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Demon's Souls (2009)

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Welcome to Demon's Souls, where bad comics burn.

No skills were used in the making of this series. =)

Okay that's a lie... I think some skills were accidentally used here.

This level is a real crapshoot. So many things can go wrong, and in a lot of the places you're so surrounded by enemies that renewing Second Chance can be more dangerous than just running. That said, I would still encourage you to cast Second Chance at the beginning of the stage, just to buy yourself one mistake.

The framerate is real, from the game. Not my capture card. The PS3 really doesn't love this stage. Or Demon's Souls, for that matter.

1:02 I begin 3-2. You want to make a straight dash to the first elevator using the Thief Ring and (optionally) Eternal Warrior's Ring. If you go fast enough, it tends to just work without dragging any gargoyles to the elevator.

1:58 This guy might be the worst archer in gaming history. Even if he actually fires his crossbow, he virtually never hits you. Still, if you're paranoid you can always hold up a shield here. I don't actually kill an enemy (except dredgelings) in this sequence so there's no reason for charging Hyper Mode.

2:23 Don't get stuck on this sudden outcropping of wall for too long, or the enemy who drops behind you will follow you up to the elevator. But be careful not to overcompensate and run off the edge, either...

2:40 When exiting both elevators, it's important to run off at full speed with a near-full stamina bar in order to avoid a potential ambush who will be waiting for you. It's pretty easy to avoid on the first elevator as a matter of luck, but the second ambusher is far more accurate and easier to forget about.

3:45 The hardest part of this level is just learning to navigate these platforms above the swamp. First, get good at looking down as the elevator is descending, and locating the stairs before you exit the cage.Then, remember to run THROUGH the first enemy, not away from him. From there you're trying to run to one cliff wall where two large centipedes are waiting, then across to the next. It'll take a while to develop an instinct for it.

This section is further complicated by its buggy nature. The AI scripts for the enemies seem to load a random number of seconds after you're within their range, or sometimes just not at all. It makes it really hard to have a predictable path. I'm sure it's related to why the framerate here is so bad.

3:56 I find if you try to run left around this guy you'll usually get away with it, but if you go right he pins you or kills you almost every time. I probably should have hit him with my sword anyway, just to be safe.

4:07 This guy's a real problem. As long as his AI script takes a second to load, you can hit him with your DLS and because of the fire stun, get past him pretty easily. Here, however, his AI loads nearly instantly, putting him in a bad position for me when I stun him. I probably should have gone the long way around him. Rolling on these narrow walkways is excruciatingly risky.

4:23 I want to hit this Black Phantom with my DLS to stun him long enough to allow me to open the fog door. I totally miss, but I taunt an attack out of him and the timing works out. To make this section easier, my recommendation is just to run to the fog door and open it immediately. There's probably a 50/50 chance one of the two centipedes here will kill you, but once the fog door is open, your next run through this part of the level will be trivial. You can ignore them both and they can't adequately pursue you.

4:53 Pretty sure I could have just ignored this guy like I do the ones in 3-1. There's plenty of room to run around him. Still, I play it safe and use the DLS for more stunlock.

5:10 Running over this narrow ledge here prevents a potential ambush from a large centipede around the pillar here.

5:26 I was really nervous this guy was going to kill me so I tried to look for a new strategy. I didn't find one and could have (maybe should have) gotten ambushed from behind. Fortunately the DLS's stun is still paying dividends. You'll at least see what I mean about his AI script not loading here at all.

5:36 Once past him you need to make your way to the second elevator with utmost haste, taking the path to the right, never the left. If you do this, the Thief Ring will protect you about 4/5 times.

6:08 Don't forget to run off the elevator at full speed!

And with that, we're done. A lot to unpack in a measly 6 and a half minutes, but this is probably one of the most treacherous runs in the entire game. Like I said, it's hard to reduce the difficulty with Second Chance (too many enemies packed together in the swamp), and furthermore, my video here doesn't even demonstrate how incredibly easy it is to just make a bad move or cut a corner too tight and run yourself off a cliff... constantly.

To close out I grab Poison Cloud in preparation for the next boss. It's gonna be another long one.

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