- #NOT BEING SUMMONED AS DARK MOONLIGHT BLADE DARK SOULS 3 FULL#
- #NOT BEING SUMMONED AS DARK MOONLIGHT BLADE DARK SOULS 3 OFFLINE#
It's a lot more frustrating to realize however good you are at fighting ghouls in the dark, it actually doesn't translate all that well to fighting people who aren't bound by problematic AI. None of them were jerks-they were just good, which is honestly more infuriating than someone coming into the game and playing a trick. On the other side, over and over, were other players who, within moments, tore me to pieces. In any case, I tried to put visions of Potato Marshal out of my head, and climbed the dangerous stairs to Old Monk's home. Potato Marshal was knocking me to the ground, forcing my character into a lengthy animation, knocking me down another level, and starting the process over again.
In this case, I'd lost several levels before realizing what was really happening. Gaining a level in Demon's Souls doesn't happen all that often, especially once you're deep into the game. What does soulsucker do to another player? It de-levels you, one suck at a time. Not only was he prepared to drag out the spear, he'd brought a brand-new toy with him: the soulsucker spell. I figured this would carry over, but I was wrong. In a previous fight, Potato Marshal conceded his scraping spear was a dick move, and we battled on more reasonable terms. This is what I did after encountering Potato Marshal for Old Monk in Demon's Souls and having such a terrible time.
#NOT BEING SUMMONED AS DARK MOONLIGHT BLADE DARK SOULS 3 OFFLINE#
Playing Old Monk offline still requires you to fight someone, but it's a much more generic fight, and every time you come back, they try the same moves. There is a trend among some folks: going offline. So much of video game design is built around players picking up on predictable behaviors and responding accordingly, and here, Demon's Souls developer FromSoftware threw its hands up and gated progress behind defeating the most unpredictable actor: a human being. It's a wholly unique experience because no fight is the same, and if you die, you're starting from scratch again. It is the one and only time Demon's Souls requires players to advance by beating a human being, instead of trying to work out the patterns of its AI-driven creatures. In this case, it's summoning another actual player into the arena, even if you're at reduced health. But Old Monk has a solution to this problem: summoning someone to fight in their place. Compared to the other monstrosities that lurk in Demon's Souls, Old Monk is downright pathetic. Old Monk sits atop an enormous throne, unable to move, let alone put up a fight. If you take the health hit, you never have to worry about such an invasion.
#NOT BEING SUMMONED AS DARK MOONLIGHT BLADE DARK SOULS 3 FULL#
One other reason to avoid walking around at full health is because it allows other players to "invade" your game. You end up playing most of the game this way because death is frequent and gaining full health requires use of a special and limited item (or beating a boss). When a player dies in Demon's Souls, they return in a diminished form with less than full health. Warning: This will spoil one of the cooler moments in Demon's Souls !
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