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Post by neems on Oct 13, 2023 15:29:33 GMT
Ave it Pieta you beeotch. Get in! Tips? Going to have another go at her (ooo err) later tonight. Just slow and steady really. You can block almost everything if you're willing to risk the wither; don't use all your healing before your first death; watch out for the grab. It's very Dark Souls - the wither damage increases the temptation for 'one more hit', but don't overreach and you'll be fine. |
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Post by JonFE on Oct 13, 2023 15:39:13 GMT
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Post by FlexibleFeline on Oct 13, 2023 16:04:32 GMT
I live to give!
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Post by rajin on Oct 13, 2023 16:16:25 GMT
Any of you play on PS5? Wondering how bad the performance and bugs and whether I should wait.
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Post by wunty on Oct 13, 2023 16:24:16 GMT
Me. It’s fine so far. Just the frame rate during this boss fight is a bit sub par.
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Post by neems on Oct 13, 2023 16:57:24 GMT
I'm on PS5, it seems okay. There is a weird point on a flight of stairs that stutters, but in general I'm not massively sensitive to such things. Definitely steer clear of quality mode though.
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Post by wunty on Oct 13, 2023 17:14:06 GMT
Haaaaa you’re dead Pieta. Yaaaas.
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Post by wunty on Oct 13, 2023 17:33:58 GMT
Huh. So a few of the reviews I read negatively remarked on vestige seeds, and how pointless they are specifically because they are so rare. So creating your own checkpoint is pointless. Fairly sure the EG one mentions it.
Erm
There’s a merchant I’ve just found in the hub that has an infinite supply. And they are cheap as hell.
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Post by Aunt Alison on Oct 13, 2023 17:40:59 GMT
Could have been patched? Or they're all silly
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Post by neems on Oct 13, 2023 17:42:40 GMT
I suspect they're more significant in NG+, I gather they limit them and you need to choose carefully when to use them.
I saw one review complaining about the uber instakill mimics (fair enough) and how there's no way to spot them... and two videos where you can quite clearly see the difference. You need to pay attention of course, but that's the point in these games.
Also, Umbral can be pretty hairy.
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Post by wunty on Oct 13, 2023 17:48:40 GMT
Could have been patched? Or they're all silly Possibly. Just thought it was odd. |
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Post by wunty on Oct 13, 2023 17:51:21 GMT
Fucking hell. When you randomly die and appear in the umbral realm and things are… different and terrifying. It looks amazing.
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Post by FlexibleFeline on Oct 13, 2023 18:07:20 GMT
Ooo, an update on Series X...let's see what this does.
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Post by neems on Oct 13, 2023 18:32:39 GMT
Ooo, an update on Series X...let's see what this does. Any joy? |
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Post by FlexibleFeline on Oct 13, 2023 18:33:05 GMT
I read that the xbox patch would take a number of days but it already seems better. I don't know if this was just a preliminary patch.
It's all stupid and annoying but at least it feels playable now.
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Post by FlexibleFeline on Oct 13, 2023 18:34:15 GMT
neemsCheers. I wrote my post above before seeing yours but as I say it does feel much more playable than earlier. No issues yet. Apart from me being shite, of course.
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Post by neems on Oct 13, 2023 18:38:56 GMT
Holy Mary Mother of God, Umbral just tore me a new one.
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Post by Blackmarsh63 on Oct 13, 2023 18:47:47 GMT
So some chap gave me his seed and I just planted it. I’m assuming you can’t sow it just anywhere 🤔
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Post by wunty on Oct 13, 2023 19:07:10 GMT
I’m fucking loving this
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Post by neems on Oct 13, 2023 19:11:51 GMT
It's great, just exploring with the help of the Skybridge Key at the moment, the map layout is crazy. |
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Post by FlexibleFeline on Oct 13, 2023 19:36:48 GMT
I just stumbled into the Pieta boss fight with no health left at all. It went precisely as well as you might imagine.  |
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Post by FlexibleFeline on Oct 13, 2023 19:42:35 GMT
Early days for me and despite the improvements there's a lot to sort out with this version. But it's giving me that special vibe that really good soulsbornes do: completion absorption, risk / reward, terror I'm going to fuck it up, creeping round corners, praying the next bonfire is coming up. And then YAAASSS, there you are. Thank fuck. I hope they iron things out soon as this could be really excellent. I'm enjoying the aesthetic, the dual worlds, the beefiness / FOV, the rolling / dodging, the heft of the combat. And being a pyromancer, advanced class my arse. |
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Post by addyb on Oct 13, 2023 20:07:03 GMT
I need to stay off this thread. Its giving me fomo.
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Post by neems on Oct 13, 2023 20:08:29 GMT
Paging Quaddy to the thread, this is falling to your death heaven.
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Post by FlexibleFeline on Oct 13, 2023 20:37:13 GMT
Pieta done, hurrah! My word, there's a lot going on in this hub area.
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Post by JuniorFE on Oct 13, 2023 20:46:38 GMT
Funny how Lies of P had the Pieta imagery in the game as the respec statue and the true/best ending scene and in this one she's right there as a boss  |
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Post by Aunt Alison on Oct 13, 2023 21:01:26 GMT
Does this continue the story of the first game and is it any good?
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Post by neems on Oct 13, 2023 21:36:29 GMT
It's set 1000 years later I believe, and I'm enjoying it so far.
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Post by wunty on Oct 13, 2023 22:07:57 GMT
Back on it finally and good lord I didn’t realise I could throw spears so far.
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Post by wunty on Oct 13, 2023 22:42:13 GMT
Now I freely admit that I have a tendency to get over excited but… I fucking love this. The environment is on a par with bloodborne for me so far. They’ve really gone to town on the dark fantasy look.
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