Bloodborne |OT| Now With Newcomers Guide Attached Below OP
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Incendiary
Banned
Okay. Yeah the guys have been taking potshots at me. We'll see what happens I guess. Geronimo?
CrimzonSamurai
Member
About to start, really pumped. Gonna go for the Hunter's Axe unless anyone can tell me a good reason not to?
This game really isn't clicking for me right now. The first human enemies in the game are wrecking me. I try to play it safe I get surrounded or attacked from behind. I try to play aggressive, I get torch stunned to death or surrounded or attacked from behind. I've only managed to do a Blunderbuss riposte a few times but still managed to get hit in the process. I swear most of my time spent with this game so far has been on the goddamned loading screen. Dodging doesn't seem to be instant which is also a problem for me.
Now back to it.
Now back to it.
PhazonBlazer
Member
I keep pressing triangle to two hand...
Stone Ocean
Member
It's exactly the same
MagicWithEarvin
Member
Should I bother upgrading my pistol? I rarely use it since my axe is too beastly at the moment.
forgeforsaken
Member
Yes, the item you need is just past it.
DryvBy
Member
I died once and decided to have some fast-action fun. I need to remember how to parry.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQApDyenBQo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQApDyenBQo
F0rneus
Tears in the rain
I still can't fucking believe I took off work only to get stuck on two bosses for 7 and a half hours, only to kill them both within 20 mins.
Was stuck all day on that sucker. Parry and riposte! It'll takes you seconds to kill him when you get the timing.
Was stuck all day on that sucker. Parry and riposte! It'll takes you seconds to kill him when you get the timing.
indigo-cyclops
Member
Right now I need me those super-detailed level maps the Japanese players always come up with. Like from Demon's Souls.
Gotta see what items I'm missing. I ended up having to buy new gear because I wasn't finding any sets.
Gotta see what items I'm missing. I ended up having to buy new gear because I wasn't finding any sets.
Yeah, I'm trying. Farther I get is to his third phase. I almost have it but damn I have died like 100 times already. Is there a death counter?
thefatness16
Banned
It's not too expensive, and provides a decent defensive boost. I found an armor set a few minutes after the
Father
ArkkAngel007
Member
Blah, the first pair of enemies did me in by cornering me in a nook.
I beat the 2nd boss in chalice dungeon.
the first boss
again, only prize is being allowed to move forward.
it's a general problem with this game, in my opinion. the lack of itemization hurts. it's not very exciting beating bosses and accomplshing things when it almost never results in any meaningful or cool reward. there's loot in the game, but it's almost always just consumable stuff.
if it somehow changes a lot after 4 bosses and 2 chalice levels and like 18 hours, then I take it back, but right now it's looking as some had feared but I had brushed off as an unlikely scenario -- there's simply not enough itemization. the reward cycle is off. most games shower you with loot and goodies for accomplishing easy tasks, bloodborne makes you do ridiculously difficult, punishing tasks while it steps on your neck and then gives you, usually, nothing as a reward. it's out of wack.
the stripping away of so many systems -- armor, poise, equip load, shields, weapon types, miracles, magic, and on and on -- has made the game feel unrewarding to play, and I fear that it will not have anywhere near the replayability of Dark Souls because there aren't many builds or play styles to pursue. There are a handful of weapons and the builds are all, basically, the same. Every person I coop with is using the same couple of weapons and wearing the same couple of outfits.
the first boss
was this big rat thing and it could 1 shot me with its leap attack, so I had to just very carefully whittle it down. reasonable. then I won and got nothing but the ability to go to the next floor.
the boss of the next floor was three ogres. they wouldn't leave their area, so the only way to beat them was to play silly games with pathfinding and obstacles. took me probably 20 tries.
the boss of the next floor was three ogres. they wouldn't leave their area, so the only way to beat them was to play silly games with pathfinding and obstacles. took me probably 20 tries.
again, only prize is being allowed to move forward.
it's a general problem with this game, in my opinion. the lack of itemization hurts. it's not very exciting beating bosses and accomplshing things when it almost never results in any meaningful or cool reward. there's loot in the game, but it's almost always just consumable stuff.
if it somehow changes a lot after 4 bosses and 2 chalice levels and like 18 hours, then I take it back, but right now it's looking as some had feared but I had brushed off as an unlikely scenario -- there's simply not enough itemization. the reward cycle is off. most games shower you with loot and goodies for accomplishing easy tasks, bloodborne makes you do ridiculously difficult, punishing tasks while it steps on your neck and then gives you, usually, nothing as a reward. it's out of wack.
the stripping away of so many systems -- armor, poise, equip load, shields, weapon types, miracles, magic, and on and on -- has made the game feel unrewarding to play, and I fear that it will not have anywhere near the replayability of Dark Souls because there aren't many builds or play styles to pursue. There are a handful of weapons and the builds are all, basically, the same. Every person I coop with is using the same couple of weapons and wearing the same couple of outfits.
Sinnermighty
Member
So I got killed by some
dude with a bag over his shoulder, and teleported me to the Unseen village. How do I get out, and the mobs here are super tough.
forgeforsaken
Member
I had a rough start but it eventually clicked. I've even maxed out my Bloodshards back at base.
AmethystEnd
Member
Jeff Green's newly created Bloodborne character: Dipshyte
Stream going on right now, he JUST started so nothing but early game spoilers.
http://www.twitch.tv/greenspeak
Stream going on right now, he JUST started so nothing but early game spoilers.
http://www.twitch.tv/greenspeak
I've been waiting hours as well. This sucks
What build/class starting char you doing?
HTVfanatic
Member
Nice work! Feels good doesn't it?
Haloid1177
Banned
So um I was doing pretty well, nothing too difficult, got the flow of combat down. Go down these drops into this tunnel thing.
Quit right then for a while, so tense.
Spot this lanky bastard walking around with a large staff, think easy kill, I've got this down, nope fucked me hard and fast with no remorse.
HORRORSHØW
Member
finally beat the blood-starved beast. took about 4 tries. whew.
super-famicom
Member
Black Dragon gonna beast!
Lee Chaolan
Member
Jesus, Father is a dick. Managed to get him down to 25%
DryvBy
Member
Is it the normal or heavy attack for parry? Too lazy to Google.
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
Has anyone figured out the Beasthood stat / transformation thing yet?
There's a shortcut. If you want to know,
the elevator.
You need to cleanse your soul. You are tainted.
super-famicom
Member
Shoot an enemy as it is about to hit you and you will stagger it, then R1 for massive damage.
Don't know about *best* class, but loving Professional/Cane combo
XxRampage07xX
Member
I accidentally hit Gehrman when I was talking to him and he disappeared immediately. Is it fine if he never shows up again?
DryvBy
Member
Ahhhh, awesome. Thanks for the tip!
The 2nd boss in this game is harder to kill then any boss I ever faced in any game.
Freaking Mike Tyson in MTunchout is easier than this freak.
And it's the SECOND BOSS.
I SUCK SO BAD. It feels like I'm fighting Neo in the F'ing Matrix!!!!! He's using Matrix-Fu on me!!!!
Even when I run away he super-jumps across the damn zone at me!!!
I am cry...
;(
Yeah this sounds like what I've seen and been hearing. Bosses in this game are an endurance test, maybe made easier by learning their weak points. Once you figure them out though!
DoubleTake
Member
This game is fucking amazing
SoraanTribal
Member
Anyone have any tips for the decently sized beasts? The ones right before the first boss. Not the dog-sized beasts, the two bigger on the bridge. I have issues with them. Is it possible to pull just one of them? I feel like choosing the threaded cane might not have been wise. I love the whip, but it feels very weak.
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