Little Confused

[Tantrumus]

I've seen nothing but praise for this game but been killed no less then 15x in the first hour of real game play. Is this the same throughout the game where it's just learning when to parry/dodge? To me that is not fun. I'm curious before giving up on this....

[Diro]

Yup

Sure is, and all the "pro gamers" are gonna flock in and somehow explain that its different, its YOUR fault, git gud etc etc.

Truth is, most people are just annoyed by the over all *broken* like timing mechanic that kinda dulls the over all experience of the game itself.

Great game, weird story, beautiful graphics....dull gameplay in general

[Some Rando]

Honestly, if you're on normal, that's not good. It is meant to be difficult though. But if you're on expert, don't feel bad about lowering to normal. (I mean absolutely no offense in that!)

Also, parries matter more and less at different points in the game from what I've seen, if you're wondering.

But also, if you just don't like the game, ask for a refund if you can still, that's perfectly fine too!

[Adun]

Dodge/Parry is a big part of the combat mechanism, but of course not the only one. If you're dying all the time, lower the difficulty and get used to the dodge/parry before raising it again. It has its faults, and hopefully the devs will address them, but it's by far not as horrible as some people claim.

[Tenshu]

Originally posted by Diro:

Yup

Sure is, and all the "pro gamers" are gonna flock in and somehow explain that its different, its YOUR fault, git gud etc etc.

Truth is, most people are just annoyed by the over all *broken* like timing mechanic that kinda dulls the over all experience of the game itself.

Great game, weird story, beautiful graphics....dull gameplay in general

Git gud

[Kneppy18]

Originally posted by Diro:

Yup

Sure is, and all the "pro gamers" are gonna flock in and somehow explain that its different, its YOUR fault, git gud etc etc.

Truth is, most people are just annoyed by the over all *broken* like timing mechanic that kinda dulls the over all experience of the game itself.

Great game, weird story, beautiful graphics....dull gameplay in general

I am no "pro gamer" but things did get easier the more I played. I'm not great at souls-like games, but when you learn a pattern and start to land some of the counters, it feels amazing. One thing that really helped me is to wait until the swings start coming. The nevrons will load their swings above their head or to their sides and when the hit starts coming forward, that's when you cancel. They mix this up a little further down the road, but it's doable.

I was banging my head against an optional boss for about 40 minutes before I finally got his pattern down and managed to take him out without being hit. It's not at all impressive when you look at how many times I died to him, but man did it feel great when I finally landed the last counter after parrying and jumping a six-hit combo.

[WhiteLezard]

Yes, the game is all about parrying and dodging. If those aren't your things then you should refund it.

[Necrolite]

You playing on easy?

[Moonwitch]

Originally posted by Diro:

Yup

Sure is, and all the "pro gamers" are gonna flock in and somehow explain that its different, its YOUR fault, git gud etc etc.

Truth is, most people are just annoyed by the over all *broken* like timing mechanic that kinda dulls the over all experience of the game itself.

Great game, weird story, beautiful graphics....dull gameplay in general

The most engaging turn-based game is some how "dull gameplay".

Huh.

[Ancalagon]

Only 15? Those are rookie numbers man.

[toughnails]

I watched a middle aged woman stream the game yesterday and she had no trouble parrying attacks on Expert. Even killed Chromatic Orphelin before the end of Act 1.

Do you have a disability that prevents you from tapping a button when the bad man swings? Have you played an action game before? Not trying to be mean, genuinely curious.

[Platapoop]

In story mode you don't need to parry/dodge. It might be fun to even do a real JRPG experience with it.

There's some people that have done expert no parry/dodge but it seems they need some sweaty optimizations

[Tenshu]

Originally posted by toughnails:

I watched a middle aged woman stream the game yesterday and she had no trouble parrying attacks on Expert. Even killed Chromatic Orphelin before the end of Act 1.

Do you have a disability that prevents you from tapping a button when the bad man swings? Have you played an action game before? Not trying to be mean, genuinely curious.

...... iz she hot?

[dustin1280]

Originally posted by Tantrumus:

I've seen nothing but praise for this game but been killed no less then 15x in the first hour of real game play. Is this the same throughout the game where it's just learning when to parry/dodge? To me that is not fun. I'm curious before giving up on this....

Play on story mode if you don't want to engage with the parry/dodge system...
You can play it like a classic JRPG on story mode, no dodge/parry needed.

Originally posted by Diro:

Yup

Sure is, and all the "pro gamers" are gonna flock in and somehow explain that its different, its YOUR fault, git gud etc etc.

Truth is, most people are just annoyed by the over all *broken* like timing mechanic that kinda dulls the over all experience of the game itself.

Great game, weird story, beautiful graphics....dull gameplay in general

xD but from an objective standpoint it's NOT broken at all, it works exactly as it should.
You need to git gud, or play on story mode.

[Darth_Angeal]

Originally posted by Diro:

Yup

Sure is, and all the "pro gamers" are gonna flock in and somehow explain that its different, its YOUR fault, git gud etc etc.

Truth is, most people are just annoyed by the over all *broken* like timing mechanic that kinda dulls the over all experience of the game itself.

Great game, weird story, beautiful graphics....dull gameplay in general

Someone has already proven that the game is beatable without any dodge or counter.

Besides that, nothing is broken here. It´s indeed "git gud". Once you got it, you´re able to beat even higher enemies than your stats would actually allow you to do.

Dunno why poeple can´t even press a button somewhat in time these days...

[toughnails]

Originally posted by Platapoop:

There's some people that have done expert no parry/dodge but it seems they need some sweaty optimizations

Pretty sure that's impossible, at least until the start of Act 2 when you can grab In Medias Res. But Act 1? Eveque alone will end your no parry/dodge expert run.

Originally posted by Tenshu:

Originally posted by toughnails:

I watched a middle aged woman stream the game yesterday and she had no trouble parrying attacks on Expert. Even killed Chromatic Orphelin before the end of Act 1.

Do you have a disability that prevents you from tapping a button when the bad man swings? Have you played an action game before? Not trying to be mean, genuinely curious.

...... iz she hot?

Yeah it's the BG3 mommy, she wanted to try this mainly because of Jennifer English, but ended up really enjoying the game.