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[-] Wrench@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

Actually, they used to have gender restrictions on a few pieces. And given how min/maxy their builds are, it actually made a minor difference in some cases.

But I think that might have been Demons Souls, which isn't technically Darksouls.

[-] Iapar@feddit.org 14 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I was thinking about the sarcophagus in the starting area, that let you swap genders when you rested in it.

[-] Wrench@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Hahah wait, that was a thing? Chalk up another easily missed detail for From SW

[-] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

It was. I played the game blind and had no idea why my character (who wore armor and a helmet) started sounding feminine.

[-] lennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 weeks ago

By the later set of ogres in the Things Betwixt, somewhere behind the ~~stoned~~ petrified mob, there is a sarcophagus on the shore. Climb in and your character will climb back out gender swapped. I know there have been transgender players intentionally creating a character with their assingned-at-birth gender just for the catharsis of getting to transition so easily in a world that doesn't give a shit either way.

A random, obscure feature, but somehow they opted to create it and I love the implication that someone cared enough to write the logic.

[-] lennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 weeks ago

I recall that the first DS has slightly different running animations with different lengths of startup / stop animations, which matters in a speedrun context. I don't know whether that has transferred into the sequels. It certainly doesn't seem like an intentional advantage, nor does it matter much unless you're really concerned about saving a few frames.

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