Dark Souls III

[famy]

i dont really think it was either and if it was then fucking blighttown made me forget about it lol

[Kalahari Inkantation]

1's opening hours are very forgiving (discounting the capra demon) if only because the game simply does not penalize you for death, unlike any other souls game

2 does, and on top of that, the pursuer is probably the hardest early-game boss in any souls game, plus its early-game environments are generally more hazardous than 1's and especially 3's

what's surprising about 3 is that despite its death penalty, its opening hours are even more forgiving than 1's

[Thyme]

they brought back the death penalty?

p.s. i haven't played 2

[famy]

its not as bad as dark souls 2 where you get punished with each death lol just a single one for lack of humanity

i miss bonfire ascetic

[Kalahari Inkantation]

and dark souls 2 isn't nearly as punitive as demon's souls where you lose 50% of your max health right off the bat

rather your max health diminishes by a tiny increment with each successive death, ultimately down to 50%

[Kalahari Inkantation]

p.s. i haven't played 2

and you should fix this btw

[Kalahari Inkantation]

I still don't see 1 as very forgiving.

Only 2 & 3 really

imo the difficulty disparity between 1 and 2 is negligible outside of boss arenas

there's no denying that 2's bosses are easier on average than 1's, but its environments and non-boss enemies are just as hazardous as ds1's are, if not more so

[Thyme]

p.s. i haven't played 2

and you should fix this btw

i don't know man i see vids and i'm like "...nah "

[Samus Aran]

p.s. i haven't played 2

and you should fix this btw

i don't know man i see vids and i'm like "...nah "

there are a lot of things i could complain about (and have done so endlessly) when it comes to 2, but at the end of the day it's still a fucking great game and you should really play it

[Samus Aran]

they brought back the death penalty?

p.s. i haven't played 2

3's is honestly a pretty negligible penalty. it's basically a light version of the demon's souls penalty. the hp difference between kindled vs unkindled is much less harsh.

however, it's also balanced better than dark souls 1 humanity. stacking humanity in 1 just makes you stronger and stronger, and it's way too easy to do so with how often you pick up humanities. and when you recover your souls, you recover all those soft humanities as well. plus they heal you if you use them.

on the other hand, you can only be kindled or unkindled in 3. if you're already kindled, you can't use an ember, it does nothing. it can't even heal you. so while you could theoretically use it while at low health and unkindled to both heal yourself and raise your max hp, it's a one-time thing.

so kindling is a less versatile system than humanity, but it's better balanced.

i didn't really like 2's system tbh. i think they found a happy medium with 3.

[Nyerp]

tbh you can just skip 2 and go straight to 3 and miss virtually nothing

[Samus Aran]

I still don't see 1 as very forgiving.

Only 2 & 3 really

imo the difficulty disparity between 1 and 2 is negligible outside of boss arenas

there's no denying that 2's bosses are easier on average than 1's, but its environments and non-boss enemies are just as hazardous as ds1's are, if not more so

i honestly think the environments in 2 are harsher than 1's.

[Thyme]

tbh you can just skip 2 and go straight to 3 and miss virtually nothing

that's p. much what i gathered yeah

[TooB]

tbh you can just skip 2 and go straight to 3 and miss virtually nothing

that's p. much what i gathered yeah

just play 2

[Kalahari Inkantation]

I still don't see 1 as very forgiving.

Only 2 & 3 really

imo the difficulty disparity between 1 and 2 is negligible outside of boss arenas

there's no denying that 2's bosses are easier on average than 1's, but its environments and non-boss enemies are just as hazardous as ds1's are, if not more so

i honestly think the environments in 2 are harsher than 1's.

yeah, i agree

i truly don't understand why ds2 is generally regarded as so much easier than 1 lol

it's only true of ds2's bosses, and even then only arguably