Bloodborne (From Software / Sony)

EoinHef

And dead:D

Absolutely murdered him that time for some reason

gimli2112

it's gas still less than 50% of people have gotten past him
I didn't play it for years because I thought it would be too hard, kept expecting it to beat me, it was all going well until I met the Undead Giant in one of the chalice dungeons. He made me question some of my life decisions and stumped me for ages. It was actually quite jarring and taught me not to take things for granted.

EoinHef

gimli2112 wrote: »

it's gas still less than 50% of people have gotten past him
I didn't play it for years because I thought it would be too hard, kept expecting it to beat me, it was all going well until I met the Undead Giant in one of the chalice dungeons. He made me question some of my life decisions and stumped me for ages. It was actually quite jarring and taught me not to take things for granted.

Yeah I was put off by the learning curve myself but I decided recently just to suck it up,I tried it for about 2hrs a few years ago and said nah not for me.

The first two nights I played this time i was just having the crack with it with a few beers but learned an awful lot.

Just looked at my time clocked on charter there,10hrs. And I did play a toon starting with the kane for about 2hrs too before I decided I didn't like it. Think it's the first game where it taken me 10hrs to kill a first boss. The exploration is great though,very distracting trying figure out an area. Never thought I'd get used to the first map but now I feel like km flying around,know which enemies are where etc

Dave0301

Completed a playthrough recently myself for the 2nd time. My best advice is that aggression is rewarded in this game (most of the time!).

The rally effect to regain health, and the fact that most enemies will attack after a hit to induce a visceral attack with the pistol.

Also, extended form of the Hunter's Axe makes some areas much more manageable depending on your character build.

Penn

EoinHef wrote: »

Yeah I was put off by the learning curve myself but I decided recently just to suck it up,I tried it for about 2hrs a few years ago and said nah not for me.

The first two nights I played this time i was just having the crack with it with a few beers but learned an awful lot.

Just looked at my time clocked on charter there,10hrs. And I did play a toon starting with the kane for about 2hrs too before I decided I didn't like it. Think it's the first game where it taken me 10hrs to kill a first boss. The exploration is great though,very distracting trying figure out an area. Never thought I'd get used to the first map but now I feel like km flying around,know which enemies are where etc

You tend to die a lot less as time goes on, bar some of the trickier bosses and occasionally getting used to new enemies. But it starts to matter less too as you unlock shortcuts between lanterns so the run back to where you were usually isn't too bad.

EoinHef

Just made my way to old yharnam there now,should I be using Tempering Bloodstones on the saw cleaver,just noticed I have 2 of them at the upgrade bench

TitianGerm

EoinHef wrote: »

Yeah I was put off by the learning curve myself but I decided recently just to suck it up,I tried it for about 2hrs a few years ago and said nah not for me.

The first two nights I played this time i was just having the crack with it with a few beers but learned an awful lot.

Just looked at my time clocked on charter there,10hrs. And I did play a toon starting with the kane for about 2hrs too before I decided I didn't like it. Think it's the first game where it taken me 10hrs to kill a first boss. The exploration is great though,very distracting trying figure out an area. Never thought I'd get used to the first map but now I feel like km flying around,know which enemies are where etc

The cane us a very hard weapon to start with but it's actually ok when upgraded a bit and has a nice moveset. The other two starters and much better though.

EoinHef

Embarrassed to say i thought the gemstones were one time use,didn't realise they are just equipped.

Upgraded the Saw Cleaver to +2,and have a gemstone on it aswell,bit better. I can buy a hammer now from vendor too but not sure I like the idea of using a hammer. Can also see a repeater pistol in the vendor

Been trying to work my way through old yharnam and making it just past the hunter and died inside when I fell into a pit of a'holes who proceeded to shred me. Tip toeing around in there I am with that turret.

Checked out a decent bit of cathedral ward,found chest near locked door,bailed on killing the giant:P Then a door that says I need a badge to get in so said I'd come back to it

gimli2112

I've forgotten how much fun this game was to play for the first time. Now you're past Fr Gascoigne all that's left is the platinum

TheRepentent

most play this again before I get my PS5.

Fr Gascoigne is one of my favourite bosses.

EoinHef

Finally found the boss in old yharnam...phew,that took awhile.

I havent found any lamps between the start and him though,I have shortcut open down a big ladder but still a bit of a run.

I found him when I had 11k souls,not ashamed to say I ran all the way back to spend them first:P

On the plus side I'm getting a ton of Blood Stone Shards

petes

EoinHef wrote: »

Finally found the boss in old yharnam...phew,that took awhile.

I havent found any lamps between the start and him though,I have shortcut open down a big ladder but still a bit of a run.

I found him when I had 11k souls,not ashamed to say I ran all the way back to spend them first:P

On the plus side I'm getting a ton of Blood Stone Shards

Is it the blood starved beast at the end of old yharnam?

Penn

EoinHef wrote: »

Finally found the boss in old yharnam...phew,that took awhile.

I havent found any lamps between the start and him though,I have shortcut open down a big ladder but still a bit of a run.

I found him when I had 11k souls,not ashamed to say I ran all the way back to spend them first:P

On the plus side I'm getting a ton of Blood Stone Shards

After levelling up your weapon a few times with shards, you then need different things to level them up. Blood stone chunks, rocks, something like that. It does mean though that you can be levelling up new weapons alongside your main one in case you feel you need something with better speed, reach or power for certain enemies.

EoinHef

I have to get back to this. I was waiting on Mass Effect Legendary edition for awhile so started that instead of keeping up this.

Now I some how managed to get addicted to the witcher 3 instead of going back,im determined to get this game finished though.

One thing I've found is it's hard to play when you don't have a few hours to throw at it in a go. Felt playing for like an hour was getting me nowhere.

Dave0301

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