Fbh
Member
Oh, I actually think I have 2 of those. Kinda assumed apparitions would be more like transparent ghosts or invisible enemies or something.
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Gormless Noodle
Member
Interesting so far. Haven't gotten very far yet though but I really like how in a From game these really basic, been done a thousand times, kind of elements just add so much to their games. In the sense of how it impacts so much in the actual gameplay.
Codes 208
Member
Finally started to play it. I’m really enjoying it so far, currently I’m seeing more resemblance to bloodborne due to movement and reliance on posture and countering. Though I’m glad the idols have more to do with ds2 and 3’s bonfire system than BB’s lanterns.
This could be my early vote for GotY
This could be my early vote for GotY
Revolutionary
Member
I'm probably overthinking it (as usual), but is there another use for sake other than giving it to the Sculptor? Got one as a boss drop and I'm not sure if I should just give it to him or save it for later.
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Shifty
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Gavin Stevens
Formerly 'o'dium'
I’m sadly not feeling this yet. It feels like it wants to be souls, but it isnt souls. Not that they wanted it to be different, more so that they wanted it to be the same but missed?
All the elements are there, but for me, this is heavily watered down. I hate having no XP, as now it’s no longer a case of farming, but more so a case of luck and skill. Now, I’m all for “gettin gud”, but there is usually a balance. Here, you don’t really do much of anything... you farm for skill points, which don’t really do all that much at this stage for me. You can upgrade your vitality, but I haven’t seen much of that either. Your attack strength I’m presuming remains constant?
The atacking feels weird to me, and cheap. I manage it all in anything else of this sort just fine, but here it feels odd to me. Can’t put my finger on it. That first ogre battle wasn’t hard, it was just cheap. Dude would manage to grab me for his near enough instant kill attack even when I was a good 10 feet away and rolling? Eh? Why bother with blocking and repelling attack when, usually, you’re up against a few people, at the same time as some dude with a ranged weapon is going at you? Why bother having wolves when they are one but boredom sponges?
I LOVE Souls. Loved The Surge. Loved Bloodborne. Loved unchained. Hated Ashen... And I think I’ll end up enjoying this, too. It’s just, right now, it doesn’t seem hard, it just seems cheap?
All the elements are there, but for me, this is heavily watered down. I hate having no XP, as now it’s no longer a case of farming, but more so a case of luck and skill. Now, I’m all for “gettin gud”, but there is usually a balance. Here, you don’t really do much of anything... you farm for skill points, which don’t really do all that much at this stage for me. You can upgrade your vitality, but I haven’t seen much of that either. Your attack strength I’m presuming remains constant?
The atacking feels weird to me, and cheap. I manage it all in anything else of this sort just fine, but here it feels odd to me. Can’t put my finger on it. That first ogre battle wasn’t hard, it was just cheap. Dude would manage to grab me for his near enough instant kill attack even when I was a good 10 feet away and rolling? Eh? Why bother with blocking and repelling attack when, usually, you’re up against a few people, at the same time as some dude with a ranged weapon is going at you? Why bother having wolves when they are one but boredom sponges?
I LOVE Souls. Loved The Surge. Loved Bloodborne. Loved unchained. Hated Ashen... And I think I’ll end up enjoying this, too. It’s just, right now, it doesn’t seem hard, it just seems cheap?
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Horsemama1956
Member
I would say Bloodborne is cheaper. I dont feel like im dying because my camera or anything was off like in BB. If I die its generally because I got greedy or fucked up, which is how it should be. Not a huge BB fan though, much prefer the proper souls games.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Couldn't care less about that, honestly. That's like going to Far Cry for FPS gameplay. I would think your game looks pretty good at 1440p. I'm pretty satisfied with mine at 1080p:
That bottom pic is fantastic!
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
PhilipDoesMatter
Member
I fucking love this game. It is just an evolved Souls formula to a high tier combat and exploration. Plays great on Pro btw.
Sygma
Member
what's even more awesome are people talking about how they're almost finished with the game and there are zero screenshots or anything either.
also guys, the jump button is a thing. if you can't dodge a grab by hitting backward dash twice, simply jump over and there you go. Its literally a counter movement
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Shadowcoust
Member
Thank you sir. I recalled it not being this blurry when I actually watched the cutscene IRL but hm maybe I was wrong.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Might be motion blur or their AA solution. Also imgur downgrades a bit.
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TheDuskwalker
Member
I first tried Lady Butterfly....lucky as fuck.
Sygma
Member
shes honestly the easiest early boss, her patterns are super limited. you can whirlwind her to death and just hold block at all times, no need for deflect / dodge lol
also mikiri her flying kick
Gratz on the down !
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TheDuskwalker
Member
Despite dying to him a few times as I was still learning, I still would say dude on horse was much easier. Still, she wasn't the nightmare I was expecting.
Fbh
Member
Took down the horse guy on my first try. The fight was surprisingly easy but fun and visually cool
This really needs to be said more.
I guess I'm so used to FROM combat being more about the dodge that it took me a good while to realise that the jump is also a good tool to avoid certain attacks
This really needs to be said more.
I guess I'm so used to FROM combat being more about the dodge that it took me a good while to realise that the jump is also a good tool to avoid certain attacks
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Northeastmonk
Gold Member
I find that there is an art to dying. Jumping off an edge, getting shot , and then the coup de grâce with a sword.
He's a regular unique/named enemy. Try clearing the adds from stealth, de-aggro him by leaving the area, and deathblowing him from stealth to knock one of the orbs off. For the rest of the fight, it helps to have the Mikiri Counter learned from your skill tree so you can crush his thrust unblockable. Good luck!
Doomtrain
Gold Member
I keep trying to do this and it doesn't work; she just lands far away from me. Any idea what I might be doing wrong?
#Phonepunk#
Banned
finally took out the horse dude, that was a hell of a boss fight.
took me a couple dozen tries, which was ok, because from the nearest shrine you could get there v quickly evading all enemies. grinding skills and getting the hookshot attack was important, also the firecrackers attachment, i scares the horse for a good 3 hits (or 2 in the second half). now on to either the shinobi hunter or the drunkard...
took me a couple dozen tries, which was ok, because from the nearest shrine you could get there v quickly evading all enemies. grinding skills and getting the hookshot attack was important, also the firecrackers attachment, i scares the horse for a good 3 hits (or 2 in the second half). now on to either the shinobi hunter or the drunkard...
#Phonepunk#
Banned
just some screens from the early game nothing spoily (1080 Steam w medium settings)
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Golgo 13
The Man With The Golden Dong
The Shinobi took me awhile. Everyone kept telling me to use the Mikiri counter, but for whatever reason I couldn’t get the timing down.
Stealth attacking him before facing him head on is key, like EviLore said. If you can anticipate his attacks, then use the Mikiri Counter. If not, just be as aggressive as possibly and wear down his posture bar. That’s how I beat him — relentless attacks and occasional sidestepping (dodging).
GTR R35_Supra RZ
Banned
See alot of ppl not feeling the game, similar to Nioh..I was expecting something more original and different.
I might just refuse delivery when UPS gets here.
I might just refuse delivery when UPS gets here.
5secondrulesucks
Banned
jesus how fickle are some of you people. "the one guy said once its like this one game one time IM NOT FUCKING BUYING IT IM SENDING THE UPS GUY BACK". jesus christ how the fuck do some of you live and just cant fucking enjoy something
its a fucking video game its fun. its challenging. fucking enjoy it
its a fucking video game its fun. its challenging. fucking enjoy it
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V1LÆM
Gold Member
i don't like how much the game holds your hand, explains everything, and lets you pause. it feels very dumbed down.
still though i'm getting my ass handed to me. i'm bad at reading the enemies to predict what attack they're gonna do. when the read text comes up that's when i struggle. i know to dodge/jump but just can't get it right. i need to take a break right now after dying about 10 times to this one enemy.
still though i'm getting my ass handed to me. i'm bad at reading the enemies to predict what attack they're gonna do. when the read text comes up that's when i struggle. i know to dodge/jump but just can't get it right. i need to take a break right now after dying about 10 times to this one enemy.
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5secondrulesucks
Banned
i think we can all agree now. its tougher than any souls game
V1LÆM
Gold Member
this feels like it demands you to pay closer attention to animation of the enemies because timing is much more important and you need to be able to read their moves. this is in soulsborne too but you could get through it easily without paying too much attention. it's definitely catching me off guard because of this.
5secondrulesucks
Banned
the game at certain points has been enraging me. thats a sign of a good game
V1LÆM
Gold Member
yep i've had to stop for now. i was starting to rage.
-MD-
Member
It's too easy because that's literally 10 minutes into the game, it's the tutorial.
I'm not even sure how you died once let alone 5 times there. You're gonna get destroyed once you leave that house
Codes 208
Member
After several hours of non-stop playing I can definitely say this game is at its core a soulsborne game. But unique as well, kind of like going from dark souls to bloodborne. I’m really liking the prosthetic abilities as an alt to older mechanics and the gameplay movement feels about as fluid as bloodborne’s
It’s pretty hard, but I think part of it is just getting used to the ropes, there was a time I thought Iudex Gundyr was super hard. But after a dozen playthroughs he’s just a small hurdle for me now.
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GTR R35_Supra RZ
Banned
Since you about to loose your ish, and I hear you tho, i will give this game a shot. It's just hard to miss all these negatives folks dropping here...
-MD-
Member
You could've watched a trailer or googled a picture of the game and saved yourself some trouble, especially if you're picky about "settings" in video games.
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blackjon24
Member
I once did this when I was a kid with the original metroid prime. I purchased the game again when I was a little older and wanted to slap my past self. The environments/setting in this game is probably going to be better than anything else releasing this year but whatever floats your boat
V1LÆM
Gold Member
lmao that's your own fault. nothing to do with the game. maybe do some research on a game before you buy it?
i'm not a huge fan of the japanese samurai thing. actually i totally avoided Nioh because of it. if Sekiro wasn't made by From Software I probably wouldn't even have bought it.
To me, the game so far feels easier than a souls/borne game just due to the fact that you are so mobile and versatile. I love the setting a lot more than those games, and the graphics don't have that brownish or greyish look of past games. The environments feel atmospheric and is varied.
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tassletine
Member
First impressions are that it's not a bad game, but anyone hoping for a re-invigoration of any formula is going to be disappointed.
It doesn't feel new and I think if From weren't involved this wouldn't be getting as much praise.
Graphically it's unpolished, and it doesn't look like as much overall care has gone into it.
I keep getting reminded of other games. Nioh, Metal Gear Rising and even Shadows of Mordor (which isn't good).
It feels like a casual game with the difficulty ramped up. Easy levels, extremely tough bosses. Quite unbalanced. That bugs me as it makes the game lack a sense of overall flow.
You zip around everywhere freely taking out people, but then get roadblocked and slaughtered by the boss. Repeatedly -- So the majority of the game so far has been me grinding unispired boss fights.
Not sure if that's what I wanted from this game. By this point in the game Bloodborne had given me Father Gascoine, so far I haven't seen anything that even comes close to that in terms of presentation, or even outright fun.
7/10 at the moment.
It doesn't feel new and I think if From weren't involved this wouldn't be getting as much praise.
Graphically it's unpolished, and it doesn't look like as much overall care has gone into it.
I keep getting reminded of other games. Nioh, Metal Gear Rising and even Shadows of Mordor (which isn't good).
It feels like a casual game with the difficulty ramped up. Easy levels, extremely tough bosses. Quite unbalanced. That bugs me as it makes the game lack a sense of overall flow.
You zip around everywhere freely taking out people, but then get roadblocked and slaughtered by the boss. Repeatedly -- So the majority of the game so far has been me grinding unispired boss fights.
Not sure if that's what I wanted from this game. By this point in the game Bloodborne had given me Father Gascoine, so far I haven't seen anything that even comes close to that in terms of presentation, or even outright fun.
7/10 at the moment.
Thing on a Spring
Member
Of course, the first Saturday I've had to work in months had to be the day after Sekiro is released. As with all From games, now all I can think about is getting home to play again. Still only about 3 hours playtime so far but it's been glorious.