@Th3solution The enemy AI is one thing Bluepoint did not change for the remake. I think it is one of the things that makes it feel easier, along with 60fps and that player movement has been updated.
In regards to the camera, you wanna change it to Classic Camera. I found that so much better than the default option.
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@Th3solution well I’ll be very interested to follow your progress, there are some unbelievably well designed areas to come (4-1 is one of them tbh)… and some awesome boss fights too.
In regards to the skelly’s in 4-1, if you're struggling to time your dodge-roll, you can always try equipping a shield and guarding against their approach… the good thing about these games is that there always are a few ‘solution’s’ (😉) to the problems they pose 👍
@JohnnyShoulder Thanks for the tip — I’ll definitely try the classic camera. The default “chase” camera has gotten me killed a couple times.
@colonelkilgore I’m not too good with the shield yet so I’ll give it a try. Bloodborne got me dependent on dodge rolling only as I never got competent at bloodtinge firearm usage either.
I’m trying the ‘magic wand with the left hand and sword with the right hand’ technique, but thankfully the switching between weapon/shield is pretty quick with the d-pad.
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@Th3solution fair enough, all I’ll say is you don’t necessarily have to parry them… you can just guard their rolling approach and subsequent weapon swing and then land a blow/spell etc. Obviously stamina has to be monitored using this method but it’s doable, if a little boring.
@Th3solution A club is well good against the skeletons. An R2 hit sends them flying! 😂
But I reccomend trying another area and go back to that one later. There are some tough enemies which you will most likely really struggle with at this early stage.
I wouldn't concern yourself about farming Souls or obtaining specific weapons at this point. You will gain plenty of Souls naturally playing the game anyway, and there are plenty of weapons to play around with.
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So I was poking around online, trying to decide where to go and what to do next and it seems like 1-2 is the consensus best second area to go. I’ve been going through and making my way reasonably well, except for the dragon (which with the 3D headset on is terrifying and about made me wet myself.) In the area under the bridge I don’t know if I can make it past the pack of dogs though. Sheesh, they overwhelm you quickly and after dying twice to them, I decided to call it a night since it’s late.
But there was something I saw in an online guide that references an NPC Ostrava, of Boletaria that is supposed to be down here for a side quest and he’s not here, and apparently I was supposed to save him in the first level 1-1? I don’t recall ever seeing him. Is it worthwhile to go back and try to find him there so that maybe I can continue his quest in 1-2? Or is it too late. Apparently if I let him die then I have no hope of accessing a Mausoleum key, or something like that?
Also, I’m not sure what these Crystal lizards are that I’ve read about. Apparently I’ve passed a few of them but I don’t remember ever seeing those either.
I consider myself a pretty observant and compulsive gamer when it comes to checking my surroundings and exploring, but that game sure is sneaky with all the hidden people, items, doors, and passages. 😅
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@Th3solution I'm pretty sure you can go back and save him, he's around in the courtyards of 1-1, I seem to remember it being close to where there are lots of dreggling crossbow men on a scaffolding. Probably worth checking a guide though 😂! Crystal lizards run off as soon as they see you so you have to chase straight after them and melee them (I've tried magic but either I kept missing or it didn't work). They are pretty small but glimmer which might help you spot them. They drop upgrade materials when you kill them. Good hunting!!
@Th3solution Good luck on the boss for 1-2! You are gonna need it! If you can't defeat that boss, I reccomend 2-1, Smithing Grounds. There will be loads of crafting materials here, and another blacksmith who can upgrade your weapons futher than the one in the Nexus. You will see more gains in your attack power in upgrading your weapons then levelling up in this game
@Th3solution Dogs are my weakness. I've died to them more times than anything so far. You think you've got a window to strike and then another one jumps at you. My preferred approach is to start swinging as soon as I first see them running towards me and hope I get lucky, because if they get me on the back foot, I usually die. You'll probably take at least one out with this method, and you'll have more time to regroup a bit.
I'd definitely recommend keeping going with 1-2. I did 2-1 this morning and it was a slog, and that's after I'd done 1-2.
As for the skeletons in world 4-1, try rolling almost directly towards them (but just a little to the right) when they go in for their first strike. It'll put you right behind them for a free backstab. Then, if you're feeling brave, quickly press triangle and two-handed spam them when they get up, or stay one-handed and repeat the first step. I had a little wander about in 4-1 to get the weapons that @EclipseZero and @CJD87 told me about. I got those skeletons down to a tee after a while.
Good job, Parappa. You can go on to the next stage now.
@Th3solution Also, I don't think you actually need to beat the dogs to proceed. The tunnel leads to a merchant and some stairs up to the next tower. This tower can be reached by simply running the next dragon gauntlet instead. I think.
Good job, Parappa. You can go on to the next stage now.
@Th3solution my two cents, I’d go with all the -1’s first, then the -2’s and so on… there is no hard and fast rule but that’s a fairly decent difficulty curve that ‘should match your character as you level.
@Th3solution I did just what @colonelkilgore has suggested and it worked out a really good strategy as you will be levelling up the -2s as you go.
The skeletons took me a bit of practice too but I eventually nailed the rolling and backstab and never looked back. In fact I remember using that beginning bit of 4-1 to farm some souls at one point.
@Th3solution You may not have come across any crystal lizards, as the ones in 1-1 are behind the gate right at the start of the first archstone, which only opens with pure white or black tendency. In 2-1 before the fight with the boss, there is a staircase on the right, the Crystal Lizard can be found upstairs.
If a Crystal Lizard got away from you, it will reappear at the location when you reload the area. In the original game, this could be done by exiting the game and restarting. In the remake, the only way to reset Crystal Lizards is via archstone or death.
Crystal Lizards respawn whenever you kill a boss. So if you kill the boss in 1-2, all Crystal Lizards in Boletarian Palace will respawn (both those in 1-1 and 1-2).
Crystal Lizards are limited and will not come back once you have exhausted their spawns.
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@JohnnyShoulder Well, if Crystal Lizards reset upon death, then I’m fine because they’ve set about 20 time then. 😅.
Thanks for the tips, and yeah, the World Tendency is a bit of a pain. I guess they say not to worry about WT on the first playthrough, so I’m just going with it, knowing I’ll be locked out of some of the content by hovering in the middle between black and white. I’m terrified of making my world too black through because it sounds like it makes a difficult game even harder! So as a result I’ve consigned myself to playing most of the game in Soul form so I don’t have to worry about shifting toward black when I repeatedly die. I see lots of those spirit echoes of other players jumping off the stairs committing suicide in the Nexus, presumably to avoid shifting a world tendency when they die in the archstone.
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@render@colonelkilgore@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy@R1spam And thanks for the advice, all! I’m already partway in 1-2 so I’m going to push through I think. But good to know if I keep failing that I can just try 2-1, or maybe just return to 1-1 for the Ostrava side content.
@Th3solution Yeah I wouldn't worry about world tendency too much. If you prefer playing in human form with the added benefits, then do it. I didn't find things too bad when things shifted towards black tbf.
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@Gremio108@EclipseZero So actually, I got so annoyed at the stupid red dragon that I decided to just killed it. 😅
It was definitely the coward’s approach, but being a Royalty magic user with soul arrow and MP regeneration I was able to stand in the first tower and take one magical potshot at him each time he flew by. It took about 50 shots, but it was well worth it. I got about 8000 souls and some other special boss soul (which I’m stockpiling all those), but more importantly I had free reign of the bridges and I could go back to 1-1 and loot at least some of the items in the dragon perch. I didn’t have the guts to go and get the one right under the blue dragons tail though, even though it is possible to dodge it apparently.
Being able to run back and forth from the arch stone fast travel point without having to deal with the dragon nor the stupid dogs below was so nice.
This was important because… it took me three tries to beat the Tower Knight. So I had to make that trek back and forth over that bridge quite a few times.
The minion fodder on the bridges were easy to pick off each time I passed, and it was just the infernal archers and those last two blue-eyed knights that were any trouble, and even they are fairly easy with my magic.
The Tower Knight however was kinda tough, but once I learned his attack animations I was able to avoid a lot of his big hitting strikes by trying to stay behind him. Well that and taking out all the archers from the get-go. Pretty happy with the outcome of killing 2 major bosses and 1 side boss so far. 😄
When I went back to 1-1 after slaying the red dragon I was able to find Ostrava and save him there, and then able to save him again in 1-2 under the bridge, so thankfully I wasn’t locked out of that quest line. So thanks to those who encouraged me to go back.
Now after having killed Tower Knight and Red Dragon, Boletaria should be pure white, so we’ll see. I’m about to go back and see if that gate is open at the beginning.
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