Forum Overview :: Demon's Souls :: The group shit doesn't stop

[quote name="Lurker 340924"]It actually gets a lot worse when you get to the castle/crypts below. It's just a constant stream of shit that forces you to either co-op or aggro with a bow. Sometimes there's a clever workaround, like how in the place after the gutter you can use fire arrows to light up the enemy pools and just let them burn to death, but for the most part the game actually encourages you to be hyper aggressive. Using a morning star/mace/smithing hammer is also usually best since you can just stunlock all of the armored enemies. Most of it does feel like design was based around, "Well, not enough people did this in DS1, so let's FORCE them to use it here!" I mostly agree with the RPS post that there's not really any feeling of dread, but for me it mostly comes from the fact that almost every bonfire is only separate by 2-3 rooms of dudes, and sometimes not even a boss. I don't think I ever permanently lost souls from dying twice in a row since there's never any hazards to slow you down, just a bunch dudes who you can usually run straight through.[/quote]