bloodborne plays differently from souls so starting with it is probably betterso Bloodborne was free today for PS+, i managed to get it and just finished the download.
it'll be my first Souls (or Souls-like) game, and i've always heard that it was so difficult, also you can't pause it, people could invade your game (?), but i don't think i know much more lmao
if any of you got any tips or somethin, i'd appreciate it
The axe is the easiest of the three starting weapons offered. You can use it for the while game too, somewhat unlike other souls games.
Oh sweet summer child...wait, how do i save in this game
shit, i'm in for something, ain't it?
I disagree.The best advice I can give is:
It's completely OK to cheese bosses and enemies if you can figure out a method to.
I love fighting enemies who are stuck in doorways, dancing around gravestones so they can't hit me, hitting them through walls with Ludwig's sword and throwing knives at them when they refuse to go down a flight of steps to fight me. Perfectly legal. No shame.
so Bloodborne was free today for PS+, i managed to get it and just finished the download.
it'll be my first Souls (or Souls-like) game, and i've always heard that it was so difficult, also you can't pause it, people could invade your game (?), but i don't think i know much more lmao
if any of you got any tips or somethin, i'd appreciate it
A few key things I learned (I have yet to finish the title):
- You may be shooketh by the spooketh.
- The first area is comparatively most punishing owing to the player being new. The difficulty mostly evens out from there.
- Know that you do NOT have to fight all the enemies every time you die and sent back to the earlier Lamp. You can run past them (esp. crucial in certain segments of the first area if you want to avoid frustration)
- Look around for items and esp. shortcuts. The level design generally does a great job giving you a sense of what is inaccessible from where you are starting so that you may pursue said shortcut.
- Blood vial farming... I got hooked to it and so can you once you start to over level for an area. It is can be a colossal waste of time to horde that beyond having a couple of dozen in your stow away box.
- Dodge, dodge, dodge esp. with lock on as you thin out a herd. It is faster than the regular dodge. Dodge is an important skill if you are having trouble with parrying. Parrying is very satisfying when you get it right and is often the way to go to efficiently defeating mini bosses and some bosses.
- There is a response time difference between the starter projectile weapons, Pistol and Blunderbuss. The latter has a greater spread but a slower response time. If you want to parry with it then you have to compensate accordingly.
- There are secrets that are esoteric to the point of you missing out on them without a guide (items, quests and locations). Specifically I have found two areas which would not have been accessible to me otherwise.
- Visit the Chalice dungeons for more obscure and powerful gems and Runes for your weapons.
- Insight is Good but too much Insight incurs greater combat challenge
- You will die, a lot, A LOT. You will lose souls as a consequence. If you are a hoarder by nature then this game may drive you mad. You must learn to let go and progress with what you have.
There is almost nothing more thrilling than when you eventually faces other Hunters.
I'm with OP in just starting this game. Basically can only get just beyond the first really big crowd of enemies and hard to get past without getting completely mobbed. Seems like just a matter of patience in the early going.
100% agree. I'd start with ds1. Bloodborne is pretty brutal, especially in the beginningAs a "souls veteran" i thought it was in another level of difficulty when i first played so you're gonna have a challenge ahead of you.
Brilliant game, my favorite souls game by a thousand miles, but hard as hell.
I'd start at Dark Souls 1.
As a "souls veteran" i thought it was in another level of difficulty when i first played so you're gonna have a challenge ahead of you.
Brilliant game, my favorite souls game by a thousand miles, but hard as hell.
I'd start at Dark Souls 1.