Bloodborne (From Software / Sony)

Josey Wales

I'm currently stuck on Rom. I know a few people here had some trouble with it.

Any tips?

CombatCow

I tried him 4 times then I put on some 80's tunes with spotify and killed him on my next attempt, try that ?

CiDeRmAn

Fr Gascoigne is an utter b@stard.
Just thought I'd mention it.

MitchKoobski

Just got to Rom.

The snakehead enemies were one thing, but how you get to Rom blew my mind.

Gamer Bhoy 89

Is there anything in Moonside Lake at all (after Rom)? Like any secrets? I know it's baron, and there's nothing there from what I can see.

tok9

mdwexford wrote: »

Are people waiting till they finish the game to start Chalice Dungeons or while playing the main game?

I just beat Vicar Amelia and I'm level 40 now.

Is it worth my while playing for loot to help with the main game.

You should be playing them during the campaign.. otherwise you'll be too high a level for the early ones.

Kirby

Gamer Bhoy 89 wrote: »

Is there anything in Moonside Lake at all (after Rom)? Like any secrets? I know it's baron, and there's nothing there from what I can see.

His Highness, Baron Kirby declares there is no loot there. It is a barren wasteland.

sticker

F1ngers wrote: »

They're not cheat codes.
Each Chalice Dungeon has it's own unique password that can be shared online.

OK thanks - where is the first chalice found? I'm still in Yarnham

Digital Solitude

sticker wrote: »

Hi,

New to Souls series, so bit of a beginner, I'm at Father Gascoigne, and nearly have him but need to level up I feel.

I do find that I need to farm a lot of blood to upgrade my stats. Do you guys do this?

Also, how do I access the chalice dungeons?

I can help you with Gaz if you're level 14 or under if you're still there. When you defeat your next boss, the Blood Starved Beast, you'll get your first chalice for the dungeons.

Big Knox

tok9 wrote: »

Oh I've already beaten them. That defiled Watchdog genuinely made me a better player.

What level were you roughly?

I've been 100 for all of the dungeons, stopping here until the meta pvp decides on 100 or 120!

Yeah defiled Watchdog was a definite test of patience alright. Depth 5 Abhorrent Beast and a random Ebrietas encounter are at the top of the list also!

Kiith

I've come to the conclusion that the Souls games just aren't for me anymore. The enjoyment i get out of them seems to be dwarfed by the frustration. Gah, it's so stupidly hard at times...and not in a good way. Ugh, time to go play some Mario World.

And yes, i realise i'll probably be back playing it tomorrow :P

Gamer Bhoy 89

Kiith wrote: »

And yes, i realise i'll probably be back playing it tomorrow :P

You know you will :pac: :P

Josey Wales wrote: »

I'm currently stuck on Rom. I know a few people here had some trouble with it.

Any tips?

Try and get as close to his arse as possible. If he begins to move (turning around, or jumping, or standing up) dive away but stick yourself to as close to his backside as possible and hack away. Watch those spiders though, they're lethal. Dodge around them as much as you can - remain agile

(That's was what I ended up doing after 5 or 6 attempts)

Zero-Cool

Josey Wales wrote: »

I'm currently stuck on Rom. I know a few people here had some trouble with it.

Any tips?

The Tonitrus (electric mace)helped me. Then ignore all spiders, bate his arse 3 or 4 hits then roll away to avoid attacks and key let stamina regen and heal if you have to. Keep your health full in case he hits you with AOE attack or the ice missiles.

Good luck!

blag

Finished it earlier this evening, thought the Gerhman fight was a bit tedious but the moon creature afterwards was awesome (despite being one of the easiest bosses in the game).

Will probably run through again on NG+ as it seems I missed a ton of weapons and other gear and there's still the dungeons to explore.

ShadowHearth

Really got my handed to me tonight by that Boss. 4th boss? A chicj that turns in to a very hairy... Chick?

When I just met her few days ago I got her to half HP in first fight, now I died 3 times in a row without even doing any damage to her...

Digital Solitude

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Really got my handed to me tonight by that Boss. 4th boss? A chicj that turns in to a very hairy... Chick?

When I just met her few days ago I got her to half HP in first fight, now I died 3 times in a row without even doing any damage to her...

Stand back and bait her leaping attack. Dodge right. 2 shots to the head. Repeat

Retr0gamer

Found her hitboxes on attacks to be quite small so were easy enough to dodge even if you get in close to her.

johnny_ultimate

http://www.kotaku.co.uk/2015/04/09/whats-really-going-on-in-bloodborne

Totally got all that first time around :pac:

But really is impressive how deep the narrative is. Frankly don't think I've learned to read games where the hints are so subtle and deeply ingrained in the world design.

tok9

Oh nice.. I'll give that a read tomorrow. I've got a rough idea of the majority of the story but I'm sure something like that will really go into it.

Gamer Bhoy 89

Now all we need is a backstory by the guys at LORE. Love their videos.

EDIT: They did one already.

*reading article now*

Big Knox

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

http://www.kotaku.co.uk/2015/04/09/whats-really-going-on-in-bloodborne

Totally got all that first time around :pac:

But really is impressive how deep the narrative is. Frankly don't think I've learned to read games where the hints are so subtle and deeply ingrained in the world design.

That was a fantastic read. It's astonishing how in a game where the overwhelming amount of players complain there is no story or logical narrative that the reality couldn't be any further from the truth.

Zero-Cool

Onto Gerham, the end is extremely f*cking nigh...

sticker

Kiith wrote: »

I've come to the conclusion that the Souls games just aren't for me anymore. The enjoyment i get out of them seems to be dwarfed by the frustration. Gah, it's so stupidly hard at times...and not in a good way. Ugh, time to go play some Mario World.

And yes, i realise i'll probably be back playing it tomorrow :P

It is indeed a fairly tough game - For me, with a busy career and a young family, I'm finding it very tricky to dedicate time to it, and time is definitely needed to get ahead!

It is rewarding when you beat a boss or feel you are getting into the swing of things, but he frustrations are very genuine.

I find myself just farming around the early levels frying to get the stats up.

Kiith

Big Knox wrote: »

That was a fantastic read. It's astonishing how in a game where the overwhelming amount of players complain there is no story or logical narrative that the reality couldn't be any further from the truth.

To be fair, while there is a good amount of story hidden in there, logical isn't exactly a word i'd use to describe it or how it's told. I'm all for requiring a bit of extra investigation to find out story details but this, like other Souls games, takes it way too far imo.

tok9

It's fair to say they can go a bit cryptic at times however I've played with and seen a few people who say things like you wouldn't know these things without a guide.

Pretty much every item has a description on it which gives you a good indication on what to do. An example would be the Cainhurst summons.. you'd have no idea where to go if all you did was pick it up. But if you read the description it tells you where to go!

Same with how to get the additional boss at the end. There are some subtle hints as to what you need to get it.

Gummy Panda

Seen a speedrun video which was done during blood echo.glitch. 44 mins. Guy vaults over wall in first area to skip to forbidden woods

Zero-Cool

Cleared it and got the secret boss. I had the

3 umbilical cords and read a note in the Lecture building how they were important to see something. I used them and nothing happened so looked it up and saw that's how you trigger the real ending,

huzzah

Now to read up on some lore stuff.

Can anyone tell me in spoilers what the endings are if you

refuse to fight and if you do, what's the normal ending?

heebusjeebus

sheehy83 wrote: »

Can anyone tell me in spoilers what the endings are if you

refuse to fight and if you do, what's the normal ending?

I reverted my save from the cloud so played through all 3 endings:

If you refuse to fight,

you get beheaded by Gehrman and wake up to a dawn scene in Yharnam. I'm assuming your character will just roam around like the other hunters you've encountered during the game. You also see the doll praying over a new grave, yours.

If you fight,

you meet Moon Presence but it embraces you and you take over the role of Gehrman.

Zero-Cool

Ah I like the sound of those, instead

I became a slug baby...mmmm...thaaaaaannkksss

Looks like I missed the upper cathedral, choir and orphanage.

Bohrio

So am at a point where I need to talk to gherman and finish things up, however, I dont want to miss stuff, I did the orphanage and all I have left to do in that section is to kill ebrietas.

But I know there is stuff I am missing, killed the big brain and got the blood rock, got the choir bell as well as stood in frton of the brain doing the L until it gave me the moonlight run.

But I dont want to talk to gherman until I am sure I have completed most of the challenges, or would that make no difference?

Also, on my last mission I had to run in front of a big cathedral getting constantly frenzied, however, right at the beginning, the bell lady rang her bell and I kept getting people joining my game, couldnt do anything to stop them but to leave and go off line, almost ruined it for me I tell you