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Soul Sacrifice (Vita) Demo impressions
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Unknown One
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Ice Rose Thorn (unneeded)
Grave Clod (3 star)
Ice Carving Lid (2 star)
Soldier's Ember (3 star)
Treefiend Entrails (1 star)
Healing Seed (3 star)
All you need is Ice carving lid to block his tackle then run up to him and spam Grave clod. Before he gets up you use Treefiend Entrails.
Repeat until he's dead. Be careful of spawning enemies though. It almost got me killed. Sacrifice your A.I partners when he's in the red.
Grave Clod (3 star)
Ice Carving Lid (2 star)
Soldier's Ember (3 star)
Treefiend Entrails (1 star)
Healing Seed (3 star)
All you need is Ice carving lid to block his tackle then run up to him and spam Grave clod. Before he gets up you use Treefiend Entrails.
Repeat until he's dead. Be careful of spawning enemies though. It almost got me killed. Sacrifice your A.I partners when he's in the red.
Unknown One
Member
He went down fairly quickly. It has much lower health with A.I then online.
Infinite Justice
Member
How do you get Treefiend Entrails?
how do u deal with your offerings though? as in they keep running out..
so i have to run around until those renew-thingums respawn
Unknown One
Member
You get it from Timesand + Irondrake egg = Mudfiend Entrails + Green Giant's Arm.
Unknown One
Member
There are those offering bodies around the stage. That gives you an extra offering for each attack. My golem make quick work of those cats which I offer as well when I'm safe.
I tried using a similar strategy, but Cerberus usually only stays down for a few seconds at a time. I don't have enough time to use multiple Grave Clods. :/
thanks. btw. does the chance to use Black Rite run out?
they are times where my HP HUD just suddenly disappear
Cerberus was in RED and the icon for Black Rite just refused to appear (my other team mate already used theirs)
the game is getting more likeable the more I play it
(I really didn't like the macabre them initially.. and not feeling it with Librom and the first battle with that Snake/Crocodile/Face thing was just gross and disturbing and annoying)
there's much attention to details
- how your "aura" changes according to the alignment of your right arm: blue/white glow for those with the Divine Arm, etc
- the idea of Skilful Attacks: volting a frosted enemy (can we do anything to blazed or volted enemies?)
last thing... - what's the highest rank? Is it Divine or Legendary?
Still have yet to get the Golem :/
I believe it's Divine
You can only use the Black Rite when your HP is down to a certain amount. If you heal yourself, the Black Rite icon might disappear.
Divine. I think the rankings from lowest to highest are Second-Rate, First-Rate, Legendary, Divine. If there's anything lower than Second-Rate, I haven't seen it yet.
Soo the only way to renew offerings is to use the tree along the field? It feels like my teammates always use them before I can so when Im out of offerings, Im done...
The Boss's have a health bar? Where?!?! I dont see it until Im dead!!
Other than that, this game is sweet. What can I do to grind and get some of the better spells and offerings? I want a Golem, don't know how to get one
The Boss's have a health bar? Where?!?! I dont see it until Im dead!!
Other than that, this game is sweet. What can I do to grind and get some of the better spells and offerings? I want a Golem, don't know how to get one
Sacrificing enemies renews offerings as well.
You can only see the color of the enemies change when using the d-pad down Mind's Eye - dying is the only way too see the bar itself.
Unknown One
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Black right pops up after you're wounded to a certain point. About 1/3rd health or around that.
Huh, have they changed it from the Japanese version?
In Japanese its: Inexperienced, 3rd rate, 2nd rate, 1st rate, Legendary. If there's something above Legendary I haven't ever seen it and it's not on the wiki.
Unknown One
Member
Don't know why, but I was thinking this game came out this Tuesday. Just realized I still have to wait one more week.
Think about it this way. You got a week to power yourself up and get ready for the real meat of the game.
BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO
Junior Member
Any tips for Cerberus? Me and my friends are getting our asses handed to us.
RyougaSaotome
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In the Japanese version, it's the holy grail.
Also, AI partners are useful beyond just attacking the enemy. Figuring out whether to sacrifice or save them is a key part of surviving later single player battles.
(shakes fist at *LIGHT BOSS/AREA SPOILERS*
Slime in a small corridor
twentytwo22
Member
Watch him for a while to learn his patterns. Use stone weapons if you've got them. If you have 4 people, do some damage, have everyone salamander, and then sacrifice a couple people for a pretty easy win.
thanks guys.. my HP was pretty much full/perfect throughout my Cerberus fight.. I kept my distance and used ranged/projectile attacks and Jack O Lantern (the ball charge) on him... and renewed my offerings (repeat the above attacks)... no wonder that Black Rite option never came up... hope my party did not hate me for it :/
Some guys here mentioned using Shields to knock him off when he charges at you. When he's down, get some hits in.
I prefer a combination of projectile attacks + charge attacks
Haven't seen the BR icon disappear, even after dying, being revived and healing back to full health tbh.
I have, you gotta be a little under 1/4 health to use it. Clutch moment kinda thing
I'll add you too once I get on my Vita later. I'm getting close to 100 friends though (again). I might have to clean up my friend list before Soul Sacrifice is officially released.
Huh. Maybe it also has to do with the number of uses you have left for your offerings?
Agent White
Member
this has been my experience in the US demo. as long as the health drops low enough to get black rite, you keep it for the entire battle. doesn't matter if i partially/fully heal either.
has sony said anything about the digital release at all?
I love/hate how long these battles take. haha.
especially in an online battle... dinner's here.. and I can't pause to eat until I'm done with Cerberus
Agent White
Member
just a pic of me and my bestie Cerberus right after I took him down solo. didn't even use black rite.
Grinchy
Banned
How much harder would you say the fight is than soloing Harpy?
Really　depends on the team. I remember struggling with Cerberus for more than 20 minutes while playing with BlueMaxima, Twentytwo and Expel and beating him in around 2 mins with 3 randoms.
Have you tried fully restarting the Vita? Holding the power button for a few seconds and booting it again.
I'm not sure if I had the same exact error, but I had to send an error report once. I was able to load my save after I sent the report.
If it took 30 min you guys were doing something really wrong.
You can replenish offerings by sacrificing monsters or looking for areas that glow white with Mind's Eye.
So, just for kicks, I tried seeing how long it would take me to solo Cerberus using only blood magic and healing (using the environment and spawning Orcs for magic refills). My sorcerer is a 19/1 Divine Arm IV user with no attack-boosting seals.
It took me about 45 minutes. :b
It took me about 45 minutes. :b
How do you choose which magic gets refilled? Or is it random?
Agent White
Member
hmm just took him out again.
i used the ice shield for when he runs at me, and get a couple hits in with the stone axe while he's laying done. I would set up my golem near a corner(where the long corridor meets with the circular areas) and stand behind him near the wall. while Cerberus would try to get by the golem(and fail) I'd be launching irondrake eggs at him.
that's the way I succeeded both times, and both times I also broke all his curse parts.
i used the ice shield for when he runs at me, and get a couple hits in with the stone axe while he's laying done. I would set up my golem near a corner(where the long corridor meets with the circular areas) and stand behind him near the wall. while Cerberus would try to get by the golem(and fail) I'd be launching irondrake eggs at him.
that's the way I succeeded both times, and both times I also broke all his curse parts.