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Yes.
Played the original again on an emulator a year or so before the remake came out and was amazed how well the gameplay held up.
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Yes.
Played the original again on an emulator a year or so before the remake came out and was amazed how well the gameplay held up.
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Yeah, and I'm glad it is. Being PS5-only allowed them to really maximize the game for that system without having to worry about it working on other systems. As a result it has the best visuals I've ever seen in a console game, and the second or third* best-feeling controls with the DualSense. They did a fantastic job with it. I just worry that some aspects of it (the world tendencies) might have been too difficult for a lot of casual players who turned the game off too soon and didn't give it a chance / had buyer's remorse. Especially considering it was a launch game.
* - Returnal has the second-best controls, you really feel everything in that game through the controller. And first goes to...Astro's Playroom, which is a glorified tech demo but a lot of fun to play, and it fully shows off every controller vibration possibility they could think of.
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So I've only beaten Phalanx and Tower Knight and I've made an observation:
Are there only "bonfires" at the start of levels and right after you kill a boss?
I do prefer the system where you open shortcuts instead of plopping down a bonfire.
Are there only "bonfires" at the start of levels and right after you kill a boss?
I do prefer the system where you open shortcuts instead of plopping down a bonfire.
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Correct, that one only has bonfires at the x-1 start positions, and then bosses (which are the x-2 and so on starts).
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My thread now!
So I'm watching my son play one of the new Spider Man games and I it really helps me realize why the SoulsBorne games really clicked with me.
Spider Man is all dialog, cut scenes, massive overbearing menus, hand holding ui... Etc
I'm sure it's a great game but I need a simple game (ironic!). DS is straightforward... Smash way through map. Story optional.
So I'm watching my son play one of the new Spider Man games and I it really helps me realize why the SoulsBorne games really clicked with me.
Spider Man is all dialog, cut scenes, massive overbearing menus, hand holding ui... Etc
I'm sure it's a great game but I need a simple game (ironic!). DS is straightforward... Smash way through map. Story optional.
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Only thing I don't like about From is that when they decide they're done with a game, then they're completely fucking done with it.
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Rajaah
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Yeah I agree. Still bugs me that we didn't get a Demon Souls DLC or some Bloodborne enhancements.
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Gotta get regeneration items like the shield from 4-1 and a purity glaive or w/e.Is it just me or is having a healing spell equipped in DeS pretty much mandatory
I can't afford to farm or buy all these healing maple leaves to chew on
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You could also run through World 1 to get more healing herbs. They drop like crazy there. Each level drops higher-tier heals. The 1-1 heals get outclassed quickly but 1-2 and (if it's available) 1-3 drop good ones.
I had to do that in my first run of Bloodborne. Farmed so many Blood Vials in Central Yharnam from that first section (the 1-1 of that game). Later I farmed the executioners right outside the Witch of Hemwick fight and they drop like 3x at a time.
Dunno why but I really don't mind farming in these games compared to other games. I usually hate having to farm mats or consumables in any game, but not From games.
I had to do that in my first run of Bloodborne. Farmed so many Blood Vials in Central Yharnam from that first section (the 1-1 of that game). Later I farmed the executioners right outside the Witch of Hemwick fight and they drop like 3x at a time.
Dunno why but I really don't mind farming in these games compared to other games. I usually hate having to farm mats or consumables in any game, but not From games.
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Is it just me or is having a healing spell equipped in DeS pretty much mandatory
I can't afford to farm or buy all these healing maple leaves to chew on
You can farm the 1st - 3rd versions of the healing items very easily in various places. 2-2 right before tower knight is an area I used, there's two knights and 2-3 archer faggots directly behind the bonfire thing after you kill tower knight.
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Is it just me or is having a healing spell equipped in DeS pretty much mandatory
I can't afford to farm or buy all these healing maple leaves to chew on
Never had that issue, so no