There is one other thing I'm missing. The Catacombs boss tries to smash a closed gate open in the little cutscene when you first see him. This gate is all boarded up and seemingly not accessible. Behind the wooden planks you can see one of those lore scrolls though. Anyone figure out how to get there?
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SlasherJPC
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I've not had much problems with the bosses but this one kept killing me so went around. Is this close to the end?
questions about secrets and hidden shit!
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theres more shit but thats all I remember from my recent session
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in the very first room of the game there is a alcove above that leads to a locked door, how do you open that?
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also in the tutorial area, when you break the wall and go to the spider area, there are 2 locked doors. 1 was open with a pressure plate, what about the second?
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where is this lab the monk wants me to find again? down in the catacombs?
theres more shit but thats all I remember from my recent session
SlasherJPC
Banned
Honestly, I wouldn't consider a boss killing me twice a big problem. That's really not bad.
Diablohead
Member
Really not enjoying this game, it's not the combat which puts me off it's the sub par frame rate, the boring npc's and that the stage design is bog standard cookie cut.
You can have a huge boss battle within sight of two npc's yet they stand there and watch you fight to the death, say nothing about what happened and instead give you a boring talk about something like a side mission.
completely dumb, so boring and drab, no thought has gone into the npc's
I can't see myself playing this game much, i'll enjoy it for what I can and sell it on, bleh.
You can have a huge boss battle within sight of two npc's yet they stand there and watch you fight to the death, say nothing about what happened and instead give you a boring talk about something like a side mission.
completely dumb, so boring and drab, no thought has gone into the npc's
I can't see myself playing this game much, i'll enjoy it for what I can and sell it on, bleh.
2 more locked doors, any idea?
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on the planitarium, right before reaching the old man and the the king guy
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graveyard, there is a locked door that leads to a path down bellow, you can see monsters down there. there is one of those jumpy guys in front of the door, and a checkpoint nearby
Charmicarmicat
Banned
Did anyone reply about if the loot changes in NG+? Are there any other notable changes? I'm about 80% decided on getting this game, that will push me over the edge as NG+ shenanigans are my favourite thing from the Souls games.
Honestly, I wouldn't consider a boss killing me twice a big problem. That's really not bad.
Hah I suppose, but it was just the first boss!
I'm sure I'll learn about each boss as they come...
Sanctuary
Member
That boss does a lot of damage if it hits you, but its moves are so telegraphs and super easy to get attacks in because there are very long delays after it goes through an attack routine, or even the kick is super punishable.
Yes. Just go back there after you killed
Beast
I think I found a major quest bug, although I'm not really sure. Once you're somewhat near the end of the game, and you are supposed to find and kill
Annihilator
Also, were all the Human Skulls found in the Catacombs? Because it seems like I am still missing a few, and I have no idea where any more would be.
sanct do you not know any of those secrets I posted? youre my only hope!
I did not know this! whats the quick door that leads there again? the tower door? no its not that one right?
Sanctuary
Member
sanct do you not know any of those secrets I posted? youre my only hope!
I did not know this! whats the quick door that leads there again? the tower door? no its not that one right?
I can't remember the doors in the very first area. Unless you're talking about the pressure plate door that's in the Citadel (there are two of them) and they are connected to the first Warden room, but that's about halfway through the game. If there's something literally at the very start of the game before shortcuts are opened, I'm not sure what you mean.
As I said in an earlier post, the "Laboratory" is actually a room in the Southern Watchtower. It's the room that has the exit leading down with the wooden planks I think (it's a hallway) that takes you to the front door of the Catacombs that had required the key. The Monk is standing in that room.
Sanctuary
Member
Just circle strafe around him and then attack after he does any of his attacks that have a lot of recovery (which are most of them). When he does the
The main thing is just stay close and circle strafe.
shield pound on the ground, just make sure you're far enough away so that you don't take damage from the initial shockwave, but then rush up on him so you don't take damage from the falling magic projectiles and whack him a few times.
If the fight goes on long enough to where he starts doing his long sword swipes that shoot out a magic arc after, just dodge twice and attack him.
If the fight goes on long enough to where he starts doing his long sword swipes that shoot out a magic arc after, just dodge twice and attack him.
The main thing is just stay close and circle strafe.
Wondering this as well.
No you can go back and kill him.
Sanctuary
Member
They are completely unrelated. Just some random story shit that really doesn't matter. She basically just wants your help NOW instead of later is all.
LMAO. I actually didn't know you could ram the weak spots on walls until a bit later on in the game, so I totally missed that first section that's behind where you get the first key you need.
As far as those two doors you're talking about, I opened both. One was with the plate as you said, and I think the other was with a random key that one of the respawned, higher level enemies dropped right around either the area right before the first Warden room, or the area just right after. I keep getting keys to chests I never found locked yet, and also keys to areas I don't even know about...
Freezasaurus
Member
After boss #3, am I supposed to go right into
the portal Kaslo opens for me? I noticed the big round door in the cemetery where I beat the Worshipper. I took a peek inside, doesn't seem to tough yet.
Just came across more bizarre bugs. Suddenly the flawless luck gem on my wrist gear disappeared. I only noticed because my character was suddenly heavier. Now I'm looking at my stats and I have 0 Luck. My character starts with 3 and I didn't respec or anything. This game is ridiculous.
Sanctuary
Member
I'm not 100% sure, but I think the ring is somewhat bugged. I keep hearing that hum/whisper effect on top of some of the secret areas that I've already cleared before getting the ring.
Yep, I couldn't get that one either.
It is honestly significantly easier than any Souls game. Super fun don't get me wrong, but it isn't anywhere close to a Souls game for me in terms of difficulty. OK maybe it's about as hard as Dark 2 vanilla (Dark 2 DLC is way harder than LOTF).
Well, I'll say NG+ is a joke. You can still find empty bottles on top of what you already have. I'm running with 22 potions...
Just like I did with DkS1, I am going into the thing completely blind. No guides or anything. So its much harder than Im sure it would be if I looked things up. So that is definately adding to the difficulty.
Not saying its as hard as the Souls game, and I have no interest in comparing the two game honestly.
Just wanted to make that post for anyone who is reading some of these comments thinking its some "baby's first dark souls" game or something. Cause it is definitely not, especially if you go in blind.
Agreed, and there's nothing approaching the satisfaction of beating a Souls boss in this game.
The game is decently fun but it's a disappointment. Preponderance of tank enemies with tower shields which are just terrible to fight as DW or 2H, boring bosses both mechanically and in appearance, totally forgettable level and general world design, bad dialogue and voice acting, and on and on. I think it does literally everything worse than any of the Souls games, and in retrospect makes me appreciate Dark Souls 2 a bit more.
The experience system is probably its only novelty worth mentioning, and even that at some point becomes trivial. The game is easy enough that there are only so many attributes you need to bother with (I haven't even touched Vitality), and at some point leveling up will only make things that much easier. I'm sitting on something like 40k exp points and, since I have utterly no use for them, I wouldn't even care if I lost them all.
At the same time, it is a genuine and rare Souls clone (as opposed to "the Dark Souls of X"), and that goes some way to making things enjoyable enough for me to power through it.
Yea this game is harder than something like Skyrim or Dragon Age no question. I am playing blind too, I guess we all kinda are since the game is so new. One thing about LOTS is that as I level and find new weapons I just pop rage and burn bosses/enemies easy. If you level up in Dark Souls 2 for example the Fume Knight is like cool story bro I'm going to pack your shit in.
It's pretty damn easy, and super fun.
Just started playing this tonight, disc version on PS4. Decided to roll as a cleric with the brawler set of spells initially.
Made it up to the first boss and took him out on my first attempt, which I was pretty pleased with. He seemed like a nice introduction to the control scheme of general combat.
I'll get more time over the weekend to sink a few more hours into the game, but something that is already getting on my nerves is the constant accessing of the disc that seems to be happening.
My PS4 is just constantly accessing the disc for the whole time I am playing, and the whirring and clicking noises are doing my head in! They are louder than my tv at times!
For anyone else playing the disc version on PS4, are you getting this too? Am I going to have to suffer these awful noises for my entire playthrough? Say it ain't so...
Made it up to the first boss and took him out on my first attempt, which I was pretty pleased with. He seemed like a nice introduction to the control scheme of general combat.
I'll get more time over the weekend to sink a few more hours into the game, but something that is already getting on my nerves is the constant accessing of the disc that seems to be happening.
My PS4 is just constantly accessing the disc for the whole time I am playing, and the whirring and clicking noises are doing my head in! They are louder than my tv at times!
For anyone else playing the disc version on PS4, are you getting this too? Am I going to have to suffer these awful noises for my entire playthrough? Say it ain't so...
well in souls the potions weren't really a problem either IMO. it gets tough when you get ganged on or if you drink your potions in bad positions.
Jimmyfenix
Member
FINALLY got my copy! Hopefully when i wake up it finishes updating.
Even the fastest roll is not quick enough to counter. It's the one thing that really bugs me about this game.
Tanky Souls players will probably have a more enjoyable time with this game than people who prefer a nimble DEX-based character.
MyOtherBike
Member
I'm absolutely loving this game. Just beat
and now making my way to
. My weapon of choice is a 1h axe called
and I'm rolling with 246dmg on it. I tried Demon Souls and Dark Souls, but they never grabbed me. I need to be able to pause a game. This game is scratching an itch I didn't even know I had. And god am I loving it.
Guardian
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TheBryanJZX90
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What's harder this or Dark Arisen?
Sanctuary
Member
where did the skull bro go?
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=136796062&postcount=1396
Err, is the
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giant, chained up demon you release by hitting the three levers?
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KCroxtonJr
Member
Just came to talk about this. I STILL need that one last skull, and I just did a pretty damn thorough run of the catacombs with no luck. I just read that the skulls are found in the catacombs and the graveyard, but does anybody know if those are the only places? I feel like I found some in other areas, but I'm not sure...
That isn't the
Annihilator
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I'm not sure what you are talking about here. Do you mean the locked door by the save crystal after the
commander
Sanctuary
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Edited my reply above, but you pretty much answered it. The lame vagueness of the quest text and dialogue in this game doesn't help at all. It actually drew a slash through my objective as though I just completed it, then reappeared.
Anyway, the door I'm talking about is in the Memorial area, right next to a save crystal. If you have the compass ring on, you can hear it humming over a ledge. There's a locked door that looks like it opens up to let you walk down the long stairs to the bottom of the graveyard. Someone said ithe key was right before the
Annihilator
There's at least one in the "secret" area with all of the spiders and such that's behind the locked portcullis where you find the very first key in the game.