Soulslike - Discussion, News, Memes

I'm going to try to finish Dark Souls for the first time ever. PTD edition because I just have had it so long - and yes the DSFix still works without issue on Win10 at least. I've cleared Nito and Seath. I did semi-blindly. Many years ago when I tried it for the first time, I just couldn't get into it. Too obscure mechanics and stat systems, too detached world and with combat that just didn't feel fun for me. I cleared Taurus demon by luck (he fell) and then met with the Drake and just didn't have it in me to continue. Too many hurdles to get over at once so I never got into soulslikes and I just started to call them "dodgewanking" games. My friends however persuaded me to play Elden Ring (reforged+seamless) and I was able to learn the game logic and stat systems through that. Also could learn the game as suits me as one friend is playing a tank and the other is a sorcerer - leaving me to just bumble about with a fun jack-of-all-trades build without it being an issue since I'm being carried anyway. Also learned to play with a controller for the first time in my life. So I started to feel like giving Dark Souls another go as this time I'd be able to mostly focus on the game itself, without having to learn everything from scratch. Granted I had heard that the "easy" build was STR+Sword so I did go with that. I am the type of player that does like to systematically go through everything so I did get Zweihander almost immediately, which served me until I got the Black Knight Sword and... well that's about that for my weapons. Now I'm just messing around with other weapons because thanks to being thorough, I have a ton of crafting materials (and I'm lvl75) and I just wanna see what they do but I only really needed the now-Divine Zweihander for Nito. Else the BKS gets the job done a bit too effectively to not use. I did pump up my other stats so I can wield Greatsword of Artorias for when I go back to New Londo. Though that's more on principle than out of any real need. I just don't like depending on consumables. And I do use some heal miracles for out of combat and some utility spells like Light and Hidden Body (makes running from the bonfire to the boss slightly smoother). For armor I'm just using Thief+Wanderer for looks unless the situation really feels better with something else (like Favor set for Seath).

For favorite area... In Dark Souls I guess Darkroot. And Caelid in Elden Ring. Mainly for visuals, not so much for the gameplay. In terms of gameplay i think I actually like Anor Lando because I prefer a few tough enemies to a ton of weak ones. Plus exploration that's easy to make systematic.