Dark Souls
This game is easy as shit! Everything dies in a few hits, what's the hype about?
Woah, shit got a lot more powerful. Some of it is a real struggle to get through. Still not too bad, though. Once I got each boss's rhythm down, they die almost as quick as the first time.
Okay…Fuck. I had to revise my strategies in a lot of sections in order to make it through. I really wish I had spent the time and resources to get better gear last goaround, because not having the best is getting me killed.
I'm reeeeeally sick of getging wiped out for making a single mistake. My key stats don't go any higher, and my equipment is upgraded as high as it goes. Am I missing something? Is there some variable that I overlooked that is causing my damage to fall behind and my sturdiness to wane?
No…It says that this is just as strong as I get. Should I grind souls to level my other stats for those precious resistances? Do I have the patience for that? Will it even matter?
Oh god…It's just like last time, but less forgiving. Anything less than lazerlike concentration is a death sentence. I don't fight anything unless I have to, because the risk just isn't worth it. I've spent so many hours staring at the bosses that I know exactly what their next move is based on where I am in relation to them. I don't know if Jolly Co-operation is worth the increased complication of factoring in Solaire's movement too. Does that make me a bad person?
It has taken me a loooong time to get here. Once more, same as before. All I have to do is not get hit, right?
Right?
At times, it feels like I'm just rolling the dice over and over until I get lucky and a minor bug gives me enough of an edge to win. Should I feel good about that?
I'm currently stuck here, at the maximum difficulty.
Even with intimate knowledge of the damage and defense capabilites of each boss, I just can't lay on enough damage to prevent more than two of the Four Kings from spawning, and I can't dodge deftly enough to avoid getting hit once the third King appears.
Is this just the ceiling that exists for me as an Xbox player without online support? Am I fated to go hollow for want of DPS? Is it possible to get lucky enough that the game tricks itself into lifting its boot off my throat?
I just don't know any more.