shadowwarrior404
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How are the dank nugs in Yharnam?
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How are the dank nugs in Yharnam?
I adore trivializing bosses, it's one of the most fun things in these games to me. I'm never lucky enough to get it on my first playthrough though, it's usually when I start getting into speedruns for the game that I learn the actual cheese strats.
went from being one of the hardest bosses in the game to being actually pretty easy when I learned the way to trivialize him. I love this so much about these games.Ludwig
I think the game even exceeds Souls in certain areas. The dodge mechanic makes battles more engaging. The weapons, while there are less of them overall are so much fun. The dark gothic style and overall bloodiness really suits this type of game. I just love how after running through a level, your character will be dripping with blood.
Bloodborne is also probably the closest thing you'll get to survival-horror these days too. It's my game of 2015.
That phase where he's dragging I had so much trouble with the lava flowing, I'm still on my first playthrough I just beat him.Playing it on NG+3 for the first time might have something to do with my impressions regarding the difficulty of the bosses. I read you talking about a big difference being you getting 2~3 shot, buthad quite a few moves that one shot me, even at 50 VIT. So being able to take 1 or 2 hits from that boss was great to meLaurence
Haha, I totally know what you mean. I remember losing 40k Souls for the first time in Blighttown in Dark Souls. It was so heartbreaking.
After a while you realize that it doesn't really mean anything at all, but still, at the time you can't help but take a very deep breath.
That phase where he's dragging I had so much trouble with the lava flowing, I'm still on my first playthrough I just beat him.
Care to share? I've had it with that asshole. He's halted my progress since before Christmas, well over 100 vials used, don't even know how many attempts. I can get him to phase 2 pretty consistently, then once I get hit one time there are pretty much another guaranteed 2-3 hits afterwards.went from being one of the hardest bosses in the game to being actually pretty easy when I learned the way to trivialize him. I love this so much about these games.Ludwig
At least the reward for beating him is quite amazing.
Care to share? I've had it with that asshole. He's halted my progress since before Christmas, well over 100 vials used, don't even know how many attempts. I can get him to phase 2 pretty consistently, then once I get hit one time there are pretty much another guaranteed 2-3 hits afterwards.
Care to share? I've had it with that asshole. He's halted my progress since before Christmas, well over 100 vials used, don't even know how many attempts. I can get him to phase 2 pretty consistently, then once I get hit one time there are pretty much another guaranteed 2-3 hits afterwards.
It's true,has fairly consistent patterns once you get it down.Ludwig
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd2PDY4wrWM
Once you learn his different sword strings and how they start, you will know ahead of time which ones are coming next. Also, when getting hit by one do not mash dodge, often times you will just dodge right into the next attack. Stay calm and wait for the next attack.
It starts horribly. Just incredibly poorly designed not letting you level up before you stumble on the cleric beast. That being said, once I got past that, got some levels and started getting into a grove I am really enjoying it. Farming bullets/vials is really a dumb decision, but the speedier gameplay is really interesting.
Agree the start is kind of lame. I definitely got over a hump on grinding for vials though. Now whenever I got to level, I inevitably have thousands of echoes left over, so I just dump them off into buying Vials and Molotovs and now my stores are vast.
Took me 7 mins lol
http://youtu.be/ISABDTCmY0s
I don't think I can even find fault in it, not anything glaring anyway. An absolute masterpiece. The only reason it's not higher in any all time lists for me personally, is simply because I still find it sort of dreary and bleak, but I appreciate that is by design. But my word, what an experience.
When BloodBorne tries to be cheap I can also be cheap
http://youtu.be/ISABDTCmY0s
DLC Boss Spoiler just in case.
Defeated him earlier today, very intense fight.
It starts horribly. Just incredibly poorly designed not letting you level up before you stumble on the cleric beast. That being said, once I got past that, got some levels and started getting into a grove I am really enjoying it. Farming bullets/vials is really a dumb decision, but the speedier gameplay is really interesting.
My girlfriend tried BB as her first Souls game.
She adored the gameplay but it was actually the bleakness which put her off. The world was just so depressing, she felt sort of tense and stressed playing it even if she loved the mechanics and exploring.
One acclimatises to that, but not quickly. And sometimes it hits you hard.
It starts horribly. Just incredibly poorly designed not letting you level up before you stumble on the cleric beast. That being said, once I got past that, got some levels and started getting into a grove I am really enjoying it. Farming bullets/vials is really a dumb decision, but the speedier gameplay is really interesting.
You seriously expect new players to know that you need insight to start leveling up? The game essentially funnels you towards Cleric Beast anyway (there are alternate paths but they're pretty well obscured). Yes it's technically optional but it was clearly designed as the players "first boss", and for you to be able to level up after dying to it.You can get Madmans knowledge in from either the sewers or near the main bridge. No need to encounter cleric beast whos optional or Gascoigne whos actually the first boss.
My girlfriend tried BB as her first Souls game.
She adored the gameplay but it was actually the bleakness which put her off. The world was just so depressing, she felt sort of tense and stressed playing it even if she loved the mechanics and exploring.
One acclimatises to that, but not quickly. And sometimes it hits you hard.
You seriously expect new players to know that you need insight to start leveling up? The game essentially funnels you towards Cleric Beast anyway (there are alternate paths but they're pretty well obscured). Yes it's technically optional but it was clearly designed as the players "first boss", and for you to be able to level up after dying to it.
The first part of this game is extremely rough, even for vets. I'm happy to say I figured out everything on my own (got the game early so I had to), but not everyone has the patience or even fortitude for that.
Super saiyan lol. were you experimenting with the blood cocktail? I don't think it works on him.
It's best to offset the overwhelming atmosphere by playing cheesy pop songs and power ballads over it.
I hate to add another car to this train but I'll echo the Bloodborne is my GOTY comments. You would think after playing the other Souls games prior I would be getting tired of the more formulaic elements of the series but god damned if I havent played through the game three times now.
I'm at the age I dont have tons of free time anymore for myself, let alone for videogames, and yet I'd still find myself up well past midnight grinding saying to myself,"Just one more level of this chalice dungeon". In fact I agree with a lot of people that the design of the chalice dungeons is lacking but the gameplay at its core was so well designed and implemented that I just enjoyed the combat in of itself. A last second blast of my Evelyn, the chime of an open enemy, and then the gory finish of the visceral attack followed by the soothing sound of more blood echoes added to my total.