Lies of P

Well DadFE beat the Archbishop before it was cool he got patched

Could be just me, but I really love the boss fights in this. Difficult but not cheap, just requires you being able to read and learn the attacks. Think the 2 phase bosses have been OK, but am glad they nerfed some like King of Puppets and the Archbishop to have lower health in phase 1 because pre patch that was pretty tedious. But I know those attacks like the back of my hand now!

I think the bosses overall are really good, I think I just get impatient when I master a phase 1 but it takes a long time to get through to try p2 only to die in seconds.

Especially big guys like the swamp beast where the camera boss can kill you.

One of the good things about Lies is there aren’t any really egregious boss runs.

I’m just still bitter from ER when I thought I had finally beaten Malenia but for some inexplicable reason didn’t expect there to be a phase 2!

Having said all that it’s part of the agony and ecstasy of these types of games.

Just beat the first two bosses this afternoon. It's okay so far. Main gripe for me is I'm finding it has zero atmosphere. We shall see though, all of you lot seemed to have loved it.

I felt similar but it grew on me.

Four bosses down. Went the strength build route and pumped everything into attack and stamina so far. No deaths as of yet as I find all normal size enemies can just be rushed and overpowered. Most of the bigger ones can be blocked and then get health back quick enough.

Got the starter sword to +3 I think, got 5 heals now as well which is better. Lvl 39 by the looks of it.

Did the first boss, mad donkey then I tried out summons on the electric one who jumps off the building and then the fire one.

I avoided some other giant boss is toxic water, didn't even want to attempt that due to the toxic and the size of the thing. I'll go back to that later I assume.

First two bosses were straight forward for my build. I'm certain boss 3 and 4 I would have died if I didn't summon.

As for the actual levels 90% of all the enemies I can just rush and stagger.

There hasn't been any big surprises that haven't been in all the other games like this.
I'm generally moving with block up and if it looks like an ambush I'll be ready to run or roll through.
About three times I've fallen down holes that break but when you land you don't get attacked.
On all the bosses I nearly died and I nearly died to one of those giant police officers if that's what they are meant to be. Oh and nearly to the first head thing that electric explodes on the floor.

A common death in say early Bloodborne and nioh is when I'm swamped with lots of basic enemies. In this with my large sword I can get them all to come at me then just spam attack and it's staggers all their attacks. Plus the block, health back mechanism is very generous.

I'm sure I'll die at one point but at this early stage my sword, strength build seems to wreck most things.

Also I remember reading they have nerfed the early game.

I can't speed run what I don't know. I for sure will be on here in a few days ranting about how some boss is totally bs and I can't beat it and I hate the game. Standard really.

Motivity build is way OP, so it's possible.

But the shovel prick will get you. He gets everyone.

It think it’s possible to get through the levels quickly if you aren’t getting stuck on bosses. They are generally not massive and are pretty linear with regular short cut unlocks and stargazers in the main.

Took me about 40 hours to get the end and I took my time looking into every nook and cranny, listening to dialogue, back tracking and trying out different weapons

Bichii is a bit of a pro at these games (not being sarcastic) and has a lot of experience in the genre.

Oh yes.

However if memory serves me correctly I think the director said he was going to get nerfed in the latest patch. So if you sail by, remember the corpses that helped you get there.

Everyone has rising dodge now too so should be able roll away if you get the shovel smackdown

I don’t think he was nerfed as much as making quick rise part of the default tool kit was partly a result of him being able to one shot you if you don’t have it and you couldn’t get it by the first time you hit him.