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Bloodborne
I've never gotten into a souls game, though I have dark souls. This game does a much better job setting a tone with an awesome intro city---the intriguing hook of "the hunt," these hunters and beasts wandering around, etc. Really awesome intro area from that perspective.
But man, since I'm bad and I die a lot these loadings times might be the death of me. I'm sure they aren't so insufferable if you die a little less often, but they are grim. I cannot get the riposte timings with the guns right and it is fucking me over so badly.
I got to the bridge with the werewolves, who fucking murdered me, and then I got into this loop where I got fixated on killing the big guy in the armor right next to the gate you open at the very beginning to practice. I think it was quite a bad decision on their part to restrict leveling up until you beat the first boss (I read this), it is very frustrating.
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For leveling, you can level up before beating the first boss. I died the first time fighting the first guy there, and I was able to level in the hunters dream (after you acquire your first insight by meeting the first boss)
The werewolves on the bridge are a pain at first, I recommend shooting a pebble at one of them and try taking them out one at a time (molotovs work great, but can be difficult to time depending on obstructions)
I was making progress in Old Yarnham, when I decided to jump off a small ledge, only to realize I was all the way back at the beginning of Old Yarnham again, and then I fell off a ledge and died... Gotta love it.
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I realized that I could at least buy armor with the souls, even if I couldn't level up. So I got to the wolves and then turned back around and went back to the hunters keep and bought all the armor and stocked up. It wasn't much but it made me way less annoyed to at least bank some progress in a meaningful way by buying the initial armor set.
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You can definitely level before the first boss. I _think_ what triggers it (if you don't mind a spoiler) is when you encounter Father Gascigone. He destroyed me the first time I saw him, and back in the Hunter's Dream something had changed and I could level up. Leveling is much more like Demon's Souls than Dark Souls.
Speaking of Father Gascigone...I tried like six times to beat him last night, four times getting down to literally one hit. Will try again tonight. I'm not really sure if when y'all are saying "first boss" if you mean him or the Cleric Beast.
Did y'all figure out what to do with the pig? There's a sneaky way to do it.
Buying the armor is sort of waste of blood because there is a similar (but not quite as good) set you can find early on. That said, if you're just going to lose the souls from dying anyway, might as well bank them in gear. That's an interesting aspect of this system, that you very much DO want to bank experience when you can in equipment or upgrades. Don't wait. You'll be sorry.
Staggering, I don't have the timing yet on that either but when you do get the riposte, it does a TON of damage even with the cane.
The werewolves are super vulnerable to fire. Lob a couple of Molotov cocktails at them and they are VERY easy. I keep meaning to see if the torch is actually effective on them, but I forget to try.I love how you see them and you're like "oh, I tore that one up earlier, this will be easy". And then they kill you.
The big guy in armor is...I don't know what the deal is. He's pretty hard for appearing at such a low level area, but he doesn't really offer much of a reward and there's nothing in his little area.
Did you guys get Iofeska's Vial in the clinic? I did, and accidentally wasted it. I've been meaning to check to see if she'll give you another one.
I haven't actually tried any of the other weapons, but I almost bought the repeating pistol. The Blunderbuss is nice because it has a nice spread and it can give you a second of crowd control. The cane is great, it lacks punch but it's quick and has great reach when it converts to the whip.
WTF is Bloodtinge? I can't see any impact anywhere for that stat so far.
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I think first boss is supposed to be cleric beast, but I'm not sure.
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I can't remember if I got Iofeska's Vial... have to go back and revisit that area again, does it do anything special?
Cleric Beast is the first boss I think, or sub-boss, since only after killing Father G can you access the next area. Cleric Beast was a tough fight at points because the camera would go all wonky because of the tight space, but still a fun fight.
Has anyone tried to co-op with friends yet? I still can't figure that out... I know how to summon other people, just not friends. Have to look into that at some point.
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REMEMBER- you are NEVER cheesing it in one of these games. If it works, it works!
Haven't seen anything like where you could shoot that dragon in the tail with 200 arrows or whatever yet.
The vial is just a healing item, I think...but you know how these games are, talking to her may have some kind of impact later on or having it/not having it may result in some kind of consequence.
Big monsters+3D movement=terrible camera. Always. There's just no good way to do it.
My Bloodtinge is really low, that must be why the blunderbuss does such pitiful damage. I've been viewing it more as a c-c-c-combo breaker more than anything, you can effectively cancel lots of enemy attacks with it.
My fucking god I love this game.
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Absolutely agree about the cheesing part, if you can use something to your advantage, then do so. Everything in this game except for the hunter's dream is very oppressive... might as well do what you can to survive!
My bloodtinge is pitiful, I don't think I've upgraded it once. I'm more concerned with endurance and vitality for now, but I might invest in some later on in the game.
I'm looking forward to seeing what Bloodborne's version of "Blight Town" or "The Gutter" is this time around... if there is such a thing 'shudder'.
Certainly a game that warrants a PS4
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Bloodborne is way better than Dark Souls. That's just for me. I think it has to do with less bullshit but the same core gameplay experience. There are like 6 attributes, not the 10 attributes of before with 4 of them being completely incomprehensible. I haven't encountered many weapons, but they are quite different than one another. Etc, etc.
Fundamentally, the combat is also way faster paced and more satisfying. It helps that the first area before the cleric beast is a VASTLY better experience than the one in Dark Souls (prison), which teaches you almost nothing and then unleashes you into a place where you can go like 2-3 different directions and two of them are wrong and will kill you.
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The saw blade that I'm using is fine but I'm a little bored with. I'm thinking of buying the kirkhammer. I also saw there's a spear people get too. I don't want to invest in anything if I'm going to bail to a different weapon.
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I just entered a new area... and the combination of enemies is intimidating. It's difficult to juggle long ranged enemies and the little bastards that rush you... but I'm loving it!
For weapons.. I've invested the basic bloodshards in all of them really. Bloodshards become common enemy drops, so there's no shortage of those. The twin bloodshards on the other hand, I'm not so sure about. Perhaps after a while enemies will drop those... but haven't seen that yet. I like the Kirkhammer quite a bit so I've invested into that (4 upgrades, one was a twin bloodshard), but as new weapons unlock I will certainly consider those as well... I don't think there's really a 'this weapon is better than that one' in this game, since each one has it's own unique advantage and disadvantage. I like the cleaver's swift attack motion, since it keeps enemies staggered for longer, but I also love the Kirkhammer's two handed mode for backstabs. I enjoy the versatility the game offers, it presents you all these choices, but there's no right or wrong one, just the one you make.
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I'll keep my eyes open for the twin bloodshard things and think about conserving them a little. I haven't seen any yet.
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