Abella is too Meta

[Popirnot]

I feel like Abella is just too good to pass up, but getting her every run makes the game super formulaic like : 1. Don't sleep in bed on the train 2. Run past the woodsman 3. Get the white vial in woodsman's house 4. Try to juke the dogs, fail, get poisoned, use white vial 5. Get Abella. And that's every Run.

[Jäveln]

true but without followers the game becomes unbearable. and well you either get a super needed follower or free food

[R.A.T.]

Not for me. I always kill Henryk after he hands me the sewer key, get Levi and Ossa in my party and kill Abella's moonscorched to get her weapon craft ability, and saw off every enemy's head I can so I can get her, Henryk and my own skill trees maxed out.

[Klampus]

*shrugs* If you choose to play the game the same way every time, you will get the same result. This is not a roguelike

[Popirnot]

Originally posted by Klampus:

*shrugs* If you choose to play the game the same way every time, you will get the same result. This is not a roguelike

Man cmon doing anything else is just picking hatd mode

[Klampus]

Originally posted by Popirnot:

Man cmon doing anything else is just picking hatd mode

Not true; there is a hard mode that you can select at the beginning of the game regardless of who you play as or choose to recruit.

Fear and Hunger is a single player RPG. Character balance does not matter, nor should it matter. Having the difficulty balance out regardless of a player's actions seems to me to be quite boring, honestly.

[Dungeon Goblin 64]

Originally posted by Popirnot:

Originally posted by Klampus:

*shrugs* If you choose to play the game the same way every time, you will get the same result. This is not a roguelike

Man cmon doing anything else is just picking hatd mode

I don't think that's true. My first playthrough (f&h mode) I started as Abella (so obviously couldn't recruit her) and didn't get any companions until near the end just before going to the museum. I did fine.

Abella is absolutely a strong companion and very easy to get but not necessary. Like the Woodmans and the dogs at the start can be soloed without the need for her as a companion. Like some starting characters will just 1 shot the dogs so I don't really see why you would even need to juke them. Huntsman can be a bit rng but throw glass in his eyes and lop his arm off and he's done for.

You are absolutely right that it is hard to pass on grabbing her but I think if you've done several playthroughs, you're at a point to mess around and add variance to your playthroughs. From my limited time playing, seems there is a lot of ways to break the game and become super strong. I feel like the game has a ton of variety in how you can tackle it so you don't need to do the same formula,

[ÄußersttrockeneMuschi]

Go for Ending A + save everyone (except yourself) as someone other than Abella (i.e. as Olivia for lore reasons, or as O'saa if you want to do it all on Day 1 morning epic gamer mode, without saving anyone). You have to save Henryk, so you cannot recruit Abella (she doesn't moonscorch if you don't go down via the Tunnel 7 hatch). Problem solved.

[Mr. Miazma]

I still use Abella, I dont care. Shes best girl. And no matter how many times I play, the game is still brutal. Get someone else or play Maso mode

[Wreckage Brother]

Yeah the game's really linear as it is and there's very little reason to go for Henryk when he's got so little to offer. Though the only meaningful choice you get in the game is ending A or B tbh..

[Popirnot]

Originally posted by R.A.T.:

Not for me. I always kill Henryk after he hands me the sewer key, get Levi and Ossa in my party and kill Abella's moonscorched to get her weapon craft ability, and saw off every enemy's head I can so I can get her, Henryk and my own skill trees maxed out.

Don't yo have to get into Prehevil to get Levi and go to the stitches bunker fir Osaa?

[noisyturtle]

When I started playing I found out she's the earliest way to get the benchgrinder. So I've never actually had her on my team since I always kill her.

[Mr. Miazma]

Originally posted by Popirnot:

Originally posted by R.A.T.:

Not for me. I always kill Henryk after he hands me the sewer key, get Levi and Ossa in my party and kill Abella's moonscorched to get her weapon craft ability, and saw off every enemy's head I can so I can get her, Henryk and my own skill trees maxed out.

Don't yo have to get into Prehevil to get Levi and go to the stitches bunker fir Osaa?

Levi is easy, you can get bolt cutters on the same map as the beginning train and go get him day 1 morning. Osaa is more of a pain in the ass

[Popirnot]

Originally posted by Mr. Miazma:

Originally posted by Popirnot:

Don't yo have to get into Prehevil to get Levi and go to the stitches bunker fir Osaa?

Levi is easy, you can get bolt cutters on the same map as the beginning train and go get him day 1 morning. Osaa is more of a pain in the ass

Aren't bolt cutters pure RNG ?

[Mr. Miazma]

Originally posted by Popirnot:

Originally posted by Mr. Miazma:

Levi is easy, you can get bolt cutters on the same map as the beginning train and go get him day 1 morning. Osaa is more of a pain in the ass

Aren't bolt cutters pure RNG ?

nope https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcBTC6IpwU4

[Popirnot]

Originally posted by Mr. Miazma:

Originally posted by Popirnot:

Aren't bolt cutters pure RNG ?

nope https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcBTC6IpwU4

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