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[Axe99]

Doomystic, on 29 March 2015 - 09:08 AM, said:

This fucking game

C'mon Doomy, that's no excuse for poor punctuation - where's that full stop? .  Sorry, just stirrin' .  I'd love to hear the story behind the comment .

[I_live_4_fun]

After a few more days of playing Bloodborne... I think I am no longer too newby, hehe. I've had a few sessions where I felt like a very bad player and progressed too slowly compared to other people but I persisted and eventually improved my strategies enough to get through. This was mostly thanks to Drags' and Bato's encouragement, watching how my brother plays and just playing at my own pace without worrying about catching up to their level/progress.

The main weapon I've been using throughout my playthrough has been the starting Hunter Axe since I like high strength/damage-dealing classes and weapons. Loving the fully charged heavy R2 stagger and sprint + charge-attacking the enemies to stagger and do a heap of burst damage since they can all get very aggressive. There's definitely a lot of trial and error to be had early on but the most important things are practice, getting used to the weapons you use, the timing of your attacks and dodging, watching enemy attack patterns and then using effective strategies against them. Learning how to perform the visceral attacks (critical hits) has been especially helpful and makes the big, scary-looking (non-boss) enemies a cinch to beat a lot of the time . I'm still overcoming my fear of the charging boars though - they're huge and fast when they want to be!

So far I've beaten about 7 boss fights with Bato and Eco each helping me in four of them. Super happy that I managed to beat three on my own .

Edit: I forgot to mention the exploring - it's so good when you venture off to look around the nooks and crannies and find lots of nice loot to reward your curiosity (and bravery).

[Doomystic]

I will explain my unpunctuated tyrade Axe, it all started 2 days ago. There I was enjoying a quiet afternoon on the couch when all of a sudden I had this great idea to turn on the ol PS4 and see what everyone was up to, it was then I noticed everyone playing this Bloodbourne game. I thought to myself, why don't I give this a crack, should be a bit of fun. After waiting anxiously for an hour for the single player to load I had a sneaky rum to pass the time, turns out one would not be enough to quash the rage that would soon be burning within me.

Now I will admit knowing nothing whatsoever about this game or really anything about the dark souls games either, I now see the error of my ways, more research before purchases will be done in the future. Anyway once the single player was ready to go I eagerly began the game and no sooner had I begun I realised I was already lost, I still have no idea what the game is about, who I am, who the guy with the bandages over his eyes is, whant the hell the weird little white goblin ghosts on the ground are or where I now am. So bravely I pressed on, through the first door straight to my death, after doing this and being transported to another bizarre place several times I realised that hey maybe I can't karate chop that giant dog and maybe there is a reason I am in bizarre land, I then have a look around and find out that I am in fact correct and find some weapons.

15 minutes later and some youtube action I finally figure out how to equip said weapons, now the battle can begin. I take down giant dog with relative ease which gets my confidence soaring. Into the next area I venture to find nothing, through a set of creaky gates and around the corner I find my next enemy, a scarecrow with a giant blade and fire stick, bam I take him down, then next 2 weird guys, after this and 15 more YouTube minutes I work out how to get to the next part. Now as you can tell I have done extremely well to get to this part relatively unscathed, now the dying begins over and over, it's groundhog day with lots of blood, mainly mine. Now I wouldn't saey I'm a noob by any stretch of the imagination, however this game makes me feel like a horse that's just been born and is trying to stand, difference is that the horse succeeds.

In finishing (not the game, that will never happen) it appears that unless you have played dark souls or any other strange otherworldly games that are made to physically and mentally age you 10 years due to stress that you should not venture into this game without firstly researching this game (by reading my short story you are partly there) and secondly if you are no longer of a tender young age you should probably get a medical heart stress check to ensure you will literally survive the game. These warnings should on the cover of the game/ in the PlayStation Store. I welcome any criticism towards my personal feelings/misadventures/terrible review. Thank you for your time.

[GasClown]

The Souls games are far more slower paced and you can block with a shield as well. Bloodborne is faster and more about dodging with split second decisions. The trick to it is watching your enemies moves and knowing when they'll strike, then going in for the kill (couple of stabs), moving away, dodging when they strike and then waiting for the next opportunity (if needed). It's not so much of a patience game as the Souls games but in the same way, it's still about waiting for the right opportunities and watching your enemies moves rather than going in all gung-ho.

[Doomystic]

But I like gung ho. Sounds  like a Chinese dish.

[GasClown]

Doomystic, on 30 March 2015 - 12:48 PM, said:

gung ho

Unthinkingly.

[Hasan-I]

Doomy is a shit ****! Haha was honestly surprised to see you playing it with how rage-y you can get.

Thanks for the read though, good laugh!

[Axe99]

Doomystic, on 30 March 2015 - 11:12 AM, said:

In finishing (not the game, that will never happen) it appears that unless you have played dark souls or any other strange otherworldly games that are made to physically and mentally age you 10 years due to stress that you should not venture into this game without firstly researching this game (by reading my short story you are partly there) and secondly if you are no longer of a tender young age you should probably get a medical heart stress check to ensure you will literally survive the game. These warnings should on the cover of the game/ in the PlayStation Store. I welcome any criticism towards my personal feelings/misadventures/terrible review. Thank you for your time.

Oh dear, you have my sympathies Doomy!  Most games these days it can be a little dangerous going in blind, but other than perhaps (and I only say perhaps) one of the heavier strategy titles, I can't think of a worse style of game to go in cold on.  I had the good fortune of loaning Demon's Souls (the first game in the current run of these things) from a mate way back when, learning it wasn't for me (and there was rage!), and leaving well alone a long time ago.  Your missing full-stop is perfectly understood, and the restrained nature of your post in the circumstances most commendable .

You can play these games in coop, at least for a good amount of it - maybe team with up with some of the guys and see if they can't help you get in the zone?  I'm quite sure the game is beyond my ken, but I've got no doubt you've got the skills, if you wanted to go through the frustration required to develop them.  Not suggesting you should or would necessarily enjoy though, just mentioning it .

[straussy240]

I want to try this game, but like doomy I don't think it's a great idea for me.

[Soulfrit]

Never having played much of the Souls game, I decided to give this a go

Started with the Pimp Cane and a Dex build..I sucked balls.
So I restarted with a str/vit/en build and the axe..boy I'm having a lot more fun now
Learning how to last second parry (with L1) and rolling and getting in only 1 or two hits at a time is challenging..

Just not having another bloody lantern from #2 to #3 is annoying, I get its challenging, but losing 2hrs of farming cause I die and don't find a lantern is not my idea of super fun

Also the giant pig in the sewers...I want to take him on but he looks scurry

[Aromaci]

Soulfrit, on 31 March 2015 - 03:04 AM, said:

Just not having another bloody lantern from #2 to #3 is annoying, I get its challenging, but losing 2hrs of farming cause I die and don't find a lantern is not my idea of super fun

There are shortcuts to be found that cut out half the level and bring you right back to a lantern.

[Soulfrit]

Aromaci, on 31 March 2015 - 04:07 AM, said:

There are shortcuts to be found that cut out half the level and bring you right back to a lantern.

Yeah I've opened up most of the beginning area
After being pummelled by trolls a couple times that is.

[Doomystic]

It's official, this game is fucked! I'm done.

[GasClown]

Doomystic, on 31 March 2015 - 09:43 AM, said:

It's official, my gaming skills are fucked! I'm done.

[Doomystic]

Haven't seen you on this one Clowny, scared mayhaps?

[GasClown]

Doomystic, on 31 March 2015 - 10:22 AM, said:

Haven't seen you on this one Clowny, scared mayhaps?

Playing PC games mate - no fear here... apart from Alien: Isolation, which is a different kind of fear.

[Hasan-I]

So... played about 5 hours of this without making too much progression (level wise).
Have explored the whole first level though and finally got my pimp hunter's outfit. One thing is for certain, really need to think about what you do. I had times where i would think through an encounter and take things slowly and do very well, then end up dying by pressing the wrong button or doing the wrong move. Then respawn and think that i can bulldoze through everything and get smashed! It is fun though, cool learning process, and a nice risk/reward combat system. Don't know if i will be in it for the long haul, but i am enjoying it thus far.

[Aromaci]

Managed to beat Cleric Beast on first attempt. Fuckin' stressful though.

[Soulfrit]

The Cleric Beast's screams were painful, I wish I could tell it to shut up lol

[Aromaci]

Well, Gascoigne put an end to my progression streak....


Update: Managed to beat him. nvm. That sense of relief though.