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Hexx wrote:

Jenuall wrote:I love that the blood echoes that you lose on death can be tied to enemies in this and you have to kill them to retrieve them, such a cool addition to the formula!

Here's me about to take down a bunch of fools

twitter.com/RussellMcIver/status/1156319701976453120

Picked the wrong weapon

It's serving my purposes very well thank you so very much indeedy!

I've picked up the saw cleaver as well and have been experimenting with each. I love the extra range the axe gets when transformed, and the sweeping L2 attack has come in very handy!

Came is best!

May I be the first to say,

GIT GUD

Hexx wrote:Came is best!

Ooh err.

Much as I was tempted by the idea of the cane so I could strut my funky stuff around Yarnham I figured something a but heftier would come in handy!

Ad7 wrote:May I be the first to say,

GIT GUD

There's some adapting to do but my experiences with DS are definitely helping so far - I can imagine some of the opening areas being a nightmare for full on newbies.

I'm sure there is lots of fun to come yet though!

Also, I took Gazza down

Cane is a quick weapon

And it becomes a whip.

It also can therefore deal 2 types of damage making it the best


Well done on Father G so quickly!

Ah fair enough, I was intrigued by the whip option to be fair

Father G was a bit tricksy to be fair, I could deal with his normal form fine but it took a few goes to put him down after his transformation!

Jenuall wrote:Ah fair enough, I was intrigued by the whip option to be fair

Father G was a bit tricksy to be fair, I could deal with his normal form fine but it took a few goes to put him down after his transformation!

Did you use the music box?

Cane does serrated damage in whip form - which is best for anything beastily.

Normal form does....something else

Jenuall wrote:the more aggressive approach to play that it encourages, the way everything feels so satisfying...

So much this. Its so much better then DS watch hitboxes touch and a squelchy sound effect happen. And the dodge. Oh the dodging can be exhilarating.

jawafour wrote:Your enthusiasm has made me think that I'd like to return to this after Souls!

The Watching Artist wrote:

jawafour wrote:Your enthusiasm has made me think that I'd like to return to this after Souls!

I'm very proud of you and would like it if you returned to DS soon.

Although knowing you the amount of practice and remembering you'll have to do you might as well start again!

Haha! I've fallen into the trap of playing-a-little-bit-of-too-many-games recently. Think I'm gonna have to call a halt to that and focus on just a couple. I do want to return to Souls... but, yeah, I'm apprehensive that I will have to re-learn the controls and timings. We'll see!

Hexx wrote:

Jenuall wrote:Ah fair enough, I was intrigued by the whip option to be fair

Father G was a bit tricksy to be fair, I could deal with his normal form fine but it took a few goes to put him down after his transformation!

Did you use the music box?

Cane does serrated damage in whip form - which is best for anything beastily.

Normal form does....something else

I did not use the music box. Tied him up on the gravestones for the initial part of the battle then a combo of keeping my distance, stunning him with my gun and then going in for hits on the "monster" phase.

Took down the Cleric Beast on my first try.

He seems to move around quite a lot but not actually dish out too much damage? Just dodged his jumping and lunging attacks and then got in close and hit him with some full charged R2 attacks. Chucked a couple of Molotov's at him for good measure as well.

Think I'm mostly done with exploring Central Yharnam now, enjoyed going round knocking on people's doors and being told to strawberry float off in a variety of ways!

Streamed some of this tonight which was fun (thanks again to those who joined me! ) - mainly pootling around Old Yharnam.

Got gunned down by the guy on the tower a few times, but he clearly wasn't up to my skill level for the return fight ...



After that success I was on a roll and managed to take down the Blood-starved Beast on my first go:



Unfortunately my hubris got the better of me...



Man I love this game!

I also had pretty much the same thing happen to me with the gun fight.



Amazing game, glad you're enjoying it.

Haha, serves him right for being a right dick with that machine gun!

I really am loving this. It's taken everything I thought was great about Dark Souls, given it a fresh twist, sprinkled on a bit more lore, ramped up the intensity in combat and wrapped the whole thin in a gorgeous style!

I've yet to meet a bastard of a boss though so when that happens it will officially become shite again!

TBH you’re doing much better than expected! DS skills serving you well!

I think if I wasn't coming into this fairly quick off the back of playing DS I would be struggling!

Most of the main encounters have responded well to my tried and tested tactics. I imagine I will hit a wall sooner or later when I need to mix things up. I really haven't explored the gun options all that much so far, and I must admit I'm feeling exposed without a shield - though it does force you to be more agile and aggressive which is really fun!

Jenuall wrote:Streamed some of this tonight which was fun (thanks again to those who joined me! ) - mainly pootling around Old Yharnam.

Got gunned down by the guy on the tower a few times, but he clearly wasn't up to my skill level for the return fight ...

twitter.com/RussellMcIver/status/1157052553412120576

After that success I was on a roll and managed to take down the Blood-starved Beast on my first go:

twitter.com/RussellMcIver/status/1157054997965803520

Unfortunately my hubris got the better of me...

twitter.com/RussellMcIver/status/1157055607855296512

Man I love this game!

Seriously. Biggest pain in the arse for me in the entire game bar the last boss. Infuriating.

Apologies for saying this yet again but the situation with the gunner can be resolved far more amicably.

strawberry float him, he started it.

Manwell Pablo wrote:

Jenuall wrote:Streamed some of this tonight which was fun (thanks again to those who joined me! ) - mainly pootling around Old Yharnam.

Got gunned down by the guy on the tower a few times, but he clearly wasn't up to my skill level for the return fight ...

twitter.com/RussellMcIver/status/1157052553412120576

After that success I was on a roll and managed to take down the Blood-starved Beast on my first go:

twitter.com/RussellMcIver/status/1157054997965803520

Unfortunately my hubris got the better of me...

twitter.com/RussellMcIver/status/1157055607855296512

Man I love this game!

Seriously. Biggest pain in the arse for me in the entire game bar the last boss. Infuriating.

Was a pain for me too. Had to farm for antidote a few times to.... a sign of things to come. Hope the farming gods are kind to you on your journey Jenny. I'll try and pop into your streams at some point.

Pretty sure thats how everyone beats the gunman.