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Invaders (and co-op partners) enter your world with their health capped at 70% of their maximum.
MrPressStart
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Silly question... but I have the regular edition of the game already. My local store has the collectors edition in stock. Should I upgrade to the CE? Hard to justify spending money a 2nd time for the same game, but if the CE has something really cool in it... then why not? Thoughts?
Fairly certain they are all dead after
Rom
Rom
Honestly it would take a video which i am not capable off to rebut that sentence. I guess we need a map for that .
Mechanized
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Why is 50% of this thread about Eileen's sidequest?
Met her once than she did to a hunter.
Welp..
I helped her kill the hunter but she just stays in that place where the boss was and says nothing new. =/
Cryptic bullshit in this series, I was never a fan of.
Apparently she is how you get Oath Memories? Good to know. Beat the game without ever getting one.
RustyNails
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Its the design philosphy. Demon's had you walking with your shield up like a turtle, trying to sneak around and avoid fighting. BB's on the other hand rewards players for brash and offense. This means exploring environments is not a challenge. I like it.
But with that being said, I got my ass handed by enemies and bosses alike. I have been playing the game since launch and only just defeated BSB.
Yesterday, I got to the
after I've already beat
and the
. I've had two attempts against him and both times I am acing him. My cain keeps me just out of reach of most of his attacks and I'm using the terrain effectively. No damage, the boss is at 10% health, it manages to hit me ONCE which triggers the grab and I die instantly as the poison destroys me before the animation ends.
Also, why is staggering with the gun so damn hard? I have never pulled it off once. I'm always afraid to try during bosses since I never know what attacks can be staggered. What's annoying is that I'm hearing the stagger is a lot looser in this game than riposte in the Souls games (which I also never learned the timing for).
Blood Starved Beast
Amelia
Witches
Also, why is staggering with the gun so damn hard? I have never pulled it off once. I'm always afraid to try during bosses since I never know what attacks can be staggered. What's annoying is that I'm hearing the stagger is a lot looser in this game than riposte in the Souls games (which I also never learned the timing for).
NEOPARADIGM
Banned
Do you mean Fashion Souls is underrated, or that the current options in Bloodborne are underrated? I ask because I went in expecting like five outfits and six weapons (I literally thought this was the case) so I've been pleasantly surprised there's actually a fuckton more than that.
qa_engineer
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I first tried fighting rom with the same tactics at two different levels, first at 54 and then at 60. At level 54 I wasn't doing enough damage to make the stay close and dodge big attacks tactic work, but at level 60 I was able to do enough damage. The tactic everyone mentions does indeed work, its just much easier to execute at level 60.
I'd like a totally new type of weapon/ magic concept like how Prepare to Die added Dark Magic (even though they were just new INT spells). That's something Dark Souls 2's DLC didn't do that kinda disappointed me
meanspartan
Member
Ugh where do I go after boss 5?
Someone said
but I have no idea how to get there.
witches
Someone said
forbidden woods
Chance Hale
Member
I just don't think there's anything on the scale of Blightown or Sen's Fortress in the game. I was expecting to be blown away but instead I'm just having a good time. Really feels like I'm just blasting through the levels in a way I never have before in the series.
qa_engineer
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Cooperator?
People need time to realize that alone. It will need the kind of people that tell everyone with smug faces that they got more cool shit than you.
la flama blanca
Banned
So I read that theres a certain area that you can only get to by killing a certain mob?
Also, I got a blood gem that's something along the lines of Arcane ATK and it cripples my STR attack, I assume this is for elemental type weapons or something?
I died to some burlap sack holding dickhead in the Forbidden Forest and was put into a completely diff area(jail cell). That's the guy right?
Also, I got a blood gem that's something along the lines of Arcane ATK and it cripples my STR attack, I assume this is for elemental type weapons or something?
Despite sharing the same DNA, Bloodborne is not a sequel to Dark Souls. I personally don't want a carbon copy of a game I've played before. Isn't that one of the things we often collectively lament as gamers? The notion that all games are just molds of other games?
I absolutely love that Bloodborne is not laid out exactly like Demon's Souls and Dark Souls. I love that there's no Estus Flasks, or Bonfires placed at convenient intervals. I love that the weapon selection is focused and precise, instead of a large amount of weapons that will mean nothing within a good hour of playtime. I love that they have approached the overall game design from a different angle than their previous titles. After all, they are all totally different series.
I haven't checked my playtime, but I'm at least 20 hours into the game, and it's been quite the amazing ride. Just like Demon's Souls, I feel that Bloodborne embodies it's premise in everything from the visuals, music, narrative, level design, and gameplay mechanics. It is, in my opinion, a masterclass in tight, purposeful game design. Nothing feels like it was painted with a broad brush. Everything is particular.
Personally, I had no fucking idea who Miyazaki was until about a month ago, despite loving both Demon's Souls and Dark Souls (never played DS2). I think he and his team have created an exceptional experience, even when it is stilled flawed in some ways (I will never love the camera; it's biggest fault).
Things like not having classes, or a large variety of weapons are not oversights by a designer that doesn't know what he wants in his game. It all comes off as very particular and specific. Bloodborne is not a Souls game. Where I feel that Demon's and Dark are similar enough to belong in the "Souls Family," Bloodborne is different enough to be its own thing.
I love it.
I absolutely love that Bloodborne is not laid out exactly like Demon's Souls and Dark Souls. I love that there's no Estus Flasks, or Bonfires placed at convenient intervals. I love that the weapon selection is focused and precise, instead of a large amount of weapons that will mean nothing within a good hour of playtime. I love that they have approached the overall game design from a different angle than their previous titles. After all, they are all totally different series.
I haven't checked my playtime, but I'm at least 20 hours into the game, and it's been quite the amazing ride. Just like Demon's Souls, I feel that Bloodborne embodies it's premise in everything from the visuals, music, narrative, level design, and gameplay mechanics. It is, in my opinion, a masterclass in tight, purposeful game design. Nothing feels like it was painted with a broad brush. Everything is particular.
Personally, I had no fucking idea who Miyazaki was until about a month ago, despite loving both Demon's Souls and Dark Souls (never played DS2). I think he and his team have created an exceptional experience, even when it is stilled flawed in some ways (I will never love the camera; it's biggest fault).
Things like not having classes, or a large variety of weapons are not oversights by a designer that doesn't know what he wants in his game. It all comes off as very particular and specific. Bloodborne is not a Souls game. Where I feel that Demon's and Dark are similar enough to belong in the "Souls Family," Bloodborne is different enough to be its own thing.
I love it.
Mechanized
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You really have to just experiment with the parry, and unfortunately for bosses that means you will die. A lot. One boss I died about 30 times to in order to learn to parry his attacks. The firing is delayed a bit from when you hit the button so it takes time to get a feel for it.
On the wiki it says you are supposed to fight
Amygdala
MrPressStart
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Fashion Souls. I think the game has plenty now, but I would be pleased with more options as well.
Cracklox
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Why is 50% of this thread about Eileen's sidequest?
Met her once than she did to a hunter.
Welp..
I dunno. Its a buggy, weird thing at the moment.
I had to kill her for her weapon
TheRagnCajun
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The only enemy so far that has given me trouble is the werewolves.
I think that's because rather than stringing attack combos together, they tend to do single fast swipes. They bait you into thinking you have an opening, and then swipe before you land your hit. You have to always dodge and counter attack.
skLaFarebear
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from the grand cathedral lamp go down the stairs to the circular graveyard area with the two giants. A door opened up there and that will take you to the forbidden woods.
I beat her solo. I didn't feel like dealing with gattling gun guy so I went the other way. Oh, that made me think. Outside the church where the lantern is close to A
melia
Being curious, I let it touch me. I got lifted into the air by some invisible hand than killed.
Is this one of those, high insight lets you see it. Sort of things, I saw people talk about.
Cathedral Ward. Look for a door that has a doorman asking for a password to let you in.
As soon as you kill the boss, there should be a
women in white crying
room where the amaglya snatches you and takes you too the nightmare frontier
unseen village
sure thing game
Your user name and that image. Too good.
Necromanti
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Did I mess up with delaying the sidequest with
? I'm getting no response from the window now that everything has
.
the little girl
gone to shit with the color of the sky changing, which I'm guessing has something to do with "the ritual of Mensis" that I read about in a note in Yahar'gul.
I agree. I may end up still prefering DS1 over BB, but I'm happy that we got a new spin on the series, rather than just a sequel.
Hypemaster
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Lol I didn't even catch his username.
yup you're too late
Kenzodielocke
Banned
What does the circle, sometimes yellow, sometimes just empty mean ?
Under the QS-Bullet picture. 20h, don't know what that means.
Under the QS-Bullet picture. 20h, don't know what that means.
meanspartan
Member
Wtf? How am I supposed to know that?!
Did it expect me to explore every inch of the world again to find a new opening?
Lovin this game but this is the secobd time this has happened. The first being after BSB and a
random door opening in the cathedral
If it's like that for you, then that's fine by me. I certainly can't call everything in this game a cake walk. I Would say that the move set of the enemies at high insight especially in N
ightmare frontier
The Eye of Sauron
ScottSullivan
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Oh man I didn't even think about that, I might have gotten healing mist later in the game, but I'll definitely remember that for NG+!
Means your weapon is in it's transformed state
Hypemaster
Member
Weapon extended or not.
Mechanized
Member
Yes. Most notably in the first half of the game. Not so bad later on.
TheJollyCorner
Member
Guess I need to boost my levels, because I just hit a difficulty spike...
I beat (Forbidden Forest boss)
and warped back to Hunters's Dream. Decided to try the
I was constantly fighting for my life in that place.
Got to some Lovecraftian
monstrosity that would frenzy me...quickly... and terrified when I
Yeah. I don't think I'm supposed to be here yet.
So I went back and proceeded past the Forbidden Forest... but even this next place is proving to be a heck of a challenge.
Again, the
.
This fucking place, man.
So I survived all of that, opened a shotcut, and walked into what looks like
I had like 20k echoes, so I NOPE'd out of there and cowered back to the Hunter's Dream.
I'm at around LV.46.
Am I totally lost and/or out of my element- or is this just the joy of Post-Yharnam Bloodborne? :/
I beat (Forbidden Forest boss)
The Shadow of Yharman
Lecture Hall and was teleported to some crazy bizarre place filled with strange headstones everywhere, toxic rivers, with nasty white worm creatures, freaky versions of lycan that can blow fire, and what reminded me of an arachnid version of Patches. Son of a bitch.
I was constantly fighting for my life in that place.
Got to some Lovecraftian
female?
escaped and heard her hauntingly singing in the distance.
Yeah. I don't think I'm supposed to be here yet.
So I went back and proceeded past the Forbidden Forest... but even this next place is proving to be a heck of a challenge.
Again, the
Lovecraftian element is huge. Now I'm dealing with weird multiple-eyed guys that have thin spidery legs hanging off their back and they try to jump on me. I find a mindflayer thing that is 20x harder than the one at the Cathedral Ward and has some disgusting white slug thing extend from his head. Motherfucker ate 4 of my insights. Oh... and probably the worst of them all: some big house-centipede looking thing that looks like it could be an ugly child of the Gaping Dragon
This fucking place, man.
So I survived all of that, opened a shotcut, and walked into what looks like
a library with a big spiral staircase. I get to the top and see a hunter just chilling by the fire at the top. I can target him/her, so I know they aren't friendly.
I'm at around LV.46.
Am I totally lost and/or out of my element- or is this just the joy of Post-Yharnam Bloodborne? :/
Kenzodielocke
Banned
If you want levels that actively try to kill you then play the Chalice dungeons lol.
Arjen
Member
It indicates if you transformed your weapon or not.
Still a disappointing selection compared to previous Souls' games. In those, you could always dress up as every single trash mob/most bosses. No such choice here which is a shame.
I want to rock the white-rimmed hats and white cloaks of the staff-wielding dudes around the cathedral. But I can't.
Seems like a weird omission considering how that was nearly a series mainstay. And for those who'd say "but it's not a Souls game!", well no, but Dark was a spiritual successor to Demon's just like this is a spiritual successor to Dark. There's still a lot of overlap so it seems weird to me that they'd cut one of my favourite aspects of the loot systems and take a step back in a sense.
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