Well, woke up at half 6 because of someone elses fucking alarm and could only think about this thread. So i might be quite literally mental, but it's time to 180, sit and argue about videogames again. Will try not to attack people's personal experience and ignore tales of MX7 impressing a crowd of jocks
My workmate has me in her phone as "hater 180"
Oddly enough none of the screaming bitches have arrived to succ me for beating DS1 deathless yet. I guess it's hard to get here during lockdown.
As before, I'm talking about the difficulty of combat only, not the world or obtuse mechanics.
MX7 wrote:I found the Taurus Demon much harder than that which preceded it
I struggle to imagine a world in which this can be true. Steamflogger's laugh gif reacts fit here way more than they do for Pontiff, but no matter, I'm trying to be nice now lmao.
I dunno, roll backwards. I always facefuck him while mashing out attacks and try to roll to his back but sometimes he has janky hitboxes up close, i'll give you that.
MX7 wrote:I also find the Capra Demon (is this the one with the two dogs?) easier, as it's a more aggressive and abrupt fight.
D33p dive on Capra Demon:
Oh, dear me, I forget, is this the one with the two dogs?
Possible arguing semantics here, i don't think it's particularly illuminating to call the fight 'aggressive.' You either kill a dog before Capra's opening swing gets you, which i think is a gamble. Or you manage to get around the dogs to the safety of more open space behind, or the stairs. Allowing you to take the dogs out.
I mean, the boss sure is
aggressive.. usually coming forward with a jump swing while the dogs rush forward to put you into stun.
Someone once wrote on here that the Capra Demon fight is decided in the first few seconds, which still holds true.
So what, you mash out an attack and get lucky enough to kill a dog early. That's aggressive, I guess. One swing.
Or you evade for a better position. Not aggressive.
Capra is actually trivialised by having like, any poise. Poise = dogs won't stun, you can get through the first few seconds. The wolf ring is available to every player, easily obtainable in Darkroot. any "impatient" player with no armour can do this.
For what it's worth I always fastroll but would throw on some armour just for Capra.
When the dogs are dead, Capra is completely nonthreatening. Slow swings, a jump, a 3 hit combo. You might have to roll literally one attack to counter. You probably only need to walk backwards to outspace most of his shit. *coughunlikeanyofthetoughbossesinds3*
Jesus don't make me deep dive the moveset of every fight in DS1 cause I swear to christ I'll do it.
Steam wrote:Worth noting I've been SWITCHING WEAPONS as needed.
Way too much time and souls investment to upgrade various weapons, no?
Unless no grinding is required, truly.
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I'm in a sporting mood with too much time on my hands (you may have guessed)
So MX7 what was your build and weapon set when you demolished DS3 first time? Also, is this including DLC?
Once I've dug out the Ps4 I'm going to play through it in your shoes.
Also a list of the bosses you beat first time would be of interest.
Looking back on my own subjective experience of DS3, I blazed through it wayyy more than I did DS1, because I'd been through every other game. A boss killing me more than twice was a surprise moment, and perhaps a bit of a shock considering at this point I just expected to be effective throughout. Outer wall/ the first area loool fucked me up way more than anywhere else cause I had my cool glasses on 
, thinking I can just sleepwalk everything. Or maybe it was because I played as deprived idk.
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To conclude..
(and repeat what I say all the time)
This can be fixed with a slice of Occam's Razor+10
Most people will remember their first souls as the hardest.
I'm way more interested in breaking the games down and talking about what they ask of the player.
Just compare Iudex Gundyr vs Asylum Demon ffs
One of those bosses lets you just walk round to its arse after a plunge attack and wail. A massive blind spot.
microcosm of the differences between games tbh
As a further example, I find DoDonpachi Daioujou SIGNIFICANTLY easier than Ketsui, even though I have spent a similar amount of time on both, and Ketsui has two fixed extends and seemingly more bluffable patterns. The only explanation I can think of for this is that the patterns in DOJ suit my playstyle more. When cycling, I go up a few gears when climbing a hill even though everyone I ride with thinks I'm insane. I just find it easier. Mileages vary in every pursuit!
