Bloodborne: The Old Hunters - His butt is gone? What trickery is this? What do I hug

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# ¿ Mar 23, 2015 16:02

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# ¿ Apr 29, 2024 13:57

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I remember asking this in the previous thread, but no one really had an answer at the time. Is this going to be like Dark Souls 2 where you can farm an area until the monsters in that area stop respawning?

# ¿ Mar 23, 2015 16:15

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CuddlyZombie posted:

There's been zero indication of that, thankfully.

I was actually kinda hoping that would be in, but it's not something I care passionately about one way or the other.

# ¿ Mar 23, 2015 16:16

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Flytrap posted:

I was worried about that too at first, but it seems like they just removed all the extra variants of the same weapon and just made each individual weapon more unique. I'd rather have 1 halberd with a kick-rear end moveset than 4 halberd that either chop-thrust or thrust-chop.

Yeah, this is actually better. Unless the devs could come up with some more variations of each weapon type that were all unique in some specific way.

# ¿ Mar 23, 2015 16:18

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Danger posted:

Or 9:00 PM if you live in sunny California.

I live in Arizona but this still applies to me.

# ¿ Mar 23, 2015 16:54

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El Chingon posted:

Am I going to be able to just play the tutorial while the rest of the game is downloaded like all the other Day 1 Release games I've downloaded from PSN? That poo poo loving sucks.

Pre-loading is available right now if you bought digital. So you'll have the whole game ready to go before launch.

# ¿ Mar 23, 2015 16:59

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El Chingon posted:

This is the way it should work. But from my experience, you download only a part of the whole game (normally the first chapter, tutorial or first level), and the rest of the game is downloaded in the background. This has happend to me with Evolve, Dragon Age, The Last of Us and Shadow of Mordor.

The rest of the game cannot be downloaded before release day. For some games the rest of the game is a full 20GB in size, which makes it total garbage as you can only play the first level and then wait for my slow rear end internet connection to download the rest.

Am I the only one experiencing this?

I am downloading 25GB right now for Bloodborne, but I remember reading that Bloodborne is going to be 45GB. That must be some sort of European edition of the game though with multiple languages. From what I can tell, digital pre-orders will have the entire game ready to go before launch.

# ¿ Mar 23, 2015 17:29

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Rad Valtar posted:

I wasn't planning on buying this because I played Dark Souls for a few hours and couldn't get into it but watching some streams makes it look really fun so now I'm on the fence about it. The little differences in the gameplay with the gun and the melee weapons may be enough for me to give it a try.

I've always been really bad at the Souls games. I only ever beat Demon's Souls once. But the new co-op options, pvp, and randomly generated dungeon feature is making me pick this up.

# ¿ Mar 23, 2015 17:31

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MZ posted:

I'd guess it decompresses to 45GB, there isn't an extra 20GB of languages in the euro versions.

I don't believe PS4 games use compression. I haven't noticed any games increase in size after their full downloads were complete. This was a thing with the PS3 though but only due to technical limitations in its file system. The Xbox 360 would decompress games on the fly while downloading them.

# ¿ Mar 23, 2015 17:45

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Zaphod42 posted:

If you're bad just summon people. Its the hidden difficulty option of the Souls series. Solo = Hard, Summon 1 phantom = Normal, Summon 2 phantoms = Easy.

There's gonna be a poo poo ton of goons happy to help people stomp the early bosses if they get stuck

Exactly. I'm gonna do a lot of co-op. I hope I can do pvp too. I always wanted to do a lot of pvp in the souls games, but the way it worked in those made it painful, and connecting to other players game sessions would fail constantly.

# ¿ Mar 23, 2015 17:46

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Zaphod42 posted:

A different bell. And I think the same thing opens you up to invasion

It does.

But that's like in the other games too. The Souls series typically has one item for co-op, another for invasion, and invasion is always a possibility.

# ¿ Mar 23, 2015 17:52

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Rad Valtar posted:

So with coop can I just choose to play with a certain friend or do I have to ring the bell and it's fair game for anyone?

You can pick who you want to co-op with now. This has been a requested feature since Demon's Souls and we finally get it.

# ¿ Mar 23, 2015 18:35

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I'm watching this stream of someone playing right now: http://www.twitch.tv/cslalan1985 they aren't really talking too.

# ¿ Mar 23, 2015 21:59

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lets hang out posted:

# ¿ Mar 24, 2015 03:34

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megalodong posted:

are any of the reviews actually good or are they all this level of poo poo:

edit: ok Jim's review is really good and actually leads off by describing the game instead of billy's first creative writing class.

Who's review is this? I took a wild guess and thought it was Gamespot because it's something Kevin VanOrd would write, he is a poo poo tier writer, but it wasn't Gamespot.

# ¿ Mar 24, 2015 03:36

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GAME IS OUT RESTART STEAM :siren:

# ¿ Mar 24, 2015 04:59

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For gently caress sakes this game is really hard.

# ¿ Mar 24, 2015 05:45

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mrs. nicholas sarkozy posted:

Holy poo poo this game is hard

Yeah, i'm already frustrated. This game is hard as loving balls and I want to co-op with someone.

# ¿ Mar 24, 2015 05:53

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Mr E posted:

Well gently caress, the first boss doesn't mess around.

I almost killed him on my first attempt too. The trick is to wait until he is facing you and then dodge to the back of him and just keep hitting him. The camera gets in the way so much though that this is difficult.

# ¿ Mar 24, 2015 06:07

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Ooh thank gently caress, once you get to the first boss, even if you don't defeat him, you can start spending souls to level up. Also co-op opens up.

# ¿ Mar 24, 2015 06:10

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Mr E posted:

And then STAB HIM IN THE TOP OF THE HEAD!

Wait, how do you do that?

# ¿ Mar 24, 2015 06:10

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ChocNitty posted:

When u guys say its hard, are you comparing it to dark souls standards or what.

This is waaaaaaaay motherfucking harder.

# ¿ Mar 24, 2015 06:11

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Brownview posted:

How do these games save progress? Like automatically or do I have to go to lanterns? First From Software game.

They save on the fly.

# ¿ Mar 24, 2015 06:14

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Cephalocidal posted:

Like NG++ two hits kills everything including you, but right out the gate and with no shields to hide behind?

Yeah something like that. And also large mobs of monsters that attack you all at once. You have to be super careful. Every encounter is really intense.

# ¿ Mar 24, 2015 06:30

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Bogart posted:

^^Blood vials drop really frequently.

How's weapon degradation? Repair-at-hub or rest-and-free-repair? Or none? Please say none. I hate weapon degradation.

Stock up on lots and lots of blood vials before the first boss.

# ¿ Mar 24, 2015 06:40

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Danith posted:

Where do I get the bell so I can co-op, I'm really bad at this

Reach the first boss, but even then I don't think you can co-op yet.

# ¿ Mar 24, 2015 06:41

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SamBishop posted:

The first time you die to a boss, you'll get the option to level up and messengers will give you the bells you need.

How do I join someone else's session tho?

# ¿ Mar 24, 2015 06:43

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Inspector_666 posted:

Well poo poo, looks like I will never make it to co-op in this game.

(I don't even have it yet, but it was hard enough for me to get the small soapstone in DS2 the first time.)

I made it to the first boss by just running there. Do this once, and then listen to Sam Bishops advice about timing attacks.

# ¿ Mar 24, 2015 06:45

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404GoonNotFound posted:

Dammit, I just plain avoided the bridge because gently caress those wolves.

They have a lot of health but they are easy to just run past.

# ¿ Mar 24, 2015 06:47

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Feenix posted:

AGGGGH THAT DOORBANGER showed up to get me even though I was way far back past him... while I was fighting the dudes with the dogs.

This happened to me once, I cried like a bitch when I saw him and ran away, up the stairs to the bridge, and the actually followed me up there before turning back.

# ¿ Mar 24, 2015 06:49

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It's telling that the very first enemy encounter in this game, you're meant to die to it. Sets the tone for the rest of the game. The real Bloodborne begins here.

# ¿ Mar 24, 2015 06:57

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SamBishop posted:

That's a trademark of the series. Also, that encounter is totally and completely winnable with just your fists way easier than the first boss fights in other Souls games.

I figured it would be, but you can't get your first weapons until you get to the hub world, right? So might as well, but it's a nice gently caress you to the game to win that.

# ¿ Mar 24, 2015 07:00

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Ooh poo poo, okay so i'm watching the Gametrailers review, and they mention that if you're hit, you can strike right back and regain your health.

# ¿ Mar 24, 2015 07:08

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Zaphod42 posted:

Try playing Demon's Souls sometime, scrub.

lol you shouldn't call people scrubs if you never beat the first boss in Demon's Souls. At least that game gives you a weapon. Bloodborne you literally have to die first to get any gear.

# ¿ Mar 24, 2015 07:28

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Bogart posted:

try beating the false king with bare fists using your feet to control your character scrub

vv: yes! Just like how you kill a baddy and get their echoes, baddy kills you and gets yours!

Gonna play Bloodborne like this http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2...ign=socialoomph

# ¿ Mar 24, 2015 07:30

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Azzanadra posted:

so when can I start pouring blood echos into my stats and level up? Did they hide the level up mechanic like they did in DS2?

Have to reach a boss.

# ¿ Mar 24, 2015 07:37

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KongGeorgeVII posted:

7 hours to go in Australia and the preload hasn't even started

Someone in this thread from Australia was saying the pre-load isnt until an hour until the game goes live.

# ¿ Mar 24, 2015 07:42

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Bloodborne isn't coming to PC. Stop bringing it up. If you want to play the game badly enough, buy a PlayStation 4.

# ¿ Mar 24, 2015 08:02

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Inspector_666 posted:

Somebody in the thread lead me to believe that From has already said there will be a patch to lower the load times ~soon~ but I may just be making that up.

I really hope that's true. Bloodborne is close to perfect, it's just some of the technical problems that are holding it back from achieving that.

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