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Ahhhh hahah okay. No I'm tired and also drinking rum and pineapple juice..that will slow me down.

If you haven't already, run past him to activate the stargazer and do it from that side. Much much easier when he's solo and you can surprise him too.

Doh, too late but thanks for the attempted assist. 

Ooooh king of puppets was v cool. Did it on second try and was an epic battle with great music.

The screams of a later area put me in mind of oolacile. Wonderfully creepy.

Although hit a wall with wanker of illusion. Decided to farm for a bit. Helps that I can buy three full dark moonstone from polly, so I fucked off to get ergo and I’ve now upgraded my puppet ripper from +3 to +5.

Will try illusion twat again later.

I killed her quite easily, second time, because I think I lucked out with the right loadout. I had the fire grindstone and the twin dragon sword and she seems very weak to that dodging to the side attack it does. I was constantly getting behind her for massive damage.

Might be worth a cheeky respec. I gave up on being able to parry consistently quite early so took guard regain, damage reduction and health perks and put a decent amount into stamina and carry just so I could block and dodge all the time without getting winded. The 'increase damage after a perfect parry' amulets and perks seem pointless if I keep dying when I try.

Aegis is also pretty good to just hide behind. Its like a second health bar in a clutch situation.

Think every game like this is gonna have this "issue" of common enemies not really posing much of a threat, at least in late game, where boss characters pose a much greater challenge that it feels like it might take longer than it should. Its like Armored Core, the smaller enemies go down in one bullet almost that you wonder why they're even there. But understandably you need to get the balance right of that feeling of making progress and getting stronger while also posing enough of a challenge to keep you on your toes. Think the game has been OK in that regard, some of the beefier common enemies like the clown puppet and shovel fucker command your respect. And common enemies get buffed up later with the monster growth coming out of them which adds new attacks and has a greater challenge.

I personally think its the best looking Soulsborne game, more so than Demons Souls Remake even.

Tuffty I don't know if I'd disagree with that.

I'd, also, add that by using a tried and tested game engine such as Unreal 4 (instead of the newer, shinier, but still in development Unreal 5) they managed to realize their vision perfectly without the technical hiccups LotF is demonstrating.

I think that makes my mind up on which to get in the sale.

I think the main way the game could be improved would be by not having an insufferable rage-inducing CUNT of a final boss

For me, Nameless Puppet's phase 2 is up there with Malenia.