Demon's Souls Coming to America.

[schild]

We can't play together. You're just gonna have to double dip. Suck it up.

Is this the F13.net catchy slogan?


"F13.NET.................suck it up!"

No.

[Rasix]

I need a third fourth console in the house like a hole in the head given how much work I have in the coming year, but damn me if I'm not thinking of getting a PS3 to play this and Little Big Planet.

LBP isn't worth buying a console over (seriously people, it's just bad platformer with annoying physics.  You didn't buy a Wii for Mario, did you?), Demon's Souls is.

[Khaldun]

LBP appeals because my eight-year old is getting very into the idea of game design after a game design summer camp, and I figure it's a pretty good authoring tool for her to mess around with.

[Jain Zar]

Im planning on getting this even though I fully expect it to abuse me in ways I mostly reserve for Fire Emblem games.

You mofos better not be frontin' on it being good.

[schild]

Im planning on getting this even though I fully expect it to abuse me in ways I mostly reserve for Fire Emblem games.

You mofos better not be frontin' on it being good.

I can't really say whether or not you'd know if it was good or not. Isn't Altered Beast the last game you played that required any sort of reflexes? So, yea, expect this to be hard.

Needless to say, we're not worried about judgement from you, on your mountain of lameness.

[Yegolev]

LBP appeals because my eight-year old is getting very into the idea of game design after a game design summer camp, and I figure it's a pretty good authoring tool for her to mess around with.

It is.  The shittiness of the platforming is due to the way the Sackboys jump; people use the term "underwater" a lot but LBP jumping is the Real Deal.  Taken in a void, it is not bad, but after decades of playing other platformers it is rather annoying to have to relearn jumping.  I raised the blade, made the change and completed the game, but for others it was a gamebreaker even before the final level.  The level construction, however, is pretty awesome if you are into that sort of thing.  I only make machines, actually, and it's rather halfass for srs bzns building.  For crazy shit, it's awesome.  One of my cars is simply a huge rubber wheel with four rockets attached; the inside is lined with sponge which activate the rockets when you grip it.  Believe it or not, it is very effective at murdering Sackboy pilots due to the pretend-G-forces involved.

Otherwise I have made a basic rocket car, and two trackless bulldozers with huge gears for wheels and movable scraper blades.  My next project is to put treads on a frame and then build a dozer from that, but technical issues with the treads are causing development to be very slow; in particular, I am abandoning the toothed drive wheels in favor of rubber ones.  Rubber drive wheels require me to add tensioning connectors between the wheels, and that's about where I have stopped.  I even have already assembled an assembly frame which I can use to put the prebuilt treads onto a vehicle.

[ghost]

Im planning on getting this even though I fully expect it to abuse me in ways I mostly reserve for Fire Emblem games.

You mofos better not be frontin' on it being good.

Oh, it is quite good.  The only negative is that it can get a bit repetitive, but otherwise it is the real deal.

[AcidCat]

It is.  The shittiness of the platforming is due to the way the Sackboys jump; people use the term "underwater" a lot but LBP jumping is the Real Deal.  Taken in a void, it is not bad, but after decades of playing other platformers it is rather annoying to have to relearn jumping. 

Yeah I got LBP to play with my daughter, and the further we got in the game the more frustrating this issue became. We eventually became disinterested before we ever finished, just due to frustrations with the control.

I never even ended up trying the level builder, because at the end of the day I don't want to invest time making a level when I don't even really enjoy the gameplay.

At least the game had decent trade-in value.

[Rasix]

It is.  The shittiness of the platforming is due to the way the Sackboys jump; people use the term "underwater" a lot but LBP jumping is the Real Deal.  Taken in a void, it is not bad, but after decades of playing other platformers it is rather annoying to have to relearn jumping.  

Yeah I got LBP to play with my daughter, and the further we got in the game the more frustrating this issue became. We eventually became disinterested before we ever finished, just due to frustrations with the control.

I never even ended up trying the level builder, because at the end of the day I don't want to invest time making a level when I don't even really enjoy the gameplay.

At least the game had decent trade-in value.

Exact same experience here, but with no daughter. Gamestop guy was a bit taken aback when I traded it in.

[schild]

Been playing more of the American version of Demon's Souls. Fun fact: Experience under Dexterity is actually Falling Damage. Yea, dex decreases falling damage. GOOD TO KNOW.

Anyway, it's pretty much perfect now. Other than me being an anal retentive bastard, if you didn't get the Asian version, you owe it to yourself as a gamer to get this one. If you got the asian version, you should still get it just to endorse the localization of stuff like this.

[JWIV]

I've ordered mine!  It's still a month out or so though. 

[ghost]

Been playing more of the American version of Demon's Souls. Fun fact: Experience under Dexterity is actually Falling Damage. Yea, dex decreases falling damage. GOOD TO KNOW.

Except for the fact that most falls in this game lead to instant death.....

[Tige]

Been playing more of the American version of Demon's Souls. Fun fact: Experience under Dexterity is actually Falling Damage. Yea, dex decreases falling damage. GOOD TO KNOW.

Except for the fact that most falls in this game lead to instant death.....

The only place for me that required falling was four hundred drops I made down the short cut to get to the Flamelurker.  I hated that bastard with a passion.  I'll pick the NA release of this but do I ever dread having to take him out again. 

[Yegolev]

There's this place in the first area where you can drop off the ramparts to get to a weapon.

[Segoris]

For the xbow? I don't think I've had a char take damage from that fall

I've died once getting the thief's ring though, missing the jump from the stairs onto the top of the wall/railing hurt.

[Tige]

There's this place in the first area where you can drop off the ramparts to get to a weapon.

Wasn't that the crossbow?  It wasn't too bad but I did start as a thief so I think I was lvl 9 at the start or something close to it.  I guess if you started with a lower initial level it would pose a problem.  Kinda like the problem I had getting my strength up to carry the flame shield for the express purpose of killing the bastard Flamelurker.   Bastard.

[Yegolev]

Hmmm, I thought it was a sword or something, I also remember I died from the drop the first time and I was a rogue or thief or whatever.  It was at the top of the wall where you find the first blue-eyed shield knight blocking your progress.  No matter, there were several places you might jump from in that area, all of dubious benefit.

[Tige]

I remember the first blue-eyed knight but not the shiney loot in that area other than the crossbow, anyway, hopefully the NA release will have the details on stats for characters and equipment clearly defined.  My character grew in odd directions at times as new info was translated.   

[Segoris]

I think you may be thinking the bastard sword (which is before reaching the top of the rafters that brings you to the blue-eyed knight area). That isn't a jump that kills you if you do it right, if that is the one you're talking about. After that mob rolls the giant boulder down at you, you backtrack and jump down for it without losing any hp.

(I'm fairly positive it was the bastard sword, and that is what you're talking about)

[schild]

I have taken damage once since I started on the NA version :awesome:

[Hawkbit]

Was the game nerfed or are you proficient?

[schild]

I've logged 120 hours. You can say I'm proficient.

Pretty sure I've memorized the location of every mob in the game.

Edit: And their pathing and their loot tables.

[Tige]

So have they given you the motion controls for DS yet?

[ghost]

I just started into this again after a bit of a layoff.  It seems significantly easier post-patch.  Can anyone confirm or deny this?

[schild]

I just started into this again after a bit of a layoff.  It seems significantly easier post-patch.  Can anyone confirm or deny this?

All the monster placement and AI was the same. You've just gotten better, that happens.

[ghost]

All the monster placement and AI was the same. You've just gotten better, that happens.

I can assure you this is not the case, haha. 

Halberd is the shit, btw.

[ffc]

This guy's frustration from playing dying is pretty funny:  0:00-0:20, 1:35-2:40, and 4:30-5:00.  Can't wait.

[Teleku]

OK fuck faces, I finally broke down and ordered a PS3.  Guess this will be my first purchase.

[Trippy]

Still a month to go, though, before DS is released here so you'll want to get some other games to play in the meantime.

[Teleku]

Meh, that's what the Battlestar on Blue Ray is for  .

It's probably a good thing.  I actually have a bunch of shit I need to get done this month, so keeping down game playing time is probably a good idea.

Or I might purchase that Persona game everybody here also jizzed all over.  Hmm.

[Velorath]

Pick up InFamous in the mean time.

[ahoythematey]

Tycho talks about Demon's Souls in his latest post at Penny Arcade.  Hopefully, this will get the word out a little more.

[Soulflame]

$300 for the console, then $60 for the game itself?  Plus my TV belongs in a museum, so I'd possibly want to (or even have to) spend money for that as well.  It's not that I doubt you, but I'm skeptical that I'd actually want to lay down that sort of cash.

[ghost]

$300 for the console, then $60 for the game itself?  Plus my TV belongs in a museum, so I'd possibly want to (or even have to) spend money for that as well.  It's not that I doubt you, but I'm skeptical that I'd actually want to lay down that sort of cash.

In my opinion it is "choose the PS3 over the Xbox" good, not necessarily "plop down $800 bucks" good. 

[Azazel]

Been playing more of the American version of Demon's Souls. Fun fact: Experience under Dexterity is actually Falling Damage. Yea, dex decreases falling damage. GOOD TO KNOW.

Anyway, it's pretty much perfect now. Other than me being an anal retentive bastard, if you didn't get the Asian version, you owe it to yourself as a gamer to get this one. If you got the asian version, you should still get it just to endorse the localization of stuff like this.

Wait.. you're playing it but it's not released? Pre-release media copy to butter up the Website owner?

Anyway, how much is this thing likely to be when it's released in the US? Play-Asia is often a bit gougey on US titles, so I might want to enlist a trustworthy f13'er to take my money and send a copy out. Appears that there's no UK/European/AU release on the books.