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Yes. That too!

Also, I keep clicking thumbs up and the list of things I need to 'review' keeps getting bigger. Going through the whole pile looks to be a task of Sisyphean proportions.

Browsing the selection* I am strongly reminded of browsing the computer fairs of my youth, what with all the awesome box art attached to potentially extremely shonky games.

*browsing, by the way...

On the subject of invasions, I have been invaded barely at all, despite generally being un-hollowed for the most part. What's everyone else's experience been like?

Also, summoning help for Capra can make it a LOT less painful, someone tanks it whilst others take out the dogs. Once the dogs are gone it's plain sailing. I spent a few hours Sunday and Monday...

Did you beat the belltower gargoyles yet? If so there's a chap in the belltower who can absolve your sins for a price. Andre should talk to you again after that.

What they can do is cause enemies hitting you to recoil/interrupt more frequently while attacking so you can stab them with prejudice. But, like many things is dark souls, it's pretty situational,...

I meant more in terms of exploration/discovery of new items/new beasties and such, and less in terms of tactics. In fact I heartily recommend getting a headstart on some of the more esoteric...

I would also caution against overdoing the guides and videos, this game is truly at it's best when you play it blind. Once you can start a character and get to, and kill, taurus and the black knight...

Most of them, bosses and mini-bosses have a chance to drop some too, but it's mostly RNG, I was lucky enough to get the Black Knight's sword of him in the area before Taurus. Hits like a train, but I...

And now it really looks fantastic!

Blightown, absolutely harrowing. Going through there for the first time ever this afternoon was one of the most intense gaming experiences I've ever had. And deeply unpleasant *for all the right...

I remember when I first played spending a good 2 hours trying to get through the graveyard in Firelink and dying over and over. I just though I was rubbish (everyone did say Dark Souls was hard after...

I sometimes wonder whether Dark Souls is less a game about skill and more about maintaining an air of jaunty positivity in the face of extreme provocation.

It *is* one of those games that's fun to watch others play :) it's certainly less stressful that way. Once I've got through the game I shall sit down and watch them all.

I watched the first few episodes not 2 days ago after dusting off the xbox version in preparation for today: excellent LP :)

Sounds plausible, I do love how the mechanics of this game are so murky.

There must be some reason for it though? Only happens online. I must have collected 5 or 6 humanity crystals over the course of today.

You get humanity when someone uprates one of your orange messages, similar to how you get extra estus when someone rests at a bonfire you've kindled.

I'm definitely getting a bit stuttery in Blightown, not tried it without the mod yet so it could be that. Might just Blightown.

grumble grumble blightown grumble why do I do this to myself grumble

I'm just doing the Depths now, so should be in Blightown soon. Thus far though, there's been no issues in places where the consoles start tanking e.g. during boss death, backstabs, resting etc. It's...

Not yet, I know Adam is playing it today, not sure when to expect a WiT. I get the impression that few if anyone got code, and that if they did they got it at the same time as everyone else.

The...

Ok 'nother before/after with the new version of the buffer fix by Durante:

Before: http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/1135159931824707293/DF208A87941BC871ED7BA46E2942AE3C73D9C0A5/

After:...

He did mention somewhere in the original NeoGAF thread that he'd been prepping for a few days beforehand. The 23 minutes were from the point he actually got hold of the game. Sterling work...

Slight caveat, the fix causes the between-player messaging to break (not a huge deal but the co-op aspects really do elevate the experience), chap's apparently working on a fix though. It is very...