someguy wrote on Mar 28^th, 2012 at 8:55pm:



cool man, if you get xbox live i can help if you get stuck on a boss.

the first 2 you will have to fight on your own. (way game is made) but after that you can co-op if it gets too hard by yourself.

someguy wrote on Mar 29^th, 2012 at 11:01am:



every time you beat the game it scales up.

up to 7 times

fml spoke too soon. died to a black knight with a huge sword in that area. :/

Oakianus wrote on Mar 30^th, 2012 at 10:49pm:


aye i drank 5 flasks and used all 8 fireballs and he was at like 35% and i said fuck it. maybe im not supposed to be able to beat him now lol. and i could barely hurt him with melee even when he didnt block. went ahead and finished that level and beat the boss without anymore deaths. you can kind of AI shit on the boss heh. which i obviously took advantage of!

JDollar wrote on Mar 31^st, 2012 at 12:25am:



ya definitely. as do i! more games need a "you need to go grind this much to get past this point". another thing i really like about the game that I haven't seen in a game since morrowind... they let you freely explore areas where the enemies are WAY stronger than you yet you can grab the loot if you're crafty lol. found a wing spear and zweihander (big gs? like in d2 lol) in the graveyard near the starting area while running from skeletons. pretty fun

Hi Welcome wrote on Mar 31^st, 2012 at 2:41pm:


you can ninja loot shit without having to fight? I mean you'll be running from stuff but...doesn't sound too FF? I mean usually involved random encounters and drops from shops/mobs no? I never played 12

Hi Welcome wrote on Mar 31^st, 2012 at 3:27pm:


I did play 13 and I think the enemies were visible on screen there as you said. Just seemed really linear didn't notice much exploring. I could be wrong about it being 13 too...the one where they first introduced the new combat system and the characters were named like.. Sky? Snow? Lightning? Hope? Any of those sound familiar haha. I didn't even finish it as I got kind of bored about halfway through :/ Never was a huge fan of FF games. Only really played 7 and 2 on my itouch. I don't think it's that I dislike turn based games... because I liked Lost Odyssey on xbox and it was turn based. Can't put my finger on why I've never been excited about them or tried to play them. *shrug*

rev Jim wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2012 at 2:04am:


ya that was def the knight in the pic. i went back and fucked him after i got better at backstabbing. found another in the undead burg at the top of the tower and owned him too. had my winged spear up to +5 from farming shit in the burg. lol one of the knights with shield + rapier used his riposte stance on me before i knew what it was and he one shotted me when i used my non power attack :/ bastard. also tried to fight that big one legged, no faced, horned lightning throwing bastard near the smith. he fucked me up too

someguy wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2012 at 9:54am:

sm oak fucked shit up

ah i see lol. damn im ready to play though tonight. pretty addicting exploring new areas and seeing enemies that you dont understand yet. havent run into anything too challenging yet. but after reading what most people found difficult about the game im once again reminded how experienced in games i am lots of people complained of falling off ledges, rushing into ambushes and dying, attacking enemies before you observe them to see what they do, or just pulling too many enemies. ive yet to do any of that or put into a situation i couldnt avoid. im guessing most people havent used mob pulling techniques and lack patience. i expect to die on plenty of bosses though since they sound like trial and error. also not sure if im building my character correctly or if thats even an issue in this game. i dumped vitality as it seems ill never be able to outpace my HP with the damage enemies inflict. figure i should be dodging, blocking, parrying everything anyways. endurance seems pretty important for what shields/armor you can use and how fast you are though.

i havent been a fan of any of the swords ive found so far. also didnt know i could even attack the vendors. good to know so i dont accidentally attack one heh

so far ive preferred spears the most since i can block while i poke poke. also cant be interrupted, theyre really long range, and i can fight in hallways like you mentioned earlier in your post. theyre just somewhat slow with combos but doesnt seem like a huge disadvantage so far. might come into play against bosses later? anyways just blew out the church gargoyles. got the first down to 25% really quick and thought "whats going on? this is easier than some regular mobs ive fought earlier" and then the 2nd showed up and breathed fire all over the place. still they were much too slow to be a threat and telegraphed all their attacks for like 5 seconds. and ya ive got no doubt there will be things later i couldnt have predicted or experienced before. so many people say the game is tough im sure it really is at some point. ive done a lot of farming really and maybe im a bit ahead for where i am? im only lvl 16 but with a +5 winged spear and +5 hollow soldier shield. went for upgrading stuff before leveling. might regret it later. we'll see! also how many hours did you have on your end game file? im at 10 now. curious how many to expect from this game so i dont just go balls deep and finish it by the end of the week lol.

the one breathing fire on the bridge? no i figured he was just like an object there to make it so you couldnt get to that point lol. he didnt seem like a boss so i just ignored him and went around haha.

i did just die though to a new black knight using some sort of pole arm while exploring darkroot basin. :/ thought i had all his moves figured out after fighting him for about a minute and he landed a blow on me and i didnt heal because i got cocky and then he whips out the new move which was like swinging his weapon helicopter style around him twice and the first staggered me and 2nd ended me. bah fucker. i should have ran away and drank a flask to stay at full hp...