Dark Souls & Other Souls-Likes

Get in the coffin/boat by the two giants?

I got in and it closed, the screen faded to black, and then I got out in the same spot I was just in.

Yes, and it changed my gender.

So the Black Knight equivalents in this game seem to be the Heide Knights. For the Deprived fighting with tools I've found, he was one tough SOB. Wound up using 5 powerful consumables to kill him.

the Emerald Herald is so important :o I wonder what the story is!! :<

lol@only 1 estus flask

She's also kinda hot :o not as hot as the Maiden in Black mind you, but nevertheless... I'm just wondering who these four giant souls are.

Things Betwixt
Death 1: Died to giant rat thing before witches.
Death 2: tried fighting it with my new sword :3
Death 3: ^ :x
Death 4: Failed the jumping test...
Death 5: Failed the jumping BACK test xD
Death 6: ^... x.x
Death 7: Died to Twin Ogres guarding Boat
Death 8: ^...
Death 9: Killed one, Died to the other
Death 10: Died to second Ogre
Death 11: Killed second Ogre, Went for revenge for the one at the start.
Death 12: Died to the ogre again, HP getting to be about 50%.
Death 13: Died to the ogre for the last time, but killed it afterwards.

Heide's Tower of Flame
Death 14: Died to the Giant with a big sword ;_;
Death 15: Killed the Giant with a sword, but then swiftly died to the one with the club by falling off the edge into the water.
Death 16-19: Okay, area too difficult :) picked up a human effigy to restore my HP and left.

Forest of Fallen Giants
Death 20: Died to a long swordsman but the area seems more reasonable.

Heide's Tower of Flame
Death 21: Wanted to give this place a few more tries.
Death 22: And I'm backing out again, a room with 3 >_>

Forest of Fallen Giants
Death 23: Died to another long swordsman :<
Death 24-27 Died a few times, up to falling off a tree branch 5 feet and dying <.<;

I think, at least from just the small introduction so far, we're basically fattening ourselves up to be consumed by the King. This motif of an endless, insatiable hunger is fairly strong so far.

Though at least starting as the Deprived, the first Knight of Heide you encounter is rough enough...

Soooo monsters with giant ballsacks... that's a thing now huh?

I keep dying to anything and everything possible. There arent enough Human Effigys in this world to withstand my stupid deaths

health lowered upon death

not *** up the Estus Flasks...

You upgrade them as you explore :P

Turning back human is very simple, just don't use the effigy the moment you die or it's kinda a waste.

Not sure why I thought attacking that giant cyclops at the beginning was a good idea but I did anyway!