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[–] firakasha 0 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.

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[–] 614014? [S] 0 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.

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[–] firakasha 0 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.