2012-01-06, 11:39 PM
FelixTM Wrote:Sounds like you've been reading /v/ threads or something for your opinions. Seriously, Sarah.I don't visit 4chan. You should know this by now, Felix! I read various reviews; some from die-hard fans who had a lot of negative things to say (though still claimed to love it)
Yes, you can warp around key Bonfires in the game after you have the Lordvessel (which you get from plot progression). The only case of "backtracking" you may not like before that is climbing out of Blighttown (which isn't even hard or time consuming, people just like to whine like casuals).
If you learn how to be prepared you'll never have ANY trouble with status inflictions EVER. a) They're easy to avoid completely in 99% of situations. You get punished for being reckless. This is a Souls staple. b) Just buy/farm the appropriate cures and carry them with you. Don't have to worry about mistakes. They are easy to acquire even very early in the game. Again, you were listening to retard baby casuals/IDIOTS.
World Tendency was removed completely because it was dumb anyway. From Software realized this.
I actually don't mind the tendency system though I think it could've been set up better. It's infinitely easier to get a dark tendency for some dumb reason. I've got two characters because on my first time playing I didn't really know anything about tendency and how it worked so I figured HEY I'M SURE RUNNING AROUND IN HUMAN FORM IS A BETTER IDEA. When I got to 4-2 I had a black tendency and couldn't progress because of fucking black phantoms EVERYWHERE. It should be easier to increase your tendency if you need to (and I don't mean like "hand it to me" easy; I mean POSSIBLE, since only fucking bosses really give you positive tendency.) But I really like the idea of new paths and quests opening up based on your actions.
How do they make up for this in Dark Souls? Can you use spells on the environment to open previously unreachable areas? Also are there more weapons/armor in this one? I've used only two sets of armor for the entire game (fluted and brushwood) and I find that really annoying. I also basically just switched between the crescent falchion and dragon longsword for melee as well as sticky compound bow for ranged attack. Hiltless was nice but getting hurt when you attack is dumb.
Also regarding weapon repair I remember something about crystal weapons being unrepairable. If I earn an ultimate weapon, which I'm assuming these are, I don't want to never be able to use them. That's dumb and that's a big reason why Fire Emblem is garbage. More information on this is appreciated.