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[Risgroo]

Do the chalice dungeons get more interesting later on? Currently at Lower Phtumerian, and everything looks the same :/

 

[Korezo]

Can anyone help me kill Abhorrent Beast in Ailing Loran dungeon? I created a new character based off Chikage and he's become really difficult compared to my first character that can kill him easy with the Ludwig because of the nice range attacks. I'm lvl 85.

 

[Alebrije]

I love the game, but can't shake of the feeling that I'm a bit underwhelmed by it.
Due to the lack of new weapons and armor upgrades (as in new, better items, not just reallocation of the same stat threshold), no unique rings and useless gems, there is a lack of progression and no real reward for exploring. I'm running around with the same weapon and armor combo since the start of the game. Halberd (never use the 1h version) and a mix of Yarham Hunter + Father G attire. I think I replaced my gloves/pants once for Carred Hunter, but that's about it.
The levels are are also not different enough for me to clearly remember them. In every Souls game so far, you could speak about "Blighttown" or "4-1" or "Iron Keep" and you could clearly think about the level and the boss fights. Speaking about "Old Yarnham", "Central Yarnham" or "Cathedral Ward" just draws a blank when I try to think about the "level". There are a few exceptions, like "

Spoiler

Forbidden Forest

" (easily one of the worst areas of all games combined btw) or

Spoiler

Castle Cainhurst

.
Not a single remarkable boss fight either so far. All the bosses I've fought: First try:

Spoiler

Father G (which I found first still being level 10, Cleric Beast, Vicar, Witch, Rom, Darkbeast, One Unborn, Amygadala

, 2nd try:

Spoiler

Logarius, Shadow

.
Only

Spoiler

Blood-Starved Beast

was able to take me 5 tries or so, before I skipped all the gimmick crap trying to oil him or parry him and just dashed through his attack behind him and went ham and I still don't like the fight really. Other bosses are unimaginably dumb designed, like

Spoiler

Witch

and

Spoiler

Shadow

, both easily among the worst "multiple bosses". Not hard, just dumb and/or lazy.

Spoiler

Amygadala

and

Spoiler

Unborn

do nothing once you cling to their legs / tail / body apart from stomping and jumping occasionally. :X
I dunno, the first few hours were among the best of the franchise, almost on if not on the same the level of Dark Souls / Demon Souls goodness. Carefully clearing everything, unlocking shortcuts, becoming lost and walking into the 2nd boss fight unknowingly without ever having the chance to spend any souls etc. It took a slight nose dive after that I feel, since everything was just a repeat.
There is just something bugging me about the game which drags down my enjoyment a bit. I'm still having a blast, don't get me wrong, but I feel it could have been something even better.

This is not a Souls game , it retains some elements but you can not compare it, as you say is easier and you can end the game with the 1st weapon and armor you get , I guess From / Sony developed the game to a wider gameplayer community and not just thinking on Souls niche players. This is good because a lot of new players that are enjoining Bloodborne will have curiosity about Soul series and won't find it so difficult since they played BB,

 

[RavenValor95]

Loving this game, but man the Sh

Spoiler

adows of Yharnam

on NG+ are giving me quite a challenge >_<

Which is weird since I defeated them on my first go originally, anyone have any gear/weapon recommendations? I think I just got lucky first time through

 

[Zafir]

I love the game, but can't shake of the feeling that I'm a bit underwhelmed by it.
Due to the lack of new weapons and armor upgrades (as in new, better items, not just reallocation of the same stat threshold), no unique rings and useless gems, there is a lack of progression and no real reward for exploring. I'm running around with the same weapon and armor combo since the start of the game. Halberd (never use the 1h version) and a mix of Yarham Hunter + Father G attire. I think I replaced my gloves/pants once for Carred Hunter, but that's about it.
The levels are are also not different enough for me to clearly remember them. In every Souls game so far, you could speak about "Blighttown" or "4-1" or "Iron Keep" and you could clearly think about the level and the boss fights. Speaking about "Old Yarnham", "Central Yarnham" or "Cathedral Ward" just draws a blank when I try to think about the "level". There are a few exceptions, like "

Spoiler

Forbidden Forest

" (easily one of the worst areas of all games combined btw) or

Spoiler

Castle Cainhurst

.
Not a single remarkable boss fight either so far. All the bosses I've fought: First try:

Spoiler

Father G (which I found first still being level 10, Cleric Beast, Vicar, Witch, Rom, Darkbeast, One Unborn, Amygadala

, 2nd try:

Spoiler

Logarius, Shadow

.
Only

Spoiler

Blood-Starved Beast

was able to take me 5 tries or so, before I skipped all the gimmick crap trying to oil him or parry him and just dashed through his attack behind him and went ham and I still don't like the fight really. Other bosses are unimaginably dumb designed, like

Spoiler

Witch

and

Spoiler

Shadow

, both easily among the worst "multiple bosses". Not hard, just dumb and/or lazy.

Spoiler

Amygadala

and

Spoiler

Unborn

do nothing once you cling to their legs / tail / body apart from stomping and jumping occasionally. :X
NPCs are also really uninteresting and forgettable.
I dunno, the first few hours were among the best of the franchise, almost on if not on the same the level of Dark Souls / Demon Souls goodness. Carefully clearing everything, unlocking shortcuts, becoming lost and walking into the 2nd boss fight unknowingly without ever having the chance to spend any souls etc. It took a slight nose dive after that I feel, since everything was just a repeat. Discovering

Spoiler

Hypogean Gaol

was a real highlight tho. Loved that.
There is just something bugging me about the game which drags down my enjoyment a bit. I'm still having a blast, don't get me wrong, but I feel it could have been something even better.

edit: Chalice dungeons are seriously underwhelming and boring too. I dunno if I can stand the grind to face the extra boss. So far the boss fights were utterly uninspired and as easy as it can get.

On the subject of chalice dungeons. Where are you even at. They don't become 'hard' until you get to defiled depth 4 in the pthumerian line of dungeons. Outside of maybe the U

Spoiler

ndead

G

Spoiler

iant

in depth 3 depending on your level.

The designs of the dungeons themselves don't improve though, I found them rather rubbish. I mostly rushed through just to face the bosses.

 

[Dis3ngag3d]

I love the game, but can't shake of the feeling that I'm a bit underwhelmed by it.
Due to the lack of new weapons and armor upgrades (as in new, better items, not just reallocation of the same stat threshold), no unique rings and useless gems, there is a lack of progression and no real reward for exploring. I'm running around with the same weapon and armor combo since the start of the game. Halberd (never use the 1h version) and a mix of Yarham Hunter + Father G attire. I think I replaced my gloves/pants once for Carred Hunter, but that's about it.
The levels are are also not different enough for me to clearly remember them. In every Souls game so far, you could speak about "Blighttown" or "4-1" or "Iron Keep" and you could clearly think about the level and the boss fights. Speaking about "Old Yarnham", "Central Yarnham" or "Cathedral Ward" just draws a blank when I try to think about the "level". There are a few exceptions, like "

Spoiler

Forbidden Forest

" (easily one of the worst areas of all games combined btw) or

Spoiler

Castle Cainhurst

.
Not a single remarkable boss fight either so far. All the bosses I've fought: First try:

Spoiler

Father G (which I found first still being level 10, Cleric Beast, Vicar, Witch, Rom, Darkbeast, One Unborn, Amygadala

, 2nd try:

Spoiler

Logarius, Shadow

.
Only

Spoiler

Blood-Starved Beast

was able to take me 5 tries or so, before I skipped all the gimmick crap trying to oil him or parry him and just dashed through his attack behind him and went ham and I still don't like the fight really. Other bosses are unimaginably dumb designed, like

Spoiler

Witch

and

Spoiler

Shadow

, both easily among the worst "multiple bosses". Not hard, just dumb and/or lazy.

Spoiler

Amygadala

and

Spoiler

Unborn

do nothing once you cling to their legs / tail / body apart from stomping and jumping occasionally. :X
NPCs are also really uninteresting and forgettable.
I dunno, the first few hours were among the best of the franchise, almost on if not on the same the level of Dark Souls / Demon Souls goodness. Carefully clearing everything, unlocking shortcuts, becoming lost and walking into the 2nd boss fight unknowingly without ever having the chance to spend any souls etc. It took a slight nose dive after that I feel, since everything was just a repeat. Discovering

Spoiler

Hypogean Gaol

was a real highlight tho. Loved that.
There is just something bugging me about the game which drags down my enjoyment a bit. I'm still having a blast, don't get me wrong, but I feel it could have been something even better.

edit: Chalice dungeons are seriously underwhelming and boring too. I dunno if I can stand the grind to face the extra boss. So far the boss fights were utterly uninspired and as easy as it can get.

Spoiler

Amygdala

would spit acid shit on the ground/stomp/jump/and swing arms around and back at me if I clung to the feet too long. I was able to bait the stomps sometimes but not consistently.

I've read that memory leak thing causes people to have really uninteresting boss fights. Maybe happened to you? *shrug*

I don't put my PS4 in rest mode ever so I never have experienced a boss fight where the boss did one or two moves only due to the memory leak. Add insight into the mix too because I kept running into these bosses with 40+ insight and seeing moves and attacks that my buddies were not. My experience so far hasn't been boring yet EXCEPT...

So far the only boss fight I was able to cheese out was

Spoiler

Rom with a flamesprayer

. After he killed me a lot of times I decided to try something different and it worked out.

 

[taybul]

Forgot to mention this a few days ago but I have a confession to make:

Spoiler

I cheesed the Micolash fight in NG+ because he kept 1-shotting me in his second phase. I ended up chasing him around and taking swings whenever he ran past me. No amount of arcane def could help me survive his blast so how are you supposed to do it?

 

[knitoe]

Do the chalice dungeons get more interesting later on? Currently at Lower Phtumerian, and everything looks the same :/

Nope. Same set pieces arrange in different places.

 

[Steiner84]

i have to ask once again, do we have sales numbers for BB yet besides the japanese ones?

 

[Kudo]

Forgot to mention this a few days ago but I have a confession to make:

Spoiler

I cheesed the Micolash fight in NG+ because he kept 1-shotting me in his second phase. I ended up chasing him around and taking swings whenever he ran past me. No amount of arcane def could help me survive his blast so how are you supposed to do it?

I think

Spoiler

he stops casting the blast if you hit him hard enough

.

 

[Levito]

Loving this game, but man the Sh

Spoiler

adows of Yharnam

on NG+ are giving me quite a challenge >_<

Which is weird since I defeated them on my first go originally, anyone have any gear/weapon recommendations? I think I just got lucky first time through

Spoiler

Take out the one that shoots the fireballs right away. Chip away at the final two slowly over time so that you don't need to deal with that crazy giant snake more they like to do. The fight is honestly easy if you have a fast one hander and force them against a wall.

 

[Zafir]

Forgot to mention this a few days ago but I have a confession to make:

Spoiler

I cheesed the Micolash fight in NG+ because he kept 1-shotting me in his second phase. I ended up chasing him around and taking swings whenever he ran past me. No amount of arcane def could help me survive his blast so how are you supposed to do it?

Spoiler

You need to be a bit back from him, and then roll/forwardstep through the beams. Timing is rather precise.

The other alternative is stay really close to him and hope he doesn't do it. After I died from him spamming it on my first attempt, that's what I did, and he didn't even do it on the second attempt.

 

[Futurevoid]

Forgot to mention this a few days ago but I have a confession to make:

Spoiler

I cheesed the Micolash fight in NG+ because he kept 1-shotting me in his second phase. I ended up chasing him around and taking swings whenever he ran past me. No amount of arcane def could help me survive his blast so how are you supposed to do it?

You can avoid said attack. It's pretty easy to dodge.

 

[Duffman]

Loving this game, but man the Sh

Spoiler

adows of Yharnam

on NG+ are giving me quite a challenge >_<

Which is weird since I defeated them on my first go originally, anyone have any gear/weapon recommendations? I think I just got lucky first time through

Yeah that boss fight is definitely one of the most difficult ones on NG+. I actually ended up summoning some help since

Spoiler

that katana dude was giving me a serious headache in his second form.

I one shotted that boss as well on my first playthrough, .

 

[Sodding_Gamer]

What the hell. I haven't played this in a while and just started it up at the Whitechapel lantern and there seems to be different enemies than normal?!!!

If you go out front entrance where there is that one guy with the blue lantern hiding behind the carriage and then crows round the corner the crows are now gone but instead there is one of those creepy dudes with a bag and turns red and goes batshit insane and one shots me :O

What the hell has happened? Have I messed up somewhere?

 

[Femto.]

I think

Spoiler

he stops casting the blast if you hit him hard enough

.

This seems to work early enough of the casting animation. Otherwise he completes the spell.

 

[Zafir]

What the hell. I haven't played this in a while and just started it up at the Whitechapel lantern and there seems to be different enemies than normal?!!!

If you go out front entrance where there is that one guy with the blue lantern hiding behind the carriage and then crows round the corner the crows are now gone but instead there is one of those creepy dudes with a bag and turns red and goes batshit insane and one shots me :O

What the hell has happened? Have I messed up somewhere?

That's normal if the last thing you did was beat B

Spoiler

lood-

S

Spoiler

tarved

B

Spoiler

east

.

 

[taybul]

I think

Spoiler

he stops casting the blast if you hit him hard enough

.

Spoiler

You need to be a bit back from him, and then roll/forwardstep through the beams. Timing is rather precise.

The other alternative is stay really close to him and hope he doesn't do it. After I died from him spamming it on my first attempt, that's what I did, and he didn't even do it on the second attempt.

Spoiler

I've heard hit him hard, hit him often, neither worked. I had him cornered and as I was just out of stam he jumped back (still within melee range) and he cast it. I had no room to outrange it.

Once he cast it before I even landed in the room. That was the breaking point for me.

 

[Derpot]

Forgot to mention this a few days ago but I have a confession to make:

Spoiler

I cheesed the Micolash fight in NG+ because he kept 1-shotting me in his second phase. I ended up chasing him around and taking swings whenever he ran past me. No amount of arcane def could help me survive his blast so how are you supposed to do it?

I wrecked his ass during the second phase with my blade of mercy. He couldn't do shit.
I almost died a few times but I beat him on my first try

 

[knitoe]

Can anyone help me kill Abhorrent Beast in Ailing Loran dungeon? I created a new character based off Chikage and he's become really difficult compared to my first character that can kill him easy with the Ludwig because of the nice range attacks. I'm lvl 85.

Spoiler

Can't remember exactly, but all you do is dodge toward him to be on his side opposite of the arm he attacks. I think he always starts with is right, so facing him, toward and right side. If not, do the reverse. Hit once, dodge out and repeat until dead. Without long range, that's going to be your strategy for many of the bosses coming up.

If you still need help, I can login with my lvl75.

 

[Sodding_Gamer]

That's normal if the last thing you did was beat B

Spoiler

lood-

S

Spoiler

tarved

B

Spoiler

east

.

Any reasoning behind why that happens? I have beaten him but haven't beaten V.A however I ventured into some really hard area and killed

Spoiler

That witch woman whatever her name is that's invisible

 

[TheGrue]

I've got 99 on my first run, at level 105... Doesn't seem to do much!

Yeah, I ran around much of my first playthrough with 99 insight. Didn't seem to matter a great deal.

 

[Zafir]

Spoiler

I've heard hit him hard, hit him often, neither worked. I had him cornered and as I was just out of stam he jumped back (still within melee range) and he cast it. I had no room to outrange it.

Once he cast it before I even landed in the room. That was the breaking point for me.

Spoiler

Oh I don't mean out range it, I mean just back off slightly so you have a bit of space to move forward, and then forward step/roll through it.

But yeah, it's a really tedious move on a otherwise really easy fight. I had him try and do it before I jumped down on NG+, I jumped down to land on him though and that stopped the cast.

Any reasoning behind why that happens? I have beaten him but haven't beaten V.A however I ventured into some really hard area and killed

Spoiler

That witch woman whatever her name is that's invisible

Spoiler

It just triggers when you beat BSB. I'm not sure the lore reasoning for it. It may just be because the boss you can get to in the area where the bag dudes send you opens up a door to Old Yharnam. So they felt BSB was a fitting place for them to start appearing.

There's a few other bosses which trigger changes in the world, but I'll let you find those. ^^

 

[DeadManWalking]

I love the game, but can't shake of the feeling that I'm a bit underwhelmed by it.
Due to the lack of new weapons and armor upgrades (as in new, better items, not just reallocation of the same stat threshold), no unique rings and useless gems, there is a lack of progression and no real reward for exploring. I'm running around with the same weapon and armor combo since the start of the game. Halberd (never use the 1h version) and a mix of Yarham Hunter + Father G attire. I think I replaced my gloves/pants once for Carred Hunter, but that's about it.
The levels are are also not different enough for me to clearly remember them. In every Souls game so far, you could speak about "Blighttown" or "4-1" or "Iron Keep" and you could clearly think about the level and the boss fights. Speaking about "Old Yarnham", "Central Yarnham" or "Cathedral Ward" just draws a blank when I try to think about the "level". There are a few exceptions, like "

Spoiler

Forbidden Forest

" (easily one of the worst areas of all games combined btw) or

Spoiler

Castle Cainhurst

.
Not a single remarkable boss fight either so far. All the bosses I've fought: First try:

Spoiler

Father G (which I found first still being level 10, Cleric Beast, Vicar, Witch, Rom, Darkbeast, One Unborn, Amygadala

, 2nd try:

Spoiler

Logarius, Shadow

.
Only

Spoiler

Blood-Starved Beast

was able to take me 5 tries or so, before I skipped all the gimmick crap trying to oil him or parry him and just dashed through his attack behind him and went ham and I still don't like the fight really. Other bosses are unimaginably dumb designed, like

Spoiler

Witch

and

Spoiler

Shadow

, both easily among the worst "multiple bosses". Not hard, just dumb and/or lazy.

Spoiler

Amygadala

and

Spoiler

Unborn

do nothing once you cling to their legs / tail / body apart from stomping and jumping occasionally. :X
NPCs are also really uninteresting and forgettable.
I dunno, the first few hours were among the best of the franchise, almost on if not on the same the level of Dark Souls / Demon Souls goodness. Carefully clearing everything, unlocking shortcuts, becoming lost and walking into the 2nd boss fight unknowingly without ever having the chance to spend any souls etc. It took a slight nose dive after that I feel, since everything was just a repeat. Discovering

Spoiler

Hypogean Gaol

was a real highlight tho. Loved that.
There is just something bugging me about the game which drags down my enjoyment a bit. I'm still having a blast, don't get me wrong, but I feel it could have been something even better.

edit: Chalice dungeons are seriously underwhelming and boring too. I dunno if I can stand the grind to face the extra boss. So far the boss fights were utterly uninspired and as easy as it can get.

dungeons become a lot better. In depth 4, 5 i think that bosses finally get interesting.something like

Spoiler

watchdog and queen

.
Anyway, just this morning i platined game and i want a little break from these kinds of games.

 

[Risgroo]

Nope. Same set pieces arrange in different places.

Hmm, dunno if I'll continue then. But I want that platinum...

 

[140.85]

My humble suggestion for OT++++:

 

[Dreez]

I was pretty frustrated the other day so I killed everyone in Oedon Chapel... they looked like they were dying anyway... did I fuck up?

 

[Gbraga]

My humble suggestion for OT++++:

That's really really good

I was pretty frustrated the other day so I killed everyone in Oedon Chapel... they looked like they were dying anyway... did I fuck up?

Aside from being a heartless monster, I don't think it'll keep you from going further into the game or anything.

I did kill Priscilla and cut off her tail several times, so who am I to judge.

 

[Alebrije]

OT++++ : Da fuc is this , DA fuc is that.

 

[mf luder]

Beginner's guide is in the OP, along with a link to a good guide on YouTube. It's non spoilery, definitely watch it!

Edit- here ya go

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJxi_w6jwRg

Can't believe I didn't check the OP! Do'h! Thanks!

 

[JackEtc]

Solo'd A

Spoiler

mygdala

last night on like my 5th try, only other boss I've managed to solo besides BSB. FEELS GREAT

But wtf, is this like an optional area? Where do I go now, N

Spoiler

ightmare

M

Spoiler

ensis

?

Also, when you take a right in the C

Spoiler

athedral

W

Spoiler

ard

and go up the elevator and make your way up to the top of that tower and theres that locked door. At least, it was locked last time I checked. Does that open up eventually?

 

[dosh]

My humble suggestion for OT++++:

I like it.

 

[Alebrije]

Solo'd A

Spoiler

mygdala

last night on like my 5th try, only other boss I've managed to solo besides BSB. FEELS GREAT

But wtf, is this like an optional area? Where do I go now, N

Spoiler

ightmare

M

Spoiler

ensis

?

Also, when you take a right in the C

Spoiler

athedral

W

Spoiler

ard

and go up the elevator and make your way up to the top of that tower and theres that locked door. At least, it was locked last time I checked. Does that open up eventually?

Spoiler

You get a key for that door at unseen village , that door will lead you to 2 bosses BTW

 

[Orthogonal]

Solo'd A

Spoiler

mygdala

last night on like my 5th try, only other boss I've managed to solo besides BSB. FEELS GREAT

But wtf, is this like an optional area? Where do I go now, N

Spoiler

ightmare

M

Spoiler

ensis

?

Also, when you take a right in the C

Spoiler

athedral

W

Spoiler

ard

and go up the elevator and make your way up to the top of that tower and theres that locked door. At least, it was locked last time I checked. Does that open up eventually?

Yes, go to M

Spoiler

ensis

.

Need a key for the other door. It is in the U

Spoiler

nseen

V

Spoiler

illage

area.

 

[Dahbomb]

Bloodborne OT ++++ | This isn't even my final Beast form

 

[Gbraga]

Bloodborne OT ++++ | This isn't even my final Beast form

Go home, you're drunk

 

[Tevious]

Well shit... I got too greedy and swung too many times on Y

Spoiler

harnam, Phtumerian Queen

. I was just 1 hit away from defeating her and I got one-hit-killed by her

Spoiler

Rapid Poisoning ground spikes

.

 

[Zukuu]

On the subject of chalice dungeons. Where are you even at. They don't become 'hard' until you get to defiled depth 4 in the pthumerian line of dungeons. Outside of maybe the U

Spoiler

ndead

G

Spoiler

iant

in depth 3 depending on your level.

The designs of the dungeons themselves don't improve though, I found them rather rubbish. I mostly rushed through just to face the bosses.

I finished the first 2 and got bored tremendously, so I focused on the story afterwards. I'm following this guide to bother the least amount possible with it: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/art...o-Fight-the-Secret-Final-Chalice-Dungeon-Boss
Only thing, apart from weapons (requirement, damage and scaling) I've looked up. Playing pretty much blind otherwise.

Spoiler

Amygdala

would spit acid shit on the ground/stomp/jump/and swing arms around and back at me if I clung to the feet too long. I was able to bait the stomps sometimes but not consistently.

I've read that memory leak thing causes people to have really uninteresting boss fights. Maybe happened to you? *shrug*

I don't put my PS4 in rest mode ever so I never have experienced a boss fight where the boss did one or two moves only due to the memory leak. Add insight into the mix too because I kept running into these bosses with 40+ insight and seeing moves and attacks that my buddies were not. My experience so far hasn't been boring yet EXCEPT...

So far the only boss fight I was able to cheese out was

Spoiler

Rom with a flamesprayer

. After he killed me a lot of times I decided to try something different and it worked out.

I never used suspend in my life, so I don't think so. He used his laser, jump, stomp etc I went for the tail after realizing it's a lot safer and he was even more of an joke afterwards. Had a huge amount of HP tho, so it took a while.

I killed Rom first try. Tonitrus is my 2nd weapon of choice I keep at hand when my Halberd doesn't deal normal damage. Worked fine so far. Movement set is garbage, so R1 spam is the only thing you can really do, but holy fuck, the damage is bonkers if you charge it up. Also drains very little stamina that way. Used it against

Spoiler

Logarius

as well, since it's much quicker so I could deal more damage before he dashed/jumped/flew away.

dungeons become a lot better. In depth 4, 5 i think that bosses finally get interesting.something like

Spoiler

watchdog and queen

.

I faced

Spoiler

Watchdogs

already. Only chalice fight that I needed to try twice. I hope the variety of the dungeons improves. So far it's been pretty much the same rooms over and over and over again slightly differently placed, apart from that one layer with the bell maiden.

 

[MegaSackman]

I finished the first 2 and got bored tremendously, so I focused on the story afterwards. I'm following this guide to bother the least amount possible with it: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/art...o-Fight-the-Secret-Final-Chalice-Dungeon-Boss
Only thing, apart from weapons (requirement, damage and scaling) I've looked up. Playing pretty much blind otherwise.


I never used suspend in my life, so I don't think so. He used his laser, jump, stomp etc I went for the tail after realizing it's a lot safer and he was even more of an joke afterwards. Had a huge amount of HP tho, so it took a while.

I killed Rom first try. Tonitrus is my 2nd weapon of choice I keep at hand when my Halberd doesn't deal normal damage. Worked fine so far. Movement set is garbage, so R1 spam is the only thing you can really do, but holy fuck, the damage is bonkers if you charge it up. Also drains very little stamina that way. Used it against

Spoiler

Logarius

as well, since it's much quicker so I could deal more damage before he dashed/jumped/flew away.


I faced

Spoiler

Watchdogs

already. Only chalice fight that I needed to try twice. I hope the variety of the dungeons improves. So far it's been pretty much the same rooms over and over and over again slightly differently placed, apart from that one layer with the bell maiden.

From Pthumeru to Hintertomb to Loran, they change not drastically but they change.

 

[ys45]

Something must be wrong with me I see a lot of people saying they had problem with

Spoiler

Amygdala ans Father Gascoigne or Rom

I got them first try but when it comes to

Spoiler

Martyr and Cosmos bosses

I must have tried like 20 times each and never managed to beat them.

WTF am I doing wrong ? And yes I watched some videos and tips

 

[Heel]

My humble suggestion for OT++++:

"This is a dank curse."

 

[JackEtc]

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You get a key for that door at unseen village , that door will lead you to 2 bosses BTW

Dope, thanks!

Yes, go to M

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ensis

.

Need a key for the other door. It is in the U

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nseen

V

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illage

area.

Thanks! Ugh, M

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ensis

was MISERABLE when the when I went there...I got one shotted by like everything around me (and I was getting sniped

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by like red spikes or something that were causing hella frenzy

?) and eventually I just made a mad dash past everything to these huge doors and I found a giant

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Spider

and his friends there to greet me.......I have horrible

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arachnophobia

. Haven't been there since LOL.

Speaking of, it took me like a dozen hours to remember the tried and true souls tactic of "runing past everything and hope to get to a door/passage to a new room/area/safe place/bonfire" LOL. Used it heavily in the section of the F

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orbidden

W

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oods

with all the s

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nakes

and the beginnings of the U

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nseen

V

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illage

are where enemies just keep spawning forever. Is there anywhere in particular you guys employed this strategy? Hahaha

 

[BruceLeeRoy]

Servers still down?

 

[GeordieMark]

I dunno, the first few hours were among the best of the franchise, almost on if not on the same the level of Dark Souls / Demon Souls goodness.

I know what you mean, but I think that applies to all of the other Souls games too. I think they all tail off towards the end, and I put this down to familiarity with the techniques that the designers use to keep you on your toes.

Also, I can't say this for definite with Bloodborne as I'm nearly but not-quite-done yet, all of the Souls games become much easier and less intimidating by the time you reach the end. Again, this is partly due to the player getting wise to the techniques the game uses to thwart you, the player "gitting gud", and the player character becoming much more powerful.

My opinion on the game so far is that it is easily the best game I have played this year, and probably my second favourite Souls game. Dark Souls still reigns supreme for me. The NPCs in Bloodborne aren't particularly interesting, and although the world is consistent and feel more real than Dark Souls, it lacks the variety.

Combat-wise, Bloodborne is my favourite of the Souls games though. I love it. The health regain mechanic is genius and teaches you not to fear getting hit, which is the exact opposite of how to play Dark Souls. I also love the trick weapons and think I prefer them to having swathes of useless weapons clogging up my inventory.

Armour is a bit disappointing though. I haven't really needed to change from the hunter's garb much, except for specific boss fights, and there isn't a great deal of stat difference between the armour sets I have found so far.

Finally, the main thing which keeps Bloodborne below Dark Souls in my opinion is that there seems to be very little about the game which encourages me to play through it again any time soon. As fun as it is, and it really is, it is also just frustrating enough for me to want a little break from it once I'm done. It doesn't seem like a second play-through will show me anything new, and trying again with different weapons doesn't really offer a huge amount of variety. The Souls games each play very differently depending on your character build, whereas Bloodborne feels like it will be a very similar experience no matter what weapons I use. I understand why, and think the combat is much more exciting for this change, but role-playing suffers as a consequence.

I guess one way of looking at it is that Dark Souls emphasises the RPG elements, whereas Bloodborne emphasises the action aspect of the 'action-RPG' genre that the Souls games are often referred to as..

 

[GulAtiCa]

After finishing the Chalice dungeon line all the way to Q

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ueen

boss, really think this is a good idea, but executed poorly. My main issue is how boring a lot of it is, due to all of the dungeons/layers generally being same. The loot just sucks. Some better gems for sure, but all the chests are nearly worthless with materials for future/other dungeons. It really should have given you better loot, like better gems or unique Runes.

The good thing for depth 4&5 is that Blood Echos you get per layer is huge. In depth 5 layer 2 for the main chalice, you can easily get 700k with all 3 Moon runes used. And that is like a 20 minute max run.

Also think bosses when defeated should have given you chests or more stuff then just, here's the next dungeon! Now go farm materials since we didn't give you any for it!

/rant - Luckily I'm done with the chalice dungeons for now.

 

[pixelbox]

1.Why when I fight

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Amygdala

there's barely any damage?
2.Do I have to trudge through the

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swamp

to get to

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Amygdala

?

Please be vague.

 

[Thorwaldsson]

Bloodborne OT ++++ |

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I see bad moon rising

 

[Derpot]

I need to continue the Chalice Dungeons but... I don't really like them either. Not because it's hard but because it's repetitive.

My humble suggestion for OT++++:

Yisss.

 

[knitoe]

1.Why when I fight

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Amygdala

there's barely any damage?
2.Do I have to trudge through the

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swamp

to get to

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Amygdala

?

Please be vague.

1) Hitting the wrong part of the body.

2) Open the shortcut.

 

[Koh]

Beat NG++ and started a brand new character.

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Father

G gave me a bit of trouble with my new pistol and whip (was cleaver and shotgun previously). I ended up beating him taking no damage on the 5th try, but it really is one of the hardest fights for me. I died at least 40 times on him in my first playthrough, likely much more.