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Hi. It’s absolutely fine. I don’t know why some people keep trying to present their tastes as fact. Everyone is different. That’s why I think all these scores and GOTY awards are meaningless.(to gamers)
There are many games I felt about differently from the internet noise. 🤷🏼♂️
I personally loved the game. Awesome. Got to admit it hits different that typical FromSoft games and I understand people can feel the formula less interesting. The open world exploration felt like an adventure to me whereas it may feel like a chore to others. It’s normal.
Anyway it’s all good.
The crowd, accepting this immediately, assumed the anti-Eurasian posters and banners everywhere were the result of acts of sabotage by agents of Goldstein and ripped them from the walls.
I'm still plodding along and have spent the last couple of sessions exploring the Consecrated Snowfield and have just found a portal to Mohgwyn Palace...
But good lord, can people definitely tell me that this game comes to an end??
I cleared Mohgwyn Palace (Mohg himself was surprisingly easy with Tear Mimic and had such a long death sequence I actually remembered to use a golden foot thing to get 500k runes!) and went back to the Consecrated Snowfield.
Ordina is genuinely one of the worst things in a From game and I had to use a guide and a video to get through that. I've just made it through Miquella's Haligtree and defeated the boss. And there's another area here too? And this whole area is apparently optional???
@Jimmer-jammer Oh, damn. I didn’t read your post properly about it being the last trophy boss! Looking at my list, I can’t believe how many I still have to do
And Odina was very DS1 like with those bloody archers reminding me of the infamous Anor Londo ones. I read a tip saying to fire an arrow to distract one of them and then sprint past which did the trick!
I'm 80 hrs in and just beat the fire giant! I'm going to try out the medallion I got the second half for in Castle Sol before pressing on. I'm not normally a trophy hunter and have been trying to play without a guide but I'm quite tempted to look at a trophy guide and see whether the platinum would be achievable.
@R1spam@Jimmer-jammer I was looking through the Legendary gear and one of the spells is from an Evergaol which isn’t open to me for some reason so I don’t think there’s any way I can get it 😕
As for my run, I completed the Haligtree area and defeated Malenia. I got her to the second phase a few times but eventually did it with some summons. Summoning people just makes me realise how boring/rubbish my build is!
@Jimmer-jammer The Evergaol I need is locked but isn’t one you need to use a key to unlock. I’ve checked my inventory and definitely don’t have the spell from beating the enemy inside, although I hadn’t left a marker next to it to say I needed to beat it still. It seems to be a problem for a few people on Reddit too.
And yeah, all these people dual wielding awesome weapons with unique abilities and I’m there with my weapon and shield..
@Jimmer-jammer@Thrillho yeah I was surprised when I looked at the list, I have things for all of the endings already and a fair chunk of the weapons/spells already. Missed a few summons though, just did the Alecto fight in the evergaol. I'm level 124 and that fight was pretty solid!!
@R1spam I didn't realise I already had access to Alecto and beat her myself this evening. I'm level 146 and that fight was not fun! That jumping move that does mega damage and continues to drain health was brutal
@Jimmer-jammer Crisis averted; I picked up a final spell up on the same region as the Alecto fight and the trophy popped for having all legendary spells.
No just to figure out where the main storyline is again after that 15-20hr detour
I finally got the Rivers of Blood as well and managed to get it straight to the top level. The special attack on it is pretty great but my bloody Godskin Peeler still seems like a better overall weapon though.
@Thrillho Well done mate! I actually really struggled with Fire Giant, took me a couple of days to best him...
RoB is astoundingly punishing, even after some of the patching/nerfs etc. The scale with Arcane is pretty deadly, alongside an amazing weapon art.
Are you working a bleed build? I had a fully spec'd RoB, but was leaning more towards Eleanora's Poleblade - do you have this?
EP is probably not as 'OP' as RoB... but EP weapon art can land many multiple hits in quick succession, allowing you to get a nice proc on bleed status!
The end is in sight for you now, are you gunning for the Plat?!
@CJD87 I managed second go. Not too tricky with me, Mimic Tear, and Iron Fist Alexander. My Godskin Peeler was more useful than RoB as the latter has fire damage which didn’t do much against him!
And yeah, I’m a bleed build with my +25 Godskin Peeler having Bloody Slash on it. It’s a pretty cool weapon, especially when two-handed but I do use my shield quite a lot. It’s a great one for the Mimic Tear though, even if he does overdo Bloody Slash and use up his health..
Because I’ve used that so much, I have quite low FP levels as I have barely raised that stat so the RoB special uses it up pretty quickly. I must have the Poleblade but not used it.
And I’ll probably go for the plat. My last couple of sessions have been going back to pick up legendary weapons, spells, talismans that I’d missed. I only have one weapon and talisman left to get and then need to remember to back up my save near the end of the game to get all the endings!
@Thrillho I ran a bleed build also, and found it to be a lot of fun - particularly once Arcane scaling got patched, and made RoB absolutely unstoppable ha!
The Platinum is entirely do-able, and like most people I'd highly recommend scumming the endings! (unless you yearn for additional playthroughs)
One of the endings involves some incredibly frustrating 'platforming' elements, so get ready to rage-proof your gaming room mate ha
Enjoy though, such an awesome game and I have certainly struggled to find something to fill the void afterwards (Returnal DLC trophies kept me cosy straight after, which was really great actually)
I beat the Godskin Duo last night and then went back to finish off Volcano Manor having done all the contracts. I went through the secret area but eventually just spoke to Tanith to get to Rykard. The unique weapon for that fight was pretty cool and I went and upgraded it to +9 and used Mimic Tear with it as well which made the fight pretty easy.
@Thrillho Yes mate I polished off ER probably a few weeks back, and honestly loved it.
I'm so excited for what comes next out of FromSoftware, as I feel the overwhelmingly positive reception to ER will give them the confidence to continue their 'zero-compromise' approach towards great output. I would love a Sekiro 2... but probably a pipe dream!
The contracts side-quest via Volcano Manor is so good isn't it, and Rykard is another great spectacle fight. I'm quite jealous you're still playing, as the feeling of discovering everything for the first time is pretty unrivalled.
Enjoy... and definitely go for the Platinum, not grindy at all if you're OK with scumming the endings
@CJD87 Ah, I somehow got you mixed up with @R1spam !
The invasion missions are cool from Volcano Manor. I’m not going to do the one Patches gives you though as a) it’s Patches and b) the target is someone who I’ve summoned to help with a few bosses
@Kairu I’ll probably still be trying to complete the game by the time DLC comes out at the speed I’m going..
@Jimmer-jammer I managed to spare him and found him in volcano manner later. The npc questlines in this game are nuts! I finally looked at a guide for the platinum and there are a couple of npcs I hadn't even met!!
@Thrillho haha I think @CJD87 smashed through the game a while ago, though I am bearing down on what surely must be the end of the game. I've finally made it to the consecrated snowfield and look like I'm on course for the platinum l, though I'll have to save scum for endings
I honestly can't wait to hear how everyone gets on with one of the particular endings which involves a ton of platforming/jumping action.... honestly makes Malenia looks like a cakewalk!!
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