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[nex gin]

Just finished NG+ yesterday. Shit wasn't as difficult as the developers made it out to be.

 

[The Lonious Monk]

What level are you? Here's the thing about these games. They are only as difficult as you make them. The more you buff your character, the easier the game will be. I purposely keep my characters low for that reason. It's plenty hard to me still. Normal enemies can one shot me with ease, and if bosses breathe on me too hard, I die.

 

[nex gin]

What level are you? Here's the thing about these games. They are only as difficult as you make them. The more you buff your character, the easier the game will be. I purposely keep my characters low for that reason. It's plenty hard to me still. Normal enemies can one shot me with ease, and if bosses breathe on me too hard, I die.

Can't remember exactly what level...but I'm well over 100 by now. I'm a Souls junkie though, so I came in pretty familiar w/ all of the mechanics and play styles. It still all balances out though. Even at my level I was still getting killed by regular enemies in 2-3 hits. Some bosses were still one shotting me w/ certain moves if I wasn't careful. The 2nd play through was a lot easier though. Once you learn the regular enemy's moves it's pretty easy to kill them before they even touch you. The bosses were a lot easier the 2nd time too since I knew all of their moves. I killed most of them on the first try in NG+. The only ones that put up a decent fight were Ebrietas ( cause I kept doing stupid shit ), Martyr Logarius ( who gave me no trouble at all my 1st play through, but was hitting me w/ bullshit in NG+ ) & Gherman ( same as Logarius ). The main thing about souls-style games is learning the enemy move set to avoid getting hit altogether and getting a hard hitting weapon w/ a decent move set. I used the Hunter's axe (2-handed) throughout. You can sucker most enemies to run into your charge attack & kill multiple enemies at once w/ 1 or 2 hits. Shit was strong enough to 2-shot the Cathedral ward giants at one point.

 

[MeTaL]

Meanwhile.. I 'm sitting here thinking.. that Dark soul and Dark soul 2 scholar of the first sin(More of an Expansion for dark soul 2 with more content) was extremely hard.. Fuck this game b.. I'll get back to this shit on Friday.. and I 'm usually good when it comes to MMORPG.. This shit right here.. Smfh.. I gotta rethink my strategy.. These niggas.. Especially that bitch.. was chopping my ass up.. I was ready to break this shit..

 

[dallas' 4 eva]

In my opinion the game is easier than either Dark Souls or Demon's Souls. Then again the combat is tailor made to the style I tried to play in those games.

 

[LEMZIMUS_RAMSEY]

im level 165 and currently fighting the 3 rd boss of the 6th dungeon

these level 4 and 5 bosses are a hell of a headache especially that one im fighting

this boss got some big ass range and speed and LETHAL defensive move. .. smh

 

[LEMZIMUS_RAMSEY]

Think I found my answer:

If you remove a Chalice and then remake it you will be back on layer one and have to redo the dungeon from scratch.

monsieur KILLACHAM the goal is to explore each dungeon 100% in order to collect all the material needed to unlock the LODRAN and ISIZ dungeon.

however dont ever think get through these labyrinths if youre not at least lvl 120 with fully enhanced weapons.

 

[KillaCham]

Think I found my answer:

If you remove a Chalice and then remake it you will be back on layer one and have to redo the dungeon from scratch.

monsieur KILLACHAM the goal is to explore each dungeon 100% in order to collect all the material needed to unlock the LODRAN and ISIZ dungeon.

however dont ever think get through these labyrinths if youre not at least lvl 120 with fully enhanced weapons.

Props. This sounds intense. Chalice Dungeons open up a whole new realm of the game.

I finished all three layers of the first one last week. Can't wait to continue them this week cause I know it's only going to get even more wild from here . I'm currently level 96 holding 150,000 blood echoes.

 

[The Lonious Monk]

In my opinion the game is easier than either Dark Souls or Demon's Souls. Then again the combat is tailor made to the style I tried to play in those games.

The stages are easier than Dark Souls and Demon's Souls, but the bosses are kicking my ass way more than any Souls bosses. I die a million times on every boss, and it ain't even like I don't know how to fight them. I can basically fight them without getting hit for like 10 mins. Have them like a third of the way from death, and it never fails, they hit me with some shit that wipes me out. And it's not even like I get hit by big power moves. I get hit by some run of the mill shit and it one shots me or it knocks me down and the boss OTGs me on some MvC3 type shit.

 

[KillaCham]

^ This game is all-around easier for me. The levels are definitely easier. There aren't any enemies I've ran across that have me like "oh shit, lemme not fuck with this" .. aight maybe some of the Hunters and those Squidward looking joints... and those brain bitches that give Frenzy and those shits outside Cainhurt Castle, but still. This game is more freaky than anything.

The bosses are easier as well. A lot of them have the same strategy whereas in the Souls game you needed a goddamn game plan every time. Only boss I can't fuck with yet is that Ebietras bitch. Father Gascoigne and Martyr Logarius gave me a tough time as well but otherwise the bosses have been 1 or 2 tries and done.

 

[The Lonious Monk]

^ This game is all-around easier for me. The levels are definitely easier. There aren't any enemies I've ran across that have me like "oh shit, lemme not fuck with this" .. aight maybe some of the Hunters and those Squidward looking joints... and those brain bitches that give Frenzy and those shits outside Cainhurt Castle, but still. This game is more freaky than anything.

The bosses are easier as well. A lot of them have the same strategy whereas in the Souls game you needed a goddamn game plan every time. Only boss I can't fuck with yet is that Ebietras bitch. Father Gascoigne and Martyr Logarius gave me a tough time as well but otherwise the bosses have been 1 or 2 tries and done.

You didn't need much strategy to beat the bosses in the Souls games. You just needed to learn their moves and patterns. Once you were good with that, it was actually pretty hard to lose against most of them. The bosses in this game are MUCH better at switching things up and reacting based on what you do.

Almost all the bosses seem to have ways of altering their attacks too, which the bosses didn't have at all in the Souls series. I think I just need to bite the bullet and actually level up a little. This whole fighting a boss until there are one or two hits left and then getting one shotted by a move I didn't even know he had despite having fought him 10 times is for the birds. Hell, to put it into perspective. I wasn't able to beat the last three bosses I've fought until I could go the whole fight without getting hit once. I never had to do any shit like that in the Souls games.

 

[nex gin]

In my opinion the game is easier than either Dark Souls or Demon's Souls. Then again the combat is tailor made to the style I tried to play in those games.

Yeah...Bloodborne is definitely easier than the Souls games. Then again, it may just be all of the time I put into those other games that made this one feel easier. Shit got me wishing I could go back and play Demon Souls.

**patiently awaits HD PS4 version**

^ This game is all-around easier for me. The levels are definitely easier. There aren't any enemies I've ran across that have me like "oh shit, lemme not fuck with this" .. aight maybe some of the Hunters and those Squidward looking joints... and those brain bitches that give Frenzy and those shits outside Cainhurt Castle, but still. This game is more freaky than anything.

The bosses are easier as well. A lot of them have the same strategy whereas in the Souls game you needed a goddamn game plan every time. Only boss I can't fuck with yet is that Ebietras bitch. Father Gascoigne and Martyr Logarius gave me a tough time as well but otherwise the bosses have been 1 or 2 tries and done.

Yeah Ebrietas can be a bitch. I just lock on and lure her into doing that slam where her head drops to the ground....then run in heavy hit once or twice...back up...rinse and repeat. Just gotta watch for that damn charge move & haul ass when she starts shooting the lasers. You can beat Father Gascoige w/o getting hit. All you have to do is make him follow you by running up the stairs and get on the roof of that building....then hit him w/ a heavy/stagger move as soon as he drops off the ledge to land on the roof w/ you. Run off the roof...back up the stairs....rinse and repeat. Luring enemies/bosses into exposing themselves makes the game a lot easier.

 

[The Lonious Monk]

You can cheese a lot of bosses like that in the Souls games too. Hell that exact strategy was how most people beat the Capra Demon in Dark Souls.

 

[nex gin]

You can cheese a lot of bosses like that in the Souls games too. Hell that exact strategy was how most people beat the Capra Demon in Dark Souls.

Exactly. Souls games force you to "respect your jaw"...lol. With a little patience and observation, most bosses & enemies crumble relatively easy. The key is not to get hit (much) and to learn how to use their moves against them.

 

[LEMZIMUS_RAMSEY]

The real difficulty lies into the labyrinths. The difficulty increase widely. Its a headache to go through the ennemies and some bosses are something else. Plus you re forced to explore them 100% if you want to finish them all.

Im level 179 and this spiders are still giving me the business.

two labyrinth left ... need a little nap

 

[Trollio]

chalice dungeon fight

 

[KillaCham]

You didn't need much strategy to beat the bosses in the Souls games. You just needed to learn their moves and patterns. Once you were good with that, it was actually pretty hard to lose against most of them. The bosses in this game are MUCH better at switching things up and reacting based on what you do.

Almost all the bosses seem to have ways of altering their attacks too, which the bosses didn't have at all in the Souls series.

Wow it's the exact opposite IMO. You definitely did need strategy in the Souls game though... to the point where you had to wear certain gear and rings to fight different bosses or go into levels (especially Demon's Souls)... and bosses did different moves depending on if you were fighting with a melee or ranged (which you can't even really do in Bloodborne) strategy. Frenzy or poison isn't much of a factor other than in 2 short areas of the game.

Honestly, I didn't even need to learn many of the bosses' movesets in this game since most everything is so slow I could see than coming and dodge. 80% of the bosses in this game I just had to stay behind them and attack.

There's no Armor Spider or Red Dragon like in Demon's Souls.

There are no bosses that create a sea of fire or lava like the Chaos Witch Quelaag or any fights that are more of a puzzle like the Bed of Chaos DS1.

And there is NOTHING close to as hard as the Four Kings fight. That fight with those 3 dudes at the end of the Forest was a joke.

I think I just need to bite the bullet and actually level up a little. This whole fighting a boss until there are one or two hits left and then getting one shotted by a move I didn't even know he had despite having fought him 10 times is for the birds. Hell, to put it into perspective. I wasn't able to beat the last three bosses I've fought until I could go the whole fight without getting hit once. I never had to do any shit like that in the Souls games.

Lol yeah honestly I think you just must be a low level for where you are.

 

[KillaCham]

In my opinion the game is easier than either Dark Souls or Demon's Souls. Then again the combat is tailor made to the style I tried to play in those games.

Yeah...Bloodborne is definitely easier than the Souls games. Then again, it may just be all of the time I put into those other games that made this one feel easier. Shit got me wishing I could go back and play Demon Souls.

**patiently awaits HD PS4 version**

^ This game is all-around easier for me. The levels are definitely easier. There aren't any enemies I've ran across that have me like "oh shit, lemme not fuck with this" .. aight maybe some of the Hunters and those Squidward looking joints... and those brain bitches that give Frenzy and those shits outside Cainhurt Castle, but still. This game is more freaky than anything.

The bosses are easier as well. A lot of them have the same strategy whereas in the Souls game you needed a goddamn game plan every time. Only boss I can't fuck with yet is that Ebietras bitch. Father Gascoigne and Martyr Logarius gave me a tough time as well but otherwise the bosses have been 1 or 2 tries and done.

Yeah Ebrietas can be a bitch. I just lock on and lure her into doing that slam where her head drops to the ground....then run in heavy hit once or twice...back up...rinse and repeat. Just gotta watch for that damn charge move & haul ass when she starts shooting the lasers. You can beat Father Gascoige w/o getting hit. All you have to do is make him follow you by running up the stairs and get on the roof of that building....then hit him w/ a heavy/stagger move as soon as he drops off the ledge to land on the roof w/ you. Run off the roof...back up the stairs....rinse and repeat. Luring enemies/bosses into exposing themselves makes the game a lot easier.

I beat him pretty easily when I learned that I could visceral counter his sky attacks.. just lured him into doing them and punished him for it.

Yeah...Bloodborne is definitely easier than the Souls games. Then again, it may just be all of the time I put into those other games that made this one feel easier.

^ true facts. I still have 2 PS3s and Demon's Souls too though. Def wanna go back.

 

[The Lonious Monk]

Wow it's the exact opposite IMO. You definitely did need strategy in the Souls game though... to the point where you had to wear certain gear and rings to fight different bosses or go into levels (especially Demon's Souls)... and bosses did different moves depending on if you were fighting with a melee or ranged (which you can't even really do in Bloodborne) strategy. Frenzy or poison isn't much of a factor other than in 2 short areas of the game.

Honestly, I didn't even need to learn many of the bosses' movesets in this game since most everything is so slow I could see than coming and dodge. 80% of the bosses in this game I just had to stay behind them and attack.

There's no Armor Spider or Red Dragon like in Demon's Souls.

There are no bosses that create a sea of fire or lava like the Chaos Witch Quelaag or any fights that are more of a puzzle like the Bed of Chaos DS1.

And there is NOTHING close to as hard as the Four Kings fight. That fight with those 3 dudes at the end of the Forest was a joke.

I can understand what you're saying, but yeah I guess we have opposite experiences. In the Souls games, I never really changed my equipment unless I found something I liked better. I never did anything special or changed anything to beat bosses. My levels were pretty low. I'm trying the same with BB and it's not going so well.

 

[LEMZIMUS_RAMSEY]

In my opinion the game is easier than either Dark Souls or Demon's Souls. Then again the combat is tailor made to the style I tried to play in those games.

Yeah...Bloodborne is definitely easier than the Souls games. Then again, it may just be all of the time I put into those other games that made this one feel easier. Shit got me wishing I could go back and play Demon Souls.

**patiently awaits HD PS4 version**

^ This game is all-around easier for me. The levels are definitely easier. There aren't any enemies I've ran across that have me like "oh shit, lemme not fuck with this" .. aight maybe some of the Hunters and those Squidward looking joints... and those brain bitches that give Frenzy and those shits outside Cainhurt Castle, but still. This game is more freaky than anything.

The bosses are easier as well. A lot of them have the same strategy whereas in the Souls game you needed a goddamn game plan every time. Only boss I can't fuck with yet is that Ebietras bitch. Father Gascoigne and Martyr Logarius gave me a tough time as well but otherwise the bosses have been 1 or 2 tries and done.

Yeah Ebrietas can be a bitch. I just lock on and lure her into doing that slam where her head drops to the ground....then run in heavy hit once or twice...back up...rinse and repeat. Just gotta watch for that damn charge move & haul ass when she starts shooting the lasers. You can beat Father Gascoige w/o getting hit. All you have to do is make him follow you by running up the stairs and get on the roof of that building....then hit him w/ a heavy/stagger move as soon as he drops off the ledge to land on the roof w/ you. Run off the roof...back up the stairs....rinse and repeat. Luring enemies/bosses into exposing themselves makes the game a lot easier.

I beat him pretty easily when I learned that I could visceral counter his sky attacks.. just lured him into doing them and punished him for it.

Yeah...Bloodborne is definitely easier than the Souls games. Then again, it may just be all of the time I put into those other games that made this one feel easier.

^ true facts. I still have 2 PS3s and Demon's Souls too though. Def wanna go back.

Have you beaten

The hideous beast of Loran and its variations like fighting in a small area?

The Loran darkbeast?

Have you finished the level 5 vivious chalice , the one where you get half your life bar?

If not try bruh it its worth the challenge.