Other areas have enemies that are more fun to fight for my money, but I actually really liked Darkroot too. It's mostly just the look of the place, it's both completely different from anything in Demon's Souls and extremely well done. Just looks fantastic.Spooky Apparition wrote:i think i did the darkroot basin/garden area later than most of you guys, which may explain why i enjoyed it... but fuck, i loved that area. so much stuff to find, lots of different types of enemies, three bosses (four if you count the demon you have to kill right after the undead parish bonfire), the NPC hidden in the golem (who i still haven't been able to summon?), avina or whoever it is that summons you to defend the forest with the cat covenant ring, the grinding spot... best area of the game so far IMO.
I'm about 60 hours in, btw, and I've done 12 of a total 22 bosses (including optional ones). I'm already spending extra time looting and grinding, though, because I'm going to platinum this thing and there are certain areas that I know I basically won't have to spend more than ten minutes at in NG+ if I do everything now. But it's insane, I think my first Demon's Souls playthrough clocked in at 70 hours, and here I'm what, barely past the halfway mark?