Dark Souls patch brings lots of tweaks, plenty of nerfs

[jkipp82]

Were you able to skirt around the considerable difficulty of Dark Souls by finding potent tactical combinations, like casting Iron Flesh and Homing Soulmass in tandem to turn yourself into an invincible, automatic killing machine?

Well, you can't do that anymore: Dark Souls patch 1.05 was recently released, adding a handful of new features, tweaking a few abilities and outright nerfing some spells, including the two mentioned above.

The update is the same as the Japanese patch that went live some time ago. You can check out a full list of translated patch notes over on Eurogamer. Many condolences for the imminent death(s) of your poor, poor hero.

[CloudStrife7x]

good information shared jkipp, i hope to have the game by the end of the year and having patches fix will make it that much more challenging lol

[Insane JIC]

I'm loving my silver knight sword.

[Paprika]

Mate told me last night, also said "So many messages" which is great, more co-op, more invasions, more fun. Plus Sunbro's here I come

[joe2001]

Traded this in - I tried to love it, but when the enviroment kills you more than the creatures you fight, it ain't right.

[Paprika]

Traded this in - I tried to love it, but when the enviroment kills you more than the creatures you fight, it ain't right.

You aint doin' it right then. You gotta take your time, learn the area, whats up ahead, how enemies attack slowly but steadily.

[jmg28662]

Traded this in - I tried to love it, but when the enviroment kills you more than the creatures you fight, it ain't right.

More power to you man. This game just isn't for everyone.

[Crimzonsea]

I do love this game. But my controller does spend more time on the floor with me standing up and turning off the console crying "DONE" after I'm forced to walk along a narrow bridge with a Goliath on the other end hurling arrows/rocks at me.
With the nerfs, is it even worth playing any more?
Regardless, I'll do it anyway. :P