It's not super linear, you still explore and found secrets and sometimes you get that fromsoft level design where you complete an area and end up in the main hub and you ask to yourself "fucking how?"
I gave the game a fair chance and i was one of the few members with positive opinions, but i'm waiting for a patch rehaul, the game was decent but i find lop way, way better (atmosphere included).
It's not like demons.
Ha! You got me again!It's not like demons.
In demons you can dip in and out of any level and complete about 80% of it any order you want.
This is straight up linear I.e. level 1, 2 etc.
I guess more like Returnal....
This
The areas are big and you open a ton of shortcuts to the "bonfire", and the world seems consistent and well designed so a single journey will take you around a consistent city, but... ultimately there are no branching paths, no hidden zones or bosses, formulake stong, high-reward, non-respawning enemies positioned near the next shortcut or checkpoint (so it's better to just initially avoid them). Doing side quests often return you to old areas to find NPCs or secret rooms, but nothing greater. Items out of the beaten path in each area are often common or rubish, and only the occasional chess has worthy loot.
The one thing to consider is if your stuck on a boss you can't go and try anything elese really.
There are some aspects, like being able to retrieve health by attacking. So like Bloodborne, you have that, but with a bit of a twist. In Bloodborne, if I remember correctly the only way you parry is by interruption with the gun....so it's a much more dodge and weave kinda game. In Lies of P, you aren't as agile as in Bloodborne...so instead of this they allow actual parring with the weapon...making it more like Sekiro, also, due to no stamina constraint, Sekiro you're the most agile out of the 3 games. I will say the atmosphere of Lies of P is probably closer to Bloodborne than any other Souls game so I'll give you that.
It's not like demons.
In demons you can dip in and out of any level and complete about 80% of it any order you want.
This is straight up linear I.e. level 1, 2 etc.
I guess more like Returnal....
Wrench head on police baton. I discovered this myself and only later found its meta build.
Is it necessary to parry to be able to get anywhere? Like, is it a big part of the combat? Because I absolutely hate parrying in games and never parried once in DS, DS3 or Bloodborne for example.
I used the holy heavy sword mostly (the spear changed form and heavy attack were just too good), but i saw people mangling mofos with the special art of the wrench head, that thing probably does the most damage per single attack in the whole game.
Yeah, avoiding 70% of the damage make even simple blocks tank style kinda viable because you can regain health by attacking after being pummeled and usually 1-2 attacks are enough to recover all or almost all the health you lost.
Gotcha, thanks. Probably not for me then unfortunately. I really liked what people were saying about there being no online, invasions and that sort of stuff otherwise.
I was running the tyrant dagger for a bit which has like 40% block but is really fast.
Yeah it easily takes down the whole 1 stage of some ez bosses
But it's hard to hit and charge
I'm on that fight now and can't even beat them with the specter
The spectre doesn't help much in that fight. What weapon are you using?
Interesting. Presentation on bosses is great but I hated fighting them. It's bullshit galore and bad animations. It's just too hard.
Tried all different types of weapons,the dancer sword,acid spear,salamander etc
Probably makes it harder for as I seem to get hit more
I finished the game. It's bs what attacks some bosses do.
I hope this helps.
OK do any of them have a high block percentage? The bonesaw made a huge difference for me. High block damage allows you to recover health easily and give more confidence with parries.
