[–] PianoScientist 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago
Well, not a moment, but I play offline due to the lack of internet where I live. After I first met Solaire, I went back up to the balcony above him, and began sorting through my items. Firebomb selected, by chance. Then I bumped the "use item" button and threw my firebomb with accidentally unrivaled accuracy, aggroing Solaire below. I didn't know what exactly I was about to miss out on, it being my first time, and I ended up luring him out onto the drake's bridge and getting him killed by the fire. I never used a summon sign my entire first playthrough, forgetting about them after a few bosses and only learning later that I could have had allies for every single grueling boss fight. The single most heartpounding moment of that playthrough was beating the Ornstein and Smough after nearly 4 HOURS of throwing myself against them.
But hands-down, my most memorable moment from Dark Souls (and from any video game) came from the Painted World of Ariamis. From the edge of the cliff on the graveyard, I realized I could hear a strange noise coming from the forest below. It was a song, like this dark, ominous chant. It was the most eerily atmospheric, the most enveloping, beautiful moment I have ever had in any video game, imagining the things that could be singing in the forest. I tried to look up what the fuck it was on the internet, but I found no other accounts whatsoever of this. Closest thing I learned was that the Painted World is where the developers used to test certain sound effects, so I'm guessing it was that. A friend of mine also said he encountered the singing, but only for a few seconds as he was immediately killed, and then couldn't hear it after that.
[–] firakasha 0 points 7 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago
I am working on a no-shields run and so far it has placed in all three categories. Most fun: going dodge-only on Artorias (now I understand why a lot of people think it's the best fight in the game). Most heartpounding: only having parries for defense in PvP. Most brutal: having to plan around simply tanking the Four King's magic bolts. I never realized how much simpler Dark Souls is with a good shield until I forced myself to go without.
[–] 614014? [S] 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Artorias, hands down, one of my hardest and favorite fight in the souls series. Shield only run sounds interesting, I just completed a SL1 pyro run for fun, I may have to try shields. It's getting to the point where the game gets a bit easy, you gotta make your own challenges.
[–] firakasha 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
That's what I love about this game though; you may burn through the official achievements, but there are so many possible challenges you can do yourself. Like the SL1, or no-shields, or shields-only, or wolverine, or...
What's funny though is the one thing I've never done in this game is an "as-it-was-intended" run. I got into Dark Souls by watching Let's Plays and speed runs, so I started off with the master key and the shortcuts. I've never done it the old fashioned way. Which is why I'm so excited for Dks3. No wikis/youtubers to spoil it.
[–] SDK_War 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
I think one of my favorite was when I was doing my second playthrough. I was using the halberd and managed to wreck the Capra demon on my first try with some charcoal pine resin. It felt real good to get him don't after having such trouble on my first playthrough
[–] 614080? [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Ah, that reminds me. I had heard legends of the devilish duo known as Snorlax and Pikachu; players stopping their playthrough right then and there, 500+ deaths on the boss fight, it had me scared. Got to the fight, I killed them first time, on my first playthrough. You better believe I was ecstatic. I had the worst time with Capra my first runthrough, fucking dogs dude, they still occasionally get me
[–] Link1299 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
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