might have shut down a few a couple of years back, well RIP Demon's Souls.
0fd17b No.14235147
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>>14233296
I agree, I can't think of any tracks in the rest of the series that sound as otherwordly as embed related or the Nexus theme. With the exception of Bloodborne and a handful of tracks in the original DaS (the character creation theme, Gwyn's and O&S' in particular), I've never understood the praise that the rest of the series' OSTs got.
614d22 No.14235254
>>14232400
>Does this still hold up?
It's stil the best in the series, so yes, definitly.
b8ac82 No.14235456
>>14233727
Dump more dark souls comics.
0fd17b No.14235627
>>14235456
>dark
Here you go anyway
dde4c6 No.14235684
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Demon's Soul's will remain the better game. It's a sad fact that Sony holds the copyrights otherwise I'm sure a PC port would've been a thing.
3e7e76 No.14236683
>>14232713
People are playing online, or at least trying to. The servers have been a huge pile of shit for three years, they introduce performance issues and bugs into the game. Once in a while you can get someone involved, but it's not worth the audio-skipping/lag and even worse frame rate.
5b7caa No.14236872
DeS and DaS are great games. They compliment each other very well. DeS does a lot more experimental stuff, more unique bosses, straight forward plot while DaS goes for more conventional bosses and music, the plot is very obscured. DeS had some floaty animations, grass could be too easily abused or you'd even run out and be screwed, DaS did away with the grass system entirely with the Estus Flask and it only had a limited usage, the animations were tighter and more fluid.
Then they reached success and kept doing the Souls formula. The games have barely, if at all, evolved since DeS/DaS. Its a shame, DSII fucked things up because it was a different game and then had to be rushed into being a somewhat competent Souls sequel. BB is different with its lore and visuals, but the mechanics are the same and they even bought back the leveling NPC and blood vial system is very similar to the grass system. DSIII was just tired and played out, offering only weapon arts as something new. They clearly didn't care too much about DSIII and it has too much BB in there.
The series needs to die and rest. From are incapable of progressing the series so should do something else. Hopefully Shadows Die Twice is something completely different and lets also hope there is no LORE for fags like Vaati to jerk off over.
333dd9 No.14237364
>>14232400
The last great all time classic game released in my opinion. It's been that long… I bought a PS3 for this game being a major fan of King's Field series growing up. I was not disappointed to say the least.
ab8a10 No.14237366
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Gonna take this for one last proper ride. Started a (sorta) new build; going to remake my Paladin.
I love the opening sequence for this game, the music's fantastic.
Anyway, right off the bat, I see three other ghosts. Guess a lot are back for a send off as well.
ba21c7 No.14237582
>>14237012
>MUH ARTIFICIAL DIFFFFFFFFIDFFIFIFIFOFICULTY!
Get fucked retard.
ea9c0e No.14238068
so I figure I might as well get around to beating this game since it I have a month left to get the full enjoyment out of it. Only issue is I start it up, go to boletaria and there are no messages or bloodstains or spooky ghost people. And halfway though the fps drops to 15 and the audio starts stuttering.
I've tried restarting but it doesn't do shit. Is it just me or is the sudden influx of players causing the servers to shit the bed?
efc1fc No.14238082
>>14232583
This is wrong, I've been summoned plenty of times while wearing headgear.
b8ac82 No.14238840
Left my sign at 1-1. I'm at SL10 if any new players need help.
176c76 No.14240142
>>14238840
New players can't summon in 1-1. Have to be in body form by beating the boss first.
870b64 No.14240507
>>14238068
>And halfway though the fps drops to 15 and the audio starts stuttering.
This is specifically a problem caused by the servers dropping you and causing the game to lag out. I had the same issue which caused me to stop playing. Hard to say if the servers are shitting the bed due to the influx of players or just due to being old and shitty, probably a little of both.
TL;DR the servers might as well be down
a2c702 No.14240790
>>14237353
Why do these lemons make me hard?
b8ac82 No.14241145
>Beat the game at SL70
>Realize this locks me out of online because everyone playing is starting new games
What's the optimal level to do some invasions & to help people out? I want to invade someone at least ONCE before this game goes offline.
176c76 No.14242403
>>14241145
Try level SL 15-30… but good luck cos the server keeps shitting itself so even if others are playing everyone gets knocked offline, or the game starts glitching out until disconnected
2f1c96 No.14242412
>>14232400
>Does this still hold up?
Yes, in fact despite its lack of refinement in many way's its superior to its predecessors.
1c500d No.14242426
>>14242412
Don't you mean successors?
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ab8a10 No.14242516
Haven't played a NG in quite a while and forgot how tedious it can get to run around chasing lizards, buying stones from the gypsy, going to Ed and so and so on.
I know I can dupe stuff but in NG, I try to play fair and square, if not just to avoid becoming a twink. That said, I duped the Colorless Demon Souls. It's just for a couple of very situational things.
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60909f No.14243305
>friend tried to introduce me to DeS way before DaS ever came out
>wanted to play but physically can't use the PS3 controller well
>end up never playing DeS
Feels bad knowing I probably won't get to play it now, have not and probably will not ever own a PS3.
176c76 No.14243326
>>14243305
DeS can be emulated on PC.
e75b88 No.14243354
>>14243305
What >>14243326 said
With an emulator you can use what ever controller you want.
Emulator will also look allot better then native PS3 since Demon souls actual has 4k textures in it's files, but they had to limit them to get the game to run well on a PS3, Emulator lets you access the 4k textures.
60909f No.14243368
>>14243354
>>14243326
Oh I didn't even know we had a functioning PS3 emulator. Thanks for the heads up.
eb47ba No.14243399
>>14243368
>functioning
More like "functioning". It can only run Persona 5 and Demon Souls properly, oh and a handful of PSP and PS2 ports, everything else can go to hell because the Patreon faggots only care about paying for their meme game to run properly. Much like Cemu and BOTW
8cfa34 No.14244065
>>14243399
>lying about shit anyone can easily look up and find for themselves
You're pathetic, anon. There's an assload of seventh-gen games that run well on RPCS3, even shit nobody cares about like Castlevania: Lords of Shadow.
2fc10d No.14244122
>>14243305
>>14243326
>>14243354
>>14243368
Also, you can use a DualShock 4 with the PS3, if that helps. Everything except rumble and the PS button works.
99f0a1 No.14244332
>>14233481
>>14237353
>>14240790
Go and become a Slayer of Lemons
eb47ba No.14244338
>>14244065
>Playable 25%
>assload
Blow it out your ass.
60909f No.14244342
Yeah so the emulator is perpetually loading and compiling shaders and I'm not quiet sure how to fix it at this moment. Nobody else seems to be having these issues as far as I can tell.
e75b88 No.14244378
>>14244065
did you actually look though the list. the majority are games that are already on PC, or shovelware shit.
8cfa34 No.14244419
>>14244338
>783 playable games
>not an assload
>>14244378
They're still making great progress considering the state the emulator was in last January, and it's not like emulators have to focus on getting the popular shit working first. There's nothing wrong with emulator devs accepting donations as long as they don't pull a CEMU and work on proprietary shit that only tries to play popular stuff.
e75b88 No.14244440
>>14244419
Yes they are making really good progress and that's commendable, but your boasting those 783 games. when only like 10 of them are worth playing and not already on PC.
ab8a10 No.14248888
Well, I got lucky and finally won my coveted yellow tornado hat. Three of them at that.
SL40, blue sign set at the beginning of 3-3 and was summoned 4 times in about 20m. I don't know how common it is since I've zero multiplayer activity outside this boss (as host and now enemy) but two players carried the Purple Flame Shield; I'm packing a Blessed Claymore so you can imagine how that went. The last one, I see a nip sounding name and start thinking this will be my comeuppance for bullying those other two but the Mind Flayers did the work. Seems I was very lucky to get those summoned as I waited another 40m and got nothing.
Side note, if you have the Cling Ring equipped, your HP as a Old Monk summon will be boosted.
142864 No.14249134
>>14232531
>t's a shame nobody will be able to see how Old Monk should actually work once they're down.
wait what?
1722ed No.14249181
>>14249134
Old Monk is one of the more fun and extremely unique bosses in that a player can be summoned, either through black stone invasion OR blue phantom summoning, to be the Old Monk. Sometimes you get dickheads who spam firestorm and munch grass more than a fucking lawnmower, but when you get a player who actually plays like a boss would, shit gets crazy.
Also, Maiden Astraea is the best boss, prove me wrong. Pro tip: you can't
142864 No.14249237
>>14249181
Aww that sucks, im gonna miss out on that. I only recently got enough for a ps3 looks like ill miss out on Old Monk
ab8a10 No.14249422
>>14249237
You still have about 20 days, which is more than enough to start from scratch and make it to Latria well-prepared. Have your character between SL30-40 and set a sign (red or blue) in Tower of Latria.
Signs in these older games are extra clingy so you gotta camp close to it, otherwise it vanishes.
>>14249181
>Sometimes you get dickheads who spam firestorm and munch grass more than a fucking lawnmower, but when you get a player who actually plays like a boss would, shit gets crazy.
That or hide and try to WotG you before you even enter the room.
I only had my Old Monk experience today. Maybe I should have been more creative; I just treat it like a duel. Even start with a bow as they cross the gate.
385af7 No.14250464
>>14232531
>Build a char level 100 especially for monk with the soul syphon method
>dragon bone breaker two handed, cursed weapon with glitched catalyst
>enough carry weight to wear the assassin's armor
>try to invade for about a day
>first invasion
>host dies on the way to the boss
>second invasion
>start having fun while we fight
>we spar until we both die
>nobody gets credited for the kill
>third invasion
>he's about to kill me and I'm struggling to even hit once
>he gets ballsy as he's about to win
>hit him ONCE for his full HP bar
The only problem with the game is how inactive it was.
This was in a span of two hours.
385af7 No.14250487
>>14249237
I can invade you if you want.
I was half thinking of dedicating a couple hours a day to monking around anyway.
3f55cc No.14250658
>make generally magic build with shield and spear
>dont know about the monk boss mechanics, beat him offline
>later try helping some poor souls going trough latria
>place blue sign
>instantly summoned
>wut
>cutscene plays and im becoming fucking old monk
>wait in boss area
>host comes trough fog and keeps his distance
>eventually kill him with magic
>"fuck let's try this again"
>place blue sign again
>summoned and cutscene plays
>realize all this time i have scrappy in inventory to make red phantoms think twice about invading my shit
>whip it out
>keep poking away at the host
>he finally realizes his weapon is fucked
>switches to some poor-ass scimitar
>scrap that too
>mfw he just tries to attack me with it barely doing anything at all