Just bought the game and it’s on its way so short summary info

[SaveMeJeebus]

Hi all,
Those who have the game I have also purchased in from Ebay at long last, know I have read some info from the wiki page but I was looking for well a sum down because I completely got confused.
So far I got
You start game at ‘x’ and when you first start you are at this place where you can’t be attack because this is where you purchase equipment and level up using souls. When you leave this place and go to 1-1 or 2-1 you’ll be fighting monsters (obviously you’ll find places that would best short your self to farm).
If you die however you go back to the beginning and have to start over losing the souls you collected whilst fighting monsters at 1-1, and thus you’ll have certain amount of health left and from what I can gather is I have to beat a boss in order to become full again?
So basically how can I stay alive do I fight a few retreat backwards then come back for more?
Also the world part where it turns and stuff I am completely lost with that.
Hopefully someone will understand and put the low down for me

[ichab]

You start game at ‘x’ and when you first start you are at this place where you can’t be attack because this is where you purchase equipment and level up using souls.


Right, it's some kind of headquarter, no enemies, just npcs and merchants.


When you leave this place and go to 1-1 or 2-1 you’ll be fighting monsters (obviously you’ll find places that would best short your self to farm).
If you die however you go back to the beginning and have to start over losing the souls you collected whilst fighting monsters at 1-1, and thus you’ll have certain amount of health left and from what I can gather is I have to beat a boss in order to become full again?
So basically how can I stay alive do I fight a few retreat backwards then come back for more?

1. If you die you lose all souls but you can collect them at the place of your demise. But DON'T DIE AGAIN before you have collected them or they'll be lost.

2. You start in "body form", if you die you are in "soul form" (50% life, 75% if you were a certain ring). You get back to "body form" by killing bosses OR using an item that is kinda rare if you don't know where it drops. I played the first playthrough in soul form and got about 25 of these stones.



Also the world part where it turns and stuff I am completely lost with that.
Hopefully someone will understand and put the low down for me

There are 5 worlds, if something bad happens in level 2-1 (for example, you die in body form), the "tendency" of world 2 gets "darker", if you kill a boss or certain enemies it gets brighter :)
That's the mysterious "world tendency", you can see it in the menu ingame.

And there is "character tendency". If you do sth. bad (like killing merchants) it turns black, if you kill bad guys (like bad phantoms) it turns white.

[Hihihellobye]

Hi there. happy to hear that you got the game... and yes, it can be confusing!

I think the wikidot page is not the best introduction to the game... it is confusing...

I am writing this guide so check it out, and ask me if you need anything. I am making the maps still so it`s slow progress:

http://mycheats.1up.com/view/superguide/3169297/demon_s_souls/ps3

Ichab answered your questions but just to add to his input, in order to stay alive you must learn from experience: this means that you have to learn when to block, where enemies are, what attacks do enemies have, what armor is best, etc. It is a challenge, but when you master the basics the game can be very rewarding.

There are two "forms" that you can have:

If you have not died, or you have just killed a Demon (or used a "stone of Ephemeral Eyes") you will be in your BODY FORM. This means you will be alive, thus having more health but also being more noisy when you walk around.

If you die, you are in SOUL FORM. This means you have 50% of your health, or if you equip the "cling ring" 75% of your total STATUS health. (This means your health bar has a portion that is locked away so you only get the part that is bright red)

When you are hit, the red portion of your health bar will go down. You can use Moon Grass (Crescent, Half, Late, Full, New Moon and Dark Moon) to recover health whilst playing.

Please check out the guide I mentioned and ask away if you have any doubts :)

[SaveMeJeebus]

Thanks guys, so from what you said there is food to recovery health which sounds awesome.
Man I cannot wait to get it =)

+ Thanks for the guide which I am going to read right know