Bloodborne

5 bosses in, level 51 with +6 cane. If all my points weren't in stats that apparently the other weapons hate, I'd give them a go. Honestly though, it is working just fine for me. Still need to finish Forbidden Woods (Snakes... why is it always snakes?) and just got amygdalan'd. Having a lot less problems with hunters now that I am used to the shoot/strafe/shoot/combo/repeat that they appear to use. The fat knights with the giant axes must be this game's version of the Black Knights from Dark Souls, as they are generally substantially harder to kill than stuff around them. I thought about doing the Gaol farming stuff but then I got like... 20 more twins than I needed working through the woods. This game is fun and amazingly difficult at times. I'm not really sure what the optimal path through each boss is, to be honest. Much like Nito was clearly the easiest of the 4 Lords from Dark Souls for me, I really like how each player has issues with some bosses and not others due to playstyle.

I was in the same boat Droigan with playing defensively. The joke in the one shield's flavor text is entirely too accurate hah.

This will definitely be a fun game to watch speedruns of.

Looking forward to hearing a review once you guys attempt a few chalice dungeons. Gonna be a while before I get to that point, but it sounds epic

lol wow...forbidden woods. Running around with 100k+ blood echoes not knowing if there is a boss room in front of me. So much nope

how are the weapons in this game so far? i kind of hated the standard saw weapon you got as a default loadout when i played it at PAX, hoping theres some 'faster' feeling weapons.

checking the wiki, some of them sound pretty fucking cool though... a rifle spear? thats awesome! and i believe the pvp covenant gives a katana too which is $$

Vinyard_sl said:

lol wow...forbidden woods. Running around with 100k+ blood echoes not knowing if there is a boss room in front of me. So much nope

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Concerning the tonsil stone

I'm having a hell of a time with this game. I'm trying to avoid watching walk through videos, but I'm still in the beginning area. I get my ass handed to me repeatedly but I love this game.

Any tips that could help survivability for me? Maybe my character is setup wrong or something.

Shadow of Yharnam

Comments on the game from someone who just got the platinum:I have Platinumed Bloodborne (2nd in USA?) and here are my final thoughts on the game. : bloodborne

TL;DR
? Later weapons are awesome, but people don't upgrade them because mats are hard to farm
? NG+ experience sucks, no new loot or anything, only 7(!) bosses required for a speedrun
? Chalice dungeons are amazeballs, scope of them is huge

Chalice dungeons sound amazing, i'm glad they added that kind of replay-ability to the game

I want to try out the Claymore, so I'm going to grind a bit by spawning at BSB's bell and taking out the wolves. It's an easy 5k run + more basic shards than I'll ever use. Once I can use it I'll go kill Vicar, because I'm pretty sure I've cleaned out every other location I can reach up to that point. After BSB I grabbed all the treasures in the Gaol and did the Healing tower stuff, top and bottom. The only thing I haven't checked out are the paths to the left and right of Vicar's chapel, so I don't know if those are new areas or just lewtz.

I -really- should have been taking notes of locked doors and NPC locations from the start, but even that only helps so much because killing a boss might trigger a new npc to spawn somewhere.

I guess by the time I reach the end there will be good enough guides out there to find anything useful I missed... and probably a lot of it will have to be picked up in NG+ since so much of it can be missed permanently. Like the dual daggers.

Playing blind is just too goddamn fun to look up spoils ahead of time though. Just a level of constant trepidation that no other game can replicate. The closest thing I can think of is the very earliest days of EQ as an absolute noob and getting lost in blackburrow or befallen. But this feeling remains even after playing the shit out of DS1 & 2, which I find remarkable.

Killing a boss or discovering a huge shortcut are so goddamn gratifying. DS2's easy bosses and linear/hub layout seem like a huge letdown now and I'm only 3 bosses in.

Heh, I put a note on this super non-obvious trap you can trigger to kill a bunch of enemies with a chandelier - now I'm spammed with "likes" as I play.

EDIT: Is every armor set after buying the hunter's garb going to be a "resist set" or just for looks?

The "first" boss is easy to miss because he's optional. Some people run into Father G-rape before even encountering him.