Bloodborne (From Software / Sony)

gimli2112 wrote: »

for the sake of full disclosure I never finished the DLC or beat Orphan. I did fight Orphan once but by mistake. I beat the Lawrence alright , which is probably my favourite moment from the game, actually that and beating Maria and the Crow first time and getting the platinum and......

actually it wasn't Laurence I beat it was the big mad horse thingy

You can get the platinum without killing Orphan?

Get back in there, Orphan isnt that hard, the likes of Freide and Midir from DS3 are much harder. :pac:

nix wrote: »

You can get the platinum without killing Orphan?

Get back in there, Orphan isnt that hard, the likes of Freide and Midir from DS3 are much harder. :pac:

Yeah the DLC isn't required to plat, praise the lord. I probably will go back to it as I still have a bit to do in the DLC. Wandering around that fishing village though things can get rough.
I couldn't get into DS3 after finishing this for whatever reason the pacing, gameplay or setting just sits with me perfectly much more so than any other From game.

I went through the chalice dungeons several times with different builds for the gems. The defiled dungeon is just awful. It actually seems to get harder each time.

Doctor Nick wrote: »

I loved fighting Abhorrent Beast in the dungeon but hated fight him in the woods or the Chapel. Odd that.

Gimli Dark Souls 3 is much closer to Bloodborne than DS1 or 2 in terms of movement speed. Think I actually prefer it to Bloodborne. Some great bosses in it.

I played it for several hours so really only scratched the surface but it wasn't grabbing me the way BB did. It's a whole different mechanic with the shield and all. It's certainly not a bad game, quite the opposite. I still feel if I was going to play it again I'd probably do another run on BB instead.


and yeah I understand about the frame rate issues, fortunately I'm a console peasant born and bred so that didn't detract from the game for me.

nope, I find if I can resist the initial marketing bombardment at launch I kind of lose interest, otherwise I end up with the digital deluxe version and season pass

Went and mopped up the remaining 3 umbilical cords there. Might take on Gehrman for the big boy ending if I get a chance in the next few days. Fully expecting to get my arse handed to me, looks like a fierce fight for a dude that's stuck in a wheelchair.

skerry wrote: »

Went and mopped up the remaining 3 umbilical cords there. Might take on Gehrman for the big boy ending if I get a chance in the next few days. Fully expecting to get my arse handed to me, looks like a fierce fight for a dude that's stuck in a wheelchair.

No might, definitely do it. It's probably one of the best boss fights in the game from the non-DLC based content. Personally I'd regard it as the best fight as it's less about the spectacle and more about pushing your combat abilities - no ****ing about, just you versus him in primarily melee based combat in a, relatively speaking, rather beautiful arena.

Just munched down those umbilical cords there. Beat Gehrman after a few goes. He's tough enough but once I got used to his parry windows and how to dodge his AoE attacks I managed to beat him with a sliver of health left. Beat the next lad then to get the big boy ending, which made just as little sense to me as the other ending

Penn wrote: »

Said I'd bump this thread rather than clog up the Soulsborne thread.

The game is still good and needlessly frustrating in sections. Beat Blood Starved Beast and roof d*ckhead. Went to Healing Church Workshop and had to suffer through that stupid f*cking falling thing several f*cking times, either through dying from falls or something at the bottom. So f*cking stupid. Not to mention new enemy that sucked the insight out of my head.

Made it back up through Cathedral Ward and can clear out everything there. Opened the door to some church at the top but I presume its a boss fight so from what I've read (while trying to find out where I'm supposed to go or how to get down the healing church workshop) I should explore a forest area off to the side first.

I've also found a guy looking for a password, and I keep hearing bells in the area around Cathedral Ward, but I don't know if that's because I rang a bell and brought in another NPC hunter (didn't check what the thing did before I pressed X, thought it was a lantern).

After you kill the Vicar, you get the password, thats where you go next to progress the main story, all the other stuff is optional, but you should defo explore everywhere as you will miss items/tools that will enhance you.

nix wrote: »

After you kill the Vicar, you get the password, thats where you go next to progress the main story, all the other stuff is optional, but you should defo explore everywhere as you will miss items/tools that will enhance you.

Aye from what I read beating the vicar boss makes some enemies tougher, things cost more etc so should explore first.

Also forgot to say I was killed and kidnapped by some f*cker with a sack and brought to a completely different area (something Gaol). Did kill some enemies there but I also felt I was a bit underlevelled so returned to Yarnham area. Do I go back there eventually or is it worth exploring now (as I've beefed up a bit since then)?

go back later, you are underlevelled, it's still tough when you go back

Vicar Amelia was actually pretty disappointing. Got her down to a sliver of health on first try and stamina prevented me from hitting final blow quick enough. Didn't even use the NPC summon as I wanted to see what the boss was like first. Used NPC second time and took her down with ease.

Went back to the Goal area and cleared it. Didn't realise it was such a small area. I did end up in the Darkbeast Paarl fight but can see I'm still underlevelled for it so abandoned it for now.

Forbidden Woods is a tough area. Made it to a windmill eventually. Remembered reading that there was a way to get into the clinic from the start of the game through the Woods, so went there. Now that was the best bit of the game so far imo. Creepy and unsettling, and with a great boss fight at the end of it. Camera and furniture was f*cky as hell in that small room, but still didn't detract from the fight. Really enjoyed that. Love seeing the interconnectivity of the different areas of the maps through all these shortcuts too, some amazing level design throughout.

Said it before though, the map needs a few more lanterns about the place. I'm opening all shortcuts I can as I go which helps, and I've taken to just running through some areas rather than fight again, but it gets to where I'm less concerned about losing blood echoes than just having to go through certain areas again (except the time I first got to the windmill, died, and had to go back for 75,000+ echoes. Wasn't leaving them behind).