checkeredknight
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IAmRandom31
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the ambiance is a bit unsettling even in the setting sun within Yharnam. There was a moment that actually did get me to jump in town too lol. So yeah, it can get you if you relax too much.
It does very much feel like the atmosphere within Tower of Latria
Giriath_89
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Is Viola in the starting area or the sewers?
TheSpoiler
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Holy shit people stop relying on blood vials. There's a system in place that almost forces you to learn enemy attacks and rewards you for doing well (and punishes you for fucking up).
Yes, even the beginning section is quite intimidating. Your hands tend to be constantly sweaty
Great thing about the cane is it's really low stamina use. Once I got used to being able to dodge in between attacks, things started going really well.
shotgunshine
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Yeah, and using the cane against them feels like fighting with a toothpick. It's flashy, but a bit too finesse.
look above where the messengers who sell for echoes are. its on a little alcove up there
The game is on the hard drive either way.
noomi
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no kidding, one of them is hard enough, I can't take both at the same time. Can't even parry those bastards!
Yeah, especially if you don't know all the enemies movesets yet and you're a bit impatient like I can be sometimes... it's good to kill things in a couple hits so you don't increase the odds of getting yourself killed lol. Rolled a new character for the axe and its a lot of fun.
I find it scary but this is my first Souls game so I'm sure the 'vets' of the subgenre are desensitized to certain things. I get a sense of dread with every room I enter, as if anything or anyone can pop up and kill you at an instant.
shotgunshine
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Thank you so much. Can't believe I missed that.
petethepanda
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Does this a have a custom control profile for Vita remote play?
It might be just me but I feel the weapon you mentioned is super hard to use. The trick mode is kinda weird and it doesn't have a very long reach. I hope you figure it out so you can tell me how to do it
Stone Ocean
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The regen system is hardly exploitable. The amount you can heal is rarely all the damage you took, and each strike heals just a bit.
And yeah, it's very tense. It doesn't feel any easier, first boss had me on my feet all the time, and I died multiple times before getting to it.
Just finished a play session of about 9hr, got to get ready for work now. I started as Waste of Skin, with the cleaver and shotgun. Later changed to the excellent
and have stuck with it. Have beaten three bosses.
So far, it's worse than DS and DS2 but still a great game. Some issues:
- Loading loading loading. If you're not super pro, you're going to be dying a decent amount early on, and the loading takes forever! Not to mention, to warp between areas you first have to travel back to the hub, which means double loading times! The screen doesn't even have lore tidbits to read. :/
- Coop is obscurely locked out. Me and my friend had to look up how to get the second component required to play together (
).
- Lack of equipment. I've found only one set of equipment so far and only 3 or 4 have been available for purchase. Weapons are similarly sparse and the gem system does not make up for it.
Maybe the last one will be remedied as I progress. Still enjoying it very much! It's definitely a Souls game.
Saw Spear
So far, it's worse than DS and DS2 but still a great game. Some issues:
- Loading loading loading. If you're not super pro, you're going to be dying a decent amount early on, and the loading takes forever! Not to mention, to warp between areas you first have to travel back to the hub, which means double loading times! The screen doesn't even have lore tidbits to read. :/
- Coop is obscurely locked out. Me and my friend had to look up how to get the second component required to play together (
you need 10 insight to open a shop up in the hub
- Lack of equipment. I've found only one set of equipment so far and only 3 or 4 have been available for purchase. Weapons are similarly sparse and the gem system does not make up for it.
Maybe the last one will be remedied as I progress. Still enjoying it very much! It's definitely a Souls game.
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48 hours Bloodborne I am at end game now.
Does anyone know if PVP works yet? I cannot invade anybody
48 hours Bloodborne I am at end game now.
Does anyone know if PVP works yet? I cannot invade anybody
I've rolled two characters and before I've fought the first boss I've found myself with around 5-8k blood echoes. Would you guys just save these for after the boss fight so you can get insight and talk to the doll to upgrade attributes (risky since you can lose them if you die to the boss), or did you spend most of them on the hunter armor set + consumables before the boss fight? Seems like the latter might be the way to go...
I wouldn't say it's actually scary like.. how Alien Isolation is scary, or Outlast is scary. Bloodborne is intense, in that.. if Dark Souls was intense because of losing things, and having to make your way back, etc, Bloodborne is intense because the exploration is so much more.. encouraged, I guess would be the word? You move faster, you strike faster, you're just in general more agile, and at best are moving through enemies with alarming speed. The flipside to this, however, is you don't get the time to really absorb your surroundings very well, and so going as fast as possible may lead to you ending up in very strange surroundings, and getting killed with no idea of how to return.
Combine this with the fact that (at least in the first area) there are legitimate choke points that you'll have to be very careful around, if you don't know what you're heading into, every corner is a question of how ballsy you're feeling, and with each corner you grow ever so slightly more courageous, until eventually you won't expect something and it will be the end of you.
Regain system isn't really easy to exploit, in my mind anyway. You'll almost never get all of it back, but it creates some interesting design paths where maybe a fall is only really negotiable if you can get health back at the bottom by hitting this guy or whatever.
Stream started http://www.twitch.tv/videogamesforu/dashboard
48 hours Bloodborne I am at end game now.
Does anyone know if PVP works yet? I cannot invade anybody
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gq1oxjSqQIs
I made it to the werewolves last night, took them down with help from molotov cocktails, explored a little more and found the shortcut back to the latern and called it a night. Since I can't level up yet I bought all of the hunter gear the dream area vendor was selling. Looking forward to getting to some boss battles today.
Also, I probably spent way too long there but I had fun slowly clearing out the bonfire area mobs.
Also, I probably spent way too long there but I had fun slowly clearing out the bonfire area mobs.
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
I went from 100% battery to 8% in 5 hours with an iPhone 6 Plus.
That should say how much teaching I did today, in comparison to how much I spent on GAF :lol
That should say how much teaching I did today, in comparison to how much I spent on GAF :lol
Managed to somehow entirely skip cleric beast and found myself ambushed by
, who proceeded to kick my ass. First death (after the obligatory first one)
Game's amazing. Newcomers, take it slooooowwww. Be cautious. Abuse the hell out of those pebbles, they're amazing.
Loading times are long, but I don't really give a shit. And I don't know where some people are coming from with a sub 30 framrate, it's fine for me.
father gascgione
Game's amazing. Newcomers, take it slooooowwww. Be cautious. Abuse the hell out of those pebbles, they're amazing.
Loading times are long, but I don't really give a shit. And I don't know where some people are coming from with a sub 30 framrate, it's fine for me.
Definitely upgrade your armor, it helps. There is an even better set of armor hidden somewhere in the starting section but I won't spoil where, but you would do well to find it
I know that feeling. Gotta wait wait! Cannot spoil it either.
SkyTurnsRed
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Can someone explain how to
? I've done it twice, but I'm not quite sure how I've triggered it.
frontstab the Cleric Beast
fluffydelusions
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where do you go to level up with blood echoes?
TimeEffect
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Thanks for the opinions 
Are load times really bad? Waiting to respawn after each death?
Also, does anyone know if they gave any word on when to expect the loading patch? I sort of want to either wait or play VERY slow depending on when it's coming
Are load times really bad? Waiting to respawn after each death?
Also, does anyone know if they gave any word on when to expect the loading patch? I sort of want to either wait or play VERY slow depending on when it's coming
Conkerkid11
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I started with the cane because of GAF. Don't make me regret this decision.
I like the attack range on the transformed cane. How's the attack range on the other weapons?
Has it been confirmed that they will be able to reduce load times? They're long, but they're not ruining the game for me like they did in Destiny.Thanks for the opinions
Are load times really bad? Waiting to respawn after each death?
Also, does anyone know if they gave any word on when to expect the loading patch? I sort of want to either wait or play VERY slow depending on when it's coming
artsi
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I'm not really scared in the traditional horror sense.
But a lot of the time I'm afraid for my survival. Alone in uncharted enemy territory, far away from the nearest bonfire and packing thousands of souls. And then you're chased, no idea where to run, health is low and you're way outnumbered. Panic ensues.
Then you die and try again a bit wiser, or you achieve glorious victory and give yourself a tap on the back. Until the next corner when you die.
Aim for the face shoot him with your gun. if you hit him in the face 5 times he drops and u stab him in the head. 5 times with shotgun not sure how much with pistol.
shiherlis21
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My first souls game as well. I don't mind the difficulty, I have the patience of a saint. My only trouble is crowd control so I need to start making use of the pebbles.
I'd stop playing for a little while if I was you mate.
User 479360
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This game is way too hard and obtuse for me. Not only that, but it's just not interesting or enjoyable (to me).
You should be able to interact with the doll after a certain point and she does it. I think at the second lantern?
You have to hit him with your firearm like right as he swings to stagger him and be close enough to him to follow up with R1 immediately.
moeshizzle
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game is whooping my ass!!! I haven't even beat a boss yet. I feel like my whip does too little damage
its fun tho
its fun tho
PapaEmeritus
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I'm chatting now, I'll update once I get an answer.
The attack range on the cane transformation is pretty equal if not the same to the other starter weapons in my opinion. The R1 attacks just weren't doing much damage to the first boss. I'm not sure if my class had anything to do with that, I was running Military Veteran that has 13 skill points to start with, and the cane is a C rating scale off Skill. First boss strategy tips with cane if interested:
I've found that dashing behind him after an attack and using a charged R2 then bailing seems to do the most damage. Sometimes it would even stun him and allow me to go up to his face and hit R1 for a critical stab hit. Molotavs do a lot of damage to him as well.
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