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[Alphagear]

Breezed through Bloodborne, DS3 and Elden Ring but Demons Souls is driving me mad.

There are hardly any bonfires and it seems you only get them after defeating a boss. Not to forget losing half your health bar if you die which can only return if you beat a boss or use an item which is fairly uncommon. The Cling Ring has helped a little.

I honestly thought it would the easiest of the Souls games from what I have read but so far I am really struggling. The issue isn't the enemy difficulty but the lack of bonfires. Seems a bit unfair to me.

On a side note the Sound and Graphics are the best I have seen on console to date. Puts Elden Ring to shame.

 

[Knightime_X]

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I'm not used to demon's soul's gameplay so to me it makes it a bit more challenging.

 

[Alphagear]

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I want to but can't find a decent place to farm souls either.

 

[RafterXL]

Demon's Souls is the hardest game from boss to boss, but has, by far, the easiest bosses in any From game. Also, don't let your tendency go dark if you're already having issues, you'll regret it.

Unless you play magic and then the entire is faceroll.

 

[SLB1904]

Nah, I never heard anyone complaining about demons difficulty

 

[Yoboman]

I want to but can't find a decent place to farm souls either.

4-2 there is a reaper that drops about 10k souls you can farm over and over with arrows

 

[The Cockatrice]

Odd considering its the easiest of them all. Do you play all souls games by just hugging and running around enemies because if that's the case I can see why Demons Souls is too hard since most of the levels are incredibly linear which leave almost no room to cheese enemies as other souls games. Still even with that in mind, besides 2-3 enemies the game was a cake-walk.

 

[tommib]

I can’t tell anymore since I know that game by heart. I got the platinum easily. Maneater on New Game always gives me anxiety though. Get a bow, upgrade it, and always have plenty of arrows. Bows and magic spells are op in Demon’s Souls. Just attack everything from as far as possible.

I miss the checkpoint system. Turns the game into survival horror but I know From will never go back to it. They’re now more interested in multi-stage boss fights with infinite health and not constant tension to finish a section.

 

[a multicultural team of v]

I've only ever beaten it with dual wielding crescent falchion and magic missile or whatever the fuck its called, but it is still a blast playing it that way.

 

[Codes 208]

4-2 there is a reaper that drops about 10k souls you can farm over and over with arrows

Then after that just keep re-entering the storm king’s arena for farming the 30-ish manta-rays

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

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[Alphagear]

Demon's Souls is the hardest game from boss to boss, but has, by far, the easiest bosses in any From game. Also, don't let your tendency go dark if you're already having issues, you'll regret it.

Unless you play magic and then the entire is faceroll.

I have only fought Phalanx and Tower Knight. Both were very easy.

My issue now is I can't go any further in the first Archstone world unless I kill an Archdemon. The other Archstone worlds are causing issues.

I have no idea what tendency is either lol.

 

[Arthimura]

You have to look for shortcuts. This way you can skip entire sections after you already passed them.

I find it harder than Dark Souls games.

I think some bosses from Bloodborne are harder, if you considering Chalice Dungeons and the DLC. But overall level progression is harder in Demon's Souls, imo.

 

[tommib]

I am only fought Phalanx and Tower Knight. Both were very easy.

My issue now is I can't go any further in the first Archstone world unless I kill an Archdemon. The other Archstone worlds are causing issues.

I have no idea what tendency is either lol.

You need to proceed to level 2-1. Boletaria will open up again by the end game.

 

[Mr Moose]

 

[FrankWza]

I have only fought Phalanx and Tower Knight. Both were very easy.

My issue now is I can't go any further in the first Archstone world unless I kill an Archdemon. The other Archstone worlds are causing issues.

I have no idea what tendency is either lol.

Isn’t the 2 guard backstab near the spawn point an early farm? Just backstab both and run back and repeat

 

[Alphagear]

Odd considering its the easiest of them all. Do you play all souls games by just hugging and running around enemies because if that's the case I can see why Demons Souls is too hard since most of the levels are incredibly linear which leave almost no room to cheese enemies as other souls games. Still even with that in mind, besides 2-3 enemies the game was a cake-walk.

Yes that's another reason.

Usually I just farm and level the character up until it's OP then decide to play the main story. No real skill involved. Elden Ring was perfect for me.

Here I can't find any decent farming spot.

 

[jshackles]

So difficult that I bailed on it after 40 hours

Spoiler

Just like every From game, I've still not beaten any of them

 

[Alphagear]

Isn’t the 2 guard backstab near the spawn point an early farm? Just backstab both and run back and repeat

Where is this spot?

 

[RiccochetJ]

I haven't played the remake yet, but with the original I always treated having half health as being your true health bar because you will die and that's likely the state you will be in for most of the game your first time through. And bonfires are a dark souls thing. In Demon's Souls, I believe every level has multiple shortcuts you can open that significantly shortens your path to the boss for that level/area.

 

[tommib]

Where is this spot?

Tower Knight patio. Turn back, kill the knights, run to checkpoint.

 

[Danjin44]

To me most of Demon’s Souls challenge is from level designs and enemy placements rather than actual boss fights.

 

[Grildon Tundy]

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I'm not used to demon's soul's gameplay so to me it makes it a bit more challenging.

Ah, man. Beat me to it.

 

[Hobbygaming]

You're not alone I've beaten like 11 or 12 of the bosses but I find it harder than Bloodborne. There's a lot of areas where you can fall to your doom

 

[FrankWza]

Where is this spot?

Tower Knight patio. Turn back, kill the knights, run to checkpoint.

Yeah just turn around and there’s 2 knights and then a few more enemies if you want extra and can do it fast enough

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

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[tommib]

To me most of Demon’s Souls challenge is from level designs and enemy placements rather than actual boos fights.

Which is how it should be.

Yeah, they were definitely the most difficult part of the game.

I just realized that’s the adjudicator.

 

[Alphagear]

You're not alone I've beaten like 11 or 12 of the bosses but I find it harder than Bloodborne. There's a lot of areas where you can fall to your doom

Yep and the lack of space to fight isn't helping me because of the level design.

Lost count how many times my weapon has hit a wall only to get hit by an enemy after.

 

[Danjin44]

Which is how it should be.

The problem is that difficulty comes when playing your first time because you have less knowledge, this also true most Demons Souls bosses because they are much more puzzle like rather skill based.

But once you have knowledge multiple playthroughs become less interesting compare later FROM games.

 

[Hobbygaming]

Yep and the lack of space to fight isn't helping me because of the level design.

Lost count how many times my weapon has hit a wall only to get hit by an enemy after.

Yup. It's harder to get powerful too like you said. I had the king's armor and sword already in 1-1 and I still wasn't op lol

 

[tommib]

Yep and the lack of space to fight isn't helping me because of the level design.

Lost count how many times my weapon has hit a wall only to get hit by an enemy after.

Get a spear or something. I remember getting shocked by the realism at the time of watching the sword hitting a wall leaving me vulnerable for an attack. Spam arrows and spells on tight corridors!

 

[93xfan]

I just play it on easy mode.

Up, up, down, down, left, right, left right, X, circle

 

[Needlecrash]

It's as hard as the original game for me. I enjoy it. If I fuck up, I know it's my fault for not adapting to the situation at hand.

 

[Mr Hyde]

Demon's Souls can be rough in certain areas. But the bosses are pretty easy outside Flamelurker and Maneater. The level design in Demon's Souls is the fucking bomb and the remake just accentuate that fact.

 

[ClosBSAS]

I love how demons souls does bonfires. Yes, it's the most difficult souls game for me. But there's something about that just clicks.

 

[jonnyXx]

I' struggled when I originally played it on PS3 and I struggled again with the remake.
This guy gave me a really hard time... I don't suggest using a Greataxe to fight him.

 

[kingpotato]

Also, don't let your tendency go dark if you're already having issues, you'll regret it.

I was invading players without realizing what it would do and damn did it make my playthrough a brutal slog lol.

 

[NikuNashi]

Game is perfect, its literally perfection.

However the boss runback to the old hero was challenging to say the least. But I got good. It takes time, the fun is the challenge.

 

[fart town usa]

Breezed through Bloodborne, DS3 and Elden Ring but Demons Souls is driving me mad.

There are hardly any bonfires and it seems you only get them after defeating a boss. Not to forget losing half your health bar if you die which can only return if you beat a boss or use an item which is fairly uncommon. The Cling Ring has helped a little.

I honestly thought it would the easiest of the Souls games from what I have read but so far I am really struggling. The issue isn't the enemy difficulty but the lack of bonfires. Seems a bit unfair to me.

On a side note the Sound and Graphics are the best I have seen on console to date. Puts Elden Ring to shame.

I started playing it fresh the other week too.

Good place to early farm is 3-1, those lantern enemies will mess you up but they're easy to take down in a few hits and net like 430 souls. They're kind of few and far between but there's one near the archstone and you can kill it, run back and touch the archstone to teleport "back" to 3-1. Fast loading makes it quick.

4-1 is good too with the skeletons but they can be tough if you're super early.

I used a spell to take out the boss of 2-1, really easy.

I feel like I'm the only one that isn't impressed with the graphics. I thought it looked better once I turned the classic filter on. In quality mode it's pretty impressive but the game feels terrible at 30fps. I honestly think the PS4 version (on a PS5) of ER looks better than Demon's Souls. Come at me bros.

 

[Captain Toad]

I find Demon's Souls the easiest game in the "series". Maybe it's because I've played it so many times that I know it inside and out.

I think I died maybe two times throughout my first playthrough of Remake (first being generous, as it's basically a 1 to 1 remake).

For comparison, the end boss of Sekiro took me three days of getting my ass handed to me, before it finally clicked.

 

[nominedomine]

The stingrays had my number the first time I played the game back in the day, I didn't have the patience to handle them so I would just try to run to the boss.

 

[LectureMaster]

Rule of thumb: play in soul form and use cling ring.

In soul form dying wouldn't impact the world tendency so it only gets whiter when you defeat bosses, making the game noticeably easier.
Cling ring gives you 25% more health in soul form.

Secondly, consider playing magics. Soul arrow trivialize a lot of challenges in early game. A good portion of the boss fights are more of a puzzle rather than a battle.

Lastly, if you are not ashamed of cheesing like me, the gold coin glitch still works on disc version game. Literally did this last night myself.

 

[Y0ssarian]

It was the easiest one fr. I beat it in 12 hours

 

[AJUMP23]

I think demon souls is easier than finding a ps5.

 

[Captain Toad]

Rule of thumb: play in soul form and use cling ring.

In soul form dying wouldn't impact the world tendency so it only gets whiter when you defeat bosses, making the game noticeably easier.
Cling ring gives you 25% more health in soul form.

Secondly, consider playing magics. Soul arrow trivialize a lot of challenges in early game. A good portion of the boss fights are more of a puzzle rather than a battle.

Lastly, if you are not ashamed of cheesing like me, the gold coin glitch still works on disc version game. Literally did this last night myself.

I use cling ring and thief ring, both found in 1-1, the entire game.

 

[LectureMaster]

I use cling ring and thief ring, both found in 1-1, the entire game.

Yes, hands down best rings for NG. If play magic build, you can swap thief ring with fragrant ring depending on situations.

 

[Captain Toad]

Yes, hands down best rings for NG. If play magic build, you can swap thief ring with fragrant ring depending on situations.

Strangely, I've always done a melee build until my latest playthrough. I found a magic build much more difficult, but I'm guessing that's mostly because I was less familiar with the build.

Plus, it's so easy to cheese the moronic AI with bow.

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

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[Danjin44]

Ugh, that UI looks so bad.

Regardless, Makoto best grill

 

[TheGrat1]

This dude gonna cry in the car when he gets to 5-2.