by BLA1NE Tue May 15, 2012 8:12 pm(This should have got its own thread sooner!)
There's been talk, here and there, about this crazy idea we have called "Black Phantom Mode" ("BP Mode" for short). Thing is, sadly, the chances of this happening are slim to none. So I created this thread in the hopes of spreading interest, demand, and hype, so that eventually, hopefully, it would reach From through the grapevine. They would be so inspired by the idea, that they would be compelled to make it so, just by hearing the electrified whispers of it throughout the community!
So here's the idea:
It's quite simple, really, it's just starting a New Game like any other. Only this BP Mode NG would have 2 twists:
- Every area in Lordran is permanently gravelorded. So all the Black Phantoms that would spawn, were you infected by a Gravelord, are always present in this game file.
- There is no Bottomless Box. This may sound like a strange condition, but it's to avoid people using the BB glitch to give themselves an edge in order to conquer BP Mode.
- (Potential third twist: there is no Masterkey.)
- (Potential fourth twist: bosses are 1 NG tougher than in regular mode. So bosses in BP NG are the same as bosses in NG+)
- (Potential fifth twist: something nerfing co-op summons!)
BP Mode would be the epitome of Dark Souls. "The real Dark Souls starts here." (Btw: I think that should be an orange soapstone message on the floor of your cell when you start a NG in BP Mode!) So no cutting corners here. To gain access to the mode, you simply beat the game once, and after the credits get a prompt informing you that "You have unlocked the Black Phantom Mode as a New Game option." Then on the New Game/ Load Game screen, choose New Game, and a new option comes up to "Start New Game as: Regular/ Black Phantom Mode". Select PB Mode, and you're thrown into the deep end--the magnificent, amazing deep end!
So we can use this thread for 2 things: discuss twists you would like added/ removed/ changed, to BP Mode; spread the word about the mode. This must happen!
There's been talk, here and there, about this crazy idea we have called "Black Phantom Mode" ("BP Mode" for short). Thing is, sadly, the chances of this happening are slim to none. So I created this thread in the hopes of spreading interest, demand, and hype, so that eventually, hopefully, it would reach From through the grapevine. They would be so inspired by the idea, that they would be compelled to make it so, just by hearing the electrified whispers of it throughout the community!
So here's the idea:
It's quite simple, really, it's just starting a New Game like any other. Only this BP Mode NG would have 2 twists:
- Every area in Lordran is permanently gravelorded. So all the Black Phantoms that would spawn, were you infected by a Gravelord, are always present in this game file.
- There is no Bottomless Box. This may sound like a strange condition, but it's to avoid people using the BB glitch to give themselves an edge in order to conquer BP Mode.
- (Potential third twist: there is no Masterkey.)
- (Potential fourth twist: bosses are 1 NG tougher than in regular mode. So bosses in BP NG are the same as bosses in NG+)
- (Potential fifth twist: something nerfing co-op summons!)
BP Mode would be the epitome of Dark Souls. "The real Dark Souls starts here." (Btw: I think that should be an orange soapstone message on the floor of your cell when you start a NG in BP Mode!) So no cutting corners here. To gain access to the mode, you simply beat the game once, and after the credits get a prompt informing you that "You have unlocked the Black Phantom Mode as a New Game option." Then on the New Game/ Load Game screen, choose New Game, and a new option comes up to "Start New Game as: Regular/ Black Phantom Mode". Select PB Mode, and you're thrown into the deep end--the magnificent, amazing deep end!
So we can use this thread for 2 things: discuss twists you would like added/ removed/ changed, to BP Mode; spread the word about the mode. This must happen!
That's really why I want BP Mode to happen: for the simplicity of it, and because I can still attack the game at my pace.
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