Dead Cells

Derpa

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I had to completely remap the controls to make it playable, but I dig it. All about flawless runs and steady progression in skills/understanding.
Yep, the patches really change things up. Last one increased difficulty, charged the zones around and added new content.

Picked up during the steam sale and already dropped 16+ hours
 

Hatorade

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Not using a controller?

I do, but my muscle memory was darksouls and basically had to remap them to fit.

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Yeah, this is an example of EA done right. Even prior to the last couple patches, the game was perfectly playable.
 
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Tenks

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Yeah this game is so, so good. Plays great on Steam Link as well. Developers should really rake in some cash when this officially comes to the consoles.
 

Tenks

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My save got corrupted/deleted some how. rip. Luckily since I actually know how to play the game getting back to where I was should be a ton easier. Funny enough on my first save I never got the ~10m time gate after the first boss but on my very first playthrough on my new file I got it. Bear Trap+Fire Brand is OP against that guy.
 

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My save got corrupted/deleted some how. rip. Luckily since I actually know how to play the game getting back to where I was should be a ton easier. Funny enough on my first save I never got the ~10m time gate after the first boss but on my very first playthrough on my new file I got it. Bear Trap+Fire Brand is OP against that guy.

Stuns and dots of anykind are where it is at, can stun lock him for the most part.
 

Tenks

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The game seems a bit imbalanced where +STR seems to be far and away better than +SKILL. Probably because of the rolling HP system so you can just facetank a bunch of shit with weapons but if you invest heavily into skills each hit will result in far more actual HP loss. Anymore I exclusively buy scrolls from the vendor and skill into STR and just hope I find some HP scrolls in my route. I only use skills that are CC for the most part now.
 

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Yeah so much RNG which you can limit if you get those weapon at start but still the right item with the right sub ability makes a huge difference.

I too usually pump Str but if you get good with shields you can get away with a lot more.
 

Derpa

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The game seems a bit imbalanced where +STR seems to be far and away better than +SKILL. Probably because of the rolling HP system so you can just facetank a bunch of shit with weapons but if you invest heavily into skills each hit will result in far more actual HP loss. Anymore I exclusively buy scrolls from the vendor and skill into STR and just hope I find some HP scrolls in my route. I only use skills that are CC for the most part now.

I disagree, I find +skill to be superior to +STR. But might be a matter of play style since I rarely get hit, that and weapon RNG is worse than skill RNG it seems to me.
 

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Definitely playstyle and RNG. I choose magnet grenade and flashbang whenever possible, and +skill does basically nothing for them other than letting you use flashbang a little more often. If skill had a larger effect on magnet's damage I'd change my mind though. Str, on the other hand has a massive effect on the best weapons (the point blank crit bow and dagger that crits every third hit, imo).
 

Tenks

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If you get enough str scrolls and a broadsword you just start 1-2 shotting almost everything. Personally I love broadsword + crit bow then something like ice nade + fb as my skills. Crit bow I just walk up and one-shot stuff and stuff I know I can't one-shot I freeze then cleave with my sword.
 

Hatorade

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Made it all the way to GY and not a single skill item to be found...

Was all shields and swords and by that I mean 1 upgrade for each, It was 2X dmg take 2X dmg and crit on parry so I was hitting for 2200+ Also the sword attacked with an arrow upward was was really effective for flying things.

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Hekotat

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I'm really glad this game is getting positive responses from you guys, it's next on my list to play.
 

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I never fuck with shields. Maybe I should start.
 

Hatorade

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I never fuck with shields. Maybe I should start.

I like them, but a good kick, freeze, or ranged item is usually better. Aboves case was just a rarity where I had no other option.

I do seem to get consistently to GY though when I use a shield but I suspect that is a mental thing due too the hundreds of Souls hours.
 

Derpa

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I only use them if I must, or if I get the Assault shield early since you rush timed doors with it easily. Need one to try and get the Hunter's Longbow, but last big patch made Ossuary a lot meaner than it used to be.