did you need a guide before you played this game or did you play it blind?
Blind. And i got stuck for like a solid 8 hours of gameplay after i went to teh grand cathedral. I couldnt find where to go. Overlooked the path to the right and left of the grand cathedral stairs.
>>321526345
>le epic hard game meme
Off yourself
>>321526552
>hey look at me! I'm a neckbeard virgin who is really good at gaming! xD
>>321526552
At least it has the decency to have difficulty unlike most AAA tripe
>They are people who chose the Yharjam Sunrise as their first ending.
The poor, poor things...
>>321526345
>using a guide on the first playthrough
>ever
>>321526345
For what? The game is completely straight forward.
I looked at boss strategies earlier on, but none of those matter.
>>321526345
I heard about the umbilical cords before hand, so I can't rightfully say I went in 100% blind.
However, I didn't use a guide, which lead to me getting lost once or twice.
You CAN play it blind, but a guide helps.
And if you buy the hardcover guides you can also stay the fuck away from the community.
>>321526531
I can't believe how many people had this happen to them.
Is everyone fucking blind?
>>321526345
BLIND AS A BAT
>>321526345
Got it on release day platinumed it in a week.
>>321526345
Go blind. It's pretty much the easiest Souls game.
I got it yesterday. Ran around a lot. Died a lot. The whip seems to be a "git gud" weapon and the Cleric Beast is pummeling my taint.
I love the aesthetic and soundtrack though.
>>321526829
>thinking having difficulty makes a game noteworthy
I miss the days when hard games weren't considered anything special and were the norm.
Kiddies nowadays see a hard game and think it's something unique in the history of gaming.
>Go in as Demon's vet.
>Why are there no secrets?
>Why do these cut scenes take so long?
>Where are all the NPCs?
>How come all the enemies are generic western?
>How come combat feels like God of War?
>Why are ranged weapons used to parry now?
>Where is the heavy armor?
>Why are there only three weapons?
>Why do all upgrades have the same name regardless of strength?
This is going to get better, right?
Played it mostly blind.
I missed over half of the bosses somehow and ended up just cutting my head off at the end to wake me up inside.
Are any of the sidequests even worth doing? I know it's game similar to Souls so I'm guessing probably fucking not.
I found myself getting "lost" a lot in Dark Souls 2. I would get to a dead end, hit some switch or whatever, and then say "...where the fuck do I go now?" and ended up looking at some guide.
Will I have that problem in bloodborne?
>>321526345
First playthrough went in blind. Missed three whole areas. Missed the snowy castle, missed the path to the clinic and missed that lower area in nightmare of mensis, you know, the part with the blood rock.
>>321529047
>misinterpreting an argument so hard that you accidentally agree with it angrily
>I like that game is hard
>FUCK YOU KIDDO ALL GAMES SHOULD BE HARD LIKE BACK IN MY DAY.
>>321529364
>Will I have that problem in bloodborne?
Without a fucking doubt.
These games always have that problem.
>>321526345
Play it blind.
Though I remembered having a lot of fun when Demons Souls released with its collectors edition guidebook, shit was so good.
>>321529364
It's easy to accidentally skip bosses early in the game. I ended up spending alot of time smashing my face against amelia because I skipped 3 bosses on my way there and ended up underleveled. My advice is to get familiar with the cathedral ward area and you will be fine. Looking at a map of the area won't spoil anything and will probably give you a smoother experience with less backtracking.
>>321529390
>>321529390
Can you into reading?
I don't disagree with you on BB's difficulty, I just lament the fact that today's generation of children (like you) consider this game special on account of its difficutly, when not too long ago (as late as the early 2000s), hard games were far more prevalent.
If you don't play games blind on your first play through, you are doing yourself an unspeakable disservice. You only get one chance to experience a blind play and you can never get that chance back.
>>321529778
I can't speak for him or anybody else but I praise the difficulty because if all we hear are complaints about it then games will descend further in to casual territory.
The reason souls fans are so vocal is because they finally have something to defend. Of course a game doesn't live and die by its difficulty, but what games would we be praising for their difficulty had Souls not been a success, critically and commercially?
>>321530134
My friend played Until Dawn and Life is Strange with a walkthrough to make sure everybody survived and all the right choices were made.
>>321529167
You sound like a huge Faggot, honestly
>>321529778
I'm not the person you originally replied to, but I think his point is the same as yours. Surely he knows games used to be harder, and is just happy that in a time when modern AAA releases are shying from that tradition some games (like this one) are still sticking to the classic formula of gameplay balanced around one difficulty selection. Do you see how your two points are aligned?
>>321530251
>The reason souls fans are so vocal is because they finally have something to defend.
Then Souls fans are fucking idiots who don't play enough games, because there are plenty enough good games out there that are hard.
>but what games would we be praising for their difficulty had Souls not been a success, critically and commercially?
Oh, gee, I don't know. Any of the Platinum games released in the past 3-4 years like Wonderful 101, Vanquish or Bayonetta are far harder than any of the Souls games.
How about the dozens of shoot-em-up games that get released every year? Or the Ys games by Falcom? Or Monster Hunter? There are tons of games out there that are both good AND hard(er than Souls) if Souls fans bothered to look.
>>321530554
>Then Souls fans are fucking idiots who don't play enough games, because there are plenty enough good games out there that are hard.
Name some
Hardmode: Name some without reaching back 4 gens ago
i typically look up weapon locations and stat requirements. that's about it, though.
>>321530554
Yeah, all those Platinum games that can!e out after Souls.
I was speaking about commercial success too, and ones that have a broad appeal. Shoot em ups have historically been so hard that have never been anything other than a niche genre.
>>321530371
>Surely he knows games used to be harder,
I wouldn't give him the benefit of the doubt. I don't give any Souls children the benefit of the doubt, because these are the historically-illiterate type of people who typically think that Souls invented slow, punishing and deliberately-paced third-person melee action combat, which is why whenever there is a new game that has that sort of mechanic, they are quick to say "Oh, just like Dark Souls?" as if the game invented that genre.
>>321529167
This is bait
>>321530721
How about you try reading my entire post before trying to come up with some smug response?
>>321530794
>all those Platinum games that can!e out after Souls.
Fuck off, child. Bayonetta came out in 2009. Vanquish came out in 2010. The only game I listed that came out after Souls is W101 in 2013.
>>321530997
>child
What is your obsession with this?
>>321530997
You can't call people smug and then suggest somebody is a child because you disagree.
>>321530798
>I think he meant this and here's why
>no he stuped souls child dum kids dun kno game things!
Good talk, looks like we're done here.
Played it blind, ended up accidentally finishing the game and had to go back and do all the optional content on NG+
No, I'm a PC gamer, I browsed Dark Souls threads in 2011 and then acted like the game was easy because i knew where to get the drake sword and katana in 5 minutes.
wow artificial difficulty /v/ never told me how to cheese this part wooow.
>>321529167
its the best game in the series since Demon's and feels like a truer sequel
where's the best place to farm blood vials and bullets at the start of the game?
>>321526345
I'm playing it blind and I love it. I have no idea where the fuck I am or where I'm supposed to be going, big dude banging on the door started coming after me probably due to hearing me kill other enemies, ran the fuck away, somehow found a new set of armor, got fucked to death and found out I lose ALL of my blood echoes upon death, and have stopped playing for now.
But it's a good time.
>>321532526
The hunter's dream
>>321526345
Blind, it's easier than the others. I've been playing it for 4 months now and I've made all the builds I need to make for every weapon and put them through chalice dungeons. The pvp sucks with the charged backstabs and parries not being constant so I'm not gonna stick with the game like I did Dark 1. Think I'm gonna replay Bayo1&2 till Dark 3 comes out.
>>321532581
No, you lose all of them upon your second death if you don't pick them up after your first.
Get used to it. You will be losing hundreds of thousands. The best mentality is to act like you lose them all first time around.
My friend was getting pissed off at the thought of losing them all and he was pleased he had ten thousand. He left the room and I killed his character twice on purpose and said "now you can stop being a coward" and he played much better.
>>321533109
I'm fine with that since getting them seems to be as easy as losing them.
>>321532880
Nice idea to play shit souls after actually good gamplay, retard.
>>321533276
You're a sad sad little man.
>>321533486I really disliked platinum games to be honest and love all the souls games and BB maybe more. Expecting DS3 with not so much hype though. Cheers, mate.
