That stairway is the one from New Londo to the Four Kings. I don't believe he has Ash Lake illustrated on here as it is believed to be the lowest geographic location in Lordran so ostensibly it would be on the bottom of the piece.

It's not a cheat. If the developer didn't bother to test cheap tactics, that's on them.

Think about how you'd handle this in real life. Would you feel like you needed a "fair fight" against bloodthirsty psychopaths and hellborn beasts?

Or until the frenzy meter fills up, which is death lol.

Until death or you return to the Dream.

Until you die, go back to the Hunter's Dream, or use a Silencing Blank.

i'm going to keep calling them souls i've put to much time into DaS and DeS to stop now

I'm not denying the core fanbase anything. The "true difficulty" or "true" experience can still be preserved for those who feel comfortable playing it. Im not talking about fundamentally changing the game, you can still play Souls and Bloodborne as you usually would. All you have to do is mentally come to terms…

It has nothing to do with intellect, let's get some facts straight, you barge in here and insult everyone for no reason while they are simply trying to explain to Jecht342 in lengthy detail why an easy difficulty just won't work in a souls game and answer all his questions over and over in a civil discussion, your…

then you clearly have missed how incredibly casualized gaming has become compared to back in the days. Dragon Age Inquisition being a prominent recent example, or the Order 1886. Infinite health and lives everywhere. Hard and challenging games are the absolute minority (Alien Isolation, Ori, Souls games)

The only one being smug here is you, go back to your CoD community of swearing drooling 14 years old brats.

You're not arguing anything, you are only seeing your perspective and even though people are explaining to you in a very nice way why the game holds its level of value in the video game industry, you refuse to acknowledge their points. Yet you keep responding. Either you haven't worked for anything difficult in your…

I know, it absolutely fucking ruined the goddamned review for me.

Except that adding an easier mode of play without altering your preferred difficulty setting would not alter your enjoyment of the game in any way

You fail to comprehend the joy of challenge. You want everything handed to you without effort. That's all there is to it.

AGAIN. YOU HAVEN'T EVEN TRIED IT. It's not elitism. It's just something we love. We do not want to change it for a guy who hasn't even bothered to try playing it. It's the only game of its type that exists. If it was ever going to change, it should at least be for someone who has attempted to understand it by…

It's not even about levelling if you are determined. I watched a soul level 1 playthrough once and decided to try it out. I wanted a challenge on my 3rd playthrough, so I managed to complete Dark Souls + DLC that way. It did take me 10+ attempts on certain bosses, but learning the patterns and some timely dodging…

So, is this the console seller for the PS4?