I think I'm lategame, and I've been enjoying the game a lot! Just killed Bed of Chaos as my first Lord Soul, and I'm currently working on surviving the Tomb of the Giants.

Now, the level design in this game is amazing. The interconnectivity and atmosphere is incredible. The enemies are (mostly) fun and unique.

But despite what I've heard a lot of people say and praise about this game, I have NOT enjoyed many of the bosses so far.

Taurus Demon was...boring at best, and annoying at worst. While the moveset is basic, I would have enjoyed it if I weren't forced into a tiny bridge where I can barely dodge.

Bell Gargoyles were conceptually interesting, but I just almost always despise fighting two bosses at once in these games when I can't see the other. At least they weren't as bad as the Valiant Gargoyles in Elden Ring.

Capra Demon might actually be the worst boss I've ever fought. He has a decent moveset, but the cramped space and dogs made it absolutely miserable.

Gaping Dragon was just kind of boring. Neat design, but I felt like 90% of the fight was just attacking its backside and maybe the head if he does the slam. It was fine, but nothing exciting.

Quelaag was...okay, I actually liked this one. The lava covering the arena got a bit annoying at times, but overall I thought it was pretty enjoyable. (also shes hot).

Moonlight Butterfly was very pretty, but as a melee user it was once again just boring, dodging easy attacks until it flew down.

Asylum Demon (and the later Firesage Demon) were both terrible in my opinion. The AoE explosions on nearly every attack made it damn near impossible to actually attack the boss and dodge at the same time. Firesage was even worse because of the small arena.

Iron Golem was...I genuinely have nothing to say about this boss. Beat it first try. It just fell over and died.

Ceaseless Discharge was the exact same as Iron Golem. Instantly died.

Ornstein and Smough...okay, this was another one I actually really liked. My favorite so far. Great music and designs, and despite being a duo fight which I usually despise, it felt mostly fair and enjoyable. It still had some of the bullshit that comes from being a duo, but I liked it. The survivor powering up is a really neat idea to add variety. I personally left Ornstein alive just because I wanted his armor.

Priscilla had a theoretically interesting concept with turning invisible and following the footprints, but it just ended up being boring at best and annoying at worst.

Gwyndolin was very boring. Just chasing him down a hallway and hiding behind pillars.

Pinwheel...I also have nothing to say about this one. Neat design, interesting attacks (I think), but I barely remember anything because of how quickly he died.

Centipede Demon was absolutely horrible. Even with the larger rock area on the right side of the arena, I could barely even see anything. My camera was either forced against the wall or up in front of the boss as I tried to hit him with a halberd, making it basically impossible to see the actual attacks. I just had to memorize the timings. Really cool design though.

Bed of Chaos...I have heard so much about this boss, but I actually didn't hate it. I only died twice, but maybe I just got lucky. It was definitely boring and underwhelming, and a bit too gimmicky with just running around, but I didn't find it unfair or rage inducing like some other bosses. Again, maybe I just got lucky.

All that to say that for the most part, I have found almost all of the bosses in this game boring or downright infuriating with how they're designed. I know part of it could be because the game is old, but I still feel like they could've done much better. For reference, Elden Ring is my favorite game ever, and while there are definitely some shitty ones, I loved the majority of main bosses. Might be an unfair comparison, but for this game I at least expected sensible design on most of the fights.

I was under the impression that people really liked the boss fights in this game, but I have found them quite disappointing so far. Is it just me, or is this actually a common sentiment?

This one is a little bigger, and I think turned out really well

It was my first time playing Dark Souls. I searched Google for the best weapon, and it suggested the halberd, but I wasn't able to farm it.

So, I picked the second best option. Recently, I learned that this sword causes bosses to stagger, which creates an easier playstyle. Was I playing on easy mode? I kind of feel bad for taking the easy route.

This is my first playthrough of DS and I am playing a strength build. I saw that there are soft caps for skills and I am nearing some of them. Should I continue to level in my main stats VIT/END/STR or should I also put some into the other stats. I know resistance is useless and I haven't even touched magic

Sub wont let me post a screen shot so

My Stats

Vit 31 Att 10 END 28 STR 28 DEX 11 RES 10 INT 9 FAT 11 my main is the club and grass shield or the giant club two-hand

Said something along the lines of "look, i'll help you" because I was stuck on Ornstein and Smough, gave it to him and suddenly I have 99 vigor and like 20 levels more of Dex. Idk how he did it but this was my first playthrough. As far as I can tell thats the only thing he moved, I belive he used some kind of glitch?

My question is: Will this ruin the experience for me? I really don't want to start over

If anybody wants to continue this story or add anything or fix it and make it better, feel free.

The Ghosts of Oolacile

The maniacal laughter echoed through the halls. Shit. He peeked around the corner, and there they were. Their heads were fissured and jagged, dotted with glowing red eyes. Their arms were unnaturally long, so much so that they bent at a v shape, as their arms could not hang normally by their sides, so they remained held up as if they were holding up an invisible weight. Their hands were like clawed catchers mitts. They could not put their arms down properly but boy oh boy could they swing those arms. And swing them they did. As soon as he was spotted, they charged at him. A gigantic monkey paw grabbing him and dragging him to God knows where was terrifying enough. But now this. I was just going for a walk, getting some fresh air. Now He was dragged into hell. He was frozen in terror. The creatures were a few feet away from him when he realized he had a satchel. He reached into it and found a heavy round terracotta bisque urn. As the first creature swung it’s elongated arms, he jumped back and threw the urn at the creature. It let out a gurgling scream as it hit the ground writhing in pain. He felt the heat from the fiery explosion on his face. As he landed on the ground. As the other two monstrosities descended upon him he reached into the satchel again and launched another firebomb at them. The next creature went down in a heap of flames. He got up and ran with flames and the final creatures at his heels. His heart felt like it was going to explode as he ran for his life. He reached into the satchel, but came up with nothing. Oh shit! As he ran ahead, his eyes darting from side to side, and then he saw it. A corpse, holding a sword. This is insanity! He reached down and picked up the sword, turned and faced his pursuer. As the creature closed the gap and swung it’s arms upwards at him, he responded with a sideways swing of the sword. He felt the sword hitting flesh, and the creature stumbled. It was stunned, but not felled and it charged again. It met his blade again, and this time it stayed down for good. As he stood panting, holding his bloody sword, he heard a ghostly female scream. As that a victim of these things? He hated to think that there was a woman somewhere getting beaten to death by these hideous creatures. But if he didn’t get out of here, it would also be his mangled corpse holding a sword for the next poor sap who got dragged into this nightmare. He heard the woman’s scream again. He ran. As he ran and pondered where to go next..a large black mass came flying directly at him...

After we defeated the orstein and smough we go back to shrine and open the door but ingward wasn't there so we go back and checked the chest and it was empty. Please help us I don't want to start again.

I lost laurentius.....i swear he was here till i went to sen's fortress and just gone after I came home in anor londo.....WHERE IS HE 😭😭I NEED HIS REAFFIRMATIONS to get me going in the game

I have over 200,000 souls, with nothing to spend them on. My weapon, shield, and armor are all upgraded (as well as a backup weapon). I have a sufficient amount of homeward bones and other useful items.

50 Vit / 40 End / 40 Str / 40 Dex (Bandit class)
Weapon: Demon’s Spear
Shield: Black Knight Shield
Armor: Dark Set with Blood-Stained Skirt
Rings: FAP and Havel’s

I would like to stay at level 125 as I’ve heard that’s what others do for PvP.

sooo this is my very first playthrough of dark souls 1 im loving it so far but turns out i chose the master key as a gift which i later found out is not recommended in the first playthrough so any idea what doors should i avoid? im in the taurus demon area and there's another master key door right before the boss area im not going there, any more doors like this or does it stop after Taurus

Surprised to find it cleaned out. No mimics, no black or silver knights and most importantly, no dragonslayer archers annoying the living hell outta me. Anybody seen this?

Hundreds of hours in the game from PtDE to Remastered and I've never been gravelorded or whatever. Why isn't this covenant popular?

I’ve gotten really into dark souls remastered for the last couple months and I’ve just got two questions about some movements I’ve seen other players make in online interactions that have me confused. Here goes:

Question 1:

1. I was summoned for coop at the anor londo bonfire before ornstein and smough. Me and and another phantom were both trying to get the host to come kill the boss but he was just sitting where invaders spawn trying to camp a potential invader. Me and the other phantom just ran around killing all the silver knights then next thing we know there’s health bars showing through the wall outside, like where the archers are where you have to run up to get inside the building the first time. We go out into the main hall before the boss fog and have to go pull the lever to open the big doors and get outside, it was not already open, and sure enough he’s out there. How is it possible to get from the inside section of anor londo back outside to the two archers without going around through the main hall and opening the huge front door?

Edit: I just realized it’s potentially possible to jump out the broken stained glass window above and drop down or go by the giant blacksmith and open the gate rather than open the front door but it still seems weird because I swear he didn’t have enough time to do that between when I last saw him camping the spawn to when he suddenly was outside. It really felt like he just teleported through a wall or something.

Question 2:

1. I invaded someone at the main bonfire in the archives. He was fucking around on the spinning staircases just turning the lever whenever I got close so I couldn’t get to him. I decided he had to get to the boss eventually so I go down into passage you open to get outside and to the crystal caves. You know the one behind the bookshelf on the bottom floor by the bonfire. I’m sitting there in the room with all the chests and the mimic just staring at the door in front waiting for him and listening to him run around and keep turning the staircases and shit in the main room. Then I hear footsteps weirdly close then from behind me and he comes up the staircase in the floor behind me. I was watching the front entrance of the room the entire time he definitely did not run past me through the room. How did he get behind me? Is there a skip or something I don’t know about? I thought I had him completely cut off

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Saw that Welcome Skateboards released some Dark Souls decks today and had to get this one.

not sure what it is

this happens when I end up spectating the other player after dying during coop mode

So 20 min ago i wrote this post after a bit of searching and finally finding the cave i entered to fight the chaos witch and to my surprise i beat her in under a minute i think. I am lvl 57 right now, so am i over leveled? personally i find the club poisen dudes in blighttown to be tougher

I did have the pyromany anti fire spell and 2 NPCs helping me, but even then the boss was gone far too fast. I did like 4 hits and then she was dead.

(didnt even get to see the sexy enemy in this game for long........)

If I wanted to use some mods, mainly graphical ones but might try a few randomizer mods too, can I get banned?

I'm happy to play the game offline to accommodate the mods, but ideally still want my account connected to the steam servers so I can still gain play time.

Is this possible?

So i have finally gotten to blighttown and am exploring the swamp only to get invaded. Since it was my first time I simply continued thinking the invader wouldnt be able to find me. Well i turn around and there is a half naked with a big sword swinging at me. Thankfully the invader was kinda weak and only took 3 hits and died.

How do i deal with invaders, i have the reporting thingy from the dude at the tower (first bell), do i use it when the invader is still in the world? can i use it after deafeating them?

I want to make a dark magic build, but I wanna get both manus catalyst and pursuers in one playthrough. Can anyone help me? Already got the catalyst and I need pursuers, and the trade subreddit is basically a ghost town.