Monday, October 17, 2011

Gaming Journal: Dark Souls - Vol. 4: Blight Town

I know I said in my previous journal entry that I was going to save these for major progression in the game or accomplishments but I'm throwing that rule out of the window. Because I'm going to take these opportunities to vent now. I don't know why I didn't think of this earlier since this is clearly a game made to vent about. ANYWAY...

Blight Town. I made my way down there and...hold on, allow me to be more specific. I made my way down to this horrible, wretched, rickety, dark, dank, stank cesspool of shit. But before I could truly make my way down, I had to make sure to die several times before even making it to a bonfire. This place stressed me out and, after a few hours of making some good progress and finally feeling better about everything, I made a really stupid mistake and fell to my death. I can't blame this on the area because it was my fault. I think I would have had a good chance to make it to the boss if I hadn't been careless. It was all the way back to the first bonfire I found in Blight Town and it was all I could take for tonight.

You must alway be on your guard here (more so than usual) and you better have some purple moss clumps because the threat of poison is constantly high. You'll find all kinds of baddies down here and, luckily, I can handle everything pretty easily with my sword. The enemies aren't a huge deal, it's traversing Blight Town that is a real bitch.

I think I'll be of a better mindset if I take a break, maybe pick it back up Wednesday night since tomorrow is my late night at work. Yes, that's how serious this game is. I plan my schedule around this shit.

***UPDATE***

Because I have a high threshold for grief, and after watching some videos and reading some stuff on Blight Town, I decided to try and at least get to the bonfire next to the boss tonight. I guess I can't stand not playing this game for one day. Good news is I'm sitting at the Bonfire right now, pretty close to the area boss. Bad news is, I'm pretty sure the boss is a giant, flaming spider. This level would have a giant spider as a boss. Oh well. Let's hope I can kill it!

***Resume regular post***

Also, by the time I get home tomorrow night, a certain someone will be waiting for me:

The Batman

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