I'm struggling to stay interested.

[Salty 13itch]

it is what it is..

[Taita]

That is all this game can offer. Dodge dodge dodge. I am in chapter 3 and so far it was meh. I am playing it just to justify those 70euros I paid for it. I know others won't agree but for me the story is non existent. No I don't want to read tons of lore in some journal while having a mute protagonist.

As you said, you can farm 5-6 trash mobs over and over to get some sparks but then where to put it? You get som weird see through mechanics which I am not able to utilize during boss fights. Maybe I am bad bud boss fights are so far dodge dodge dodge do some 2-3 chain attack dodge again...

By the way, against tiger in blood arena if this is what you mean use the armor which heals you while in water (blood counts as water)

[StarlightAsh♡]

Originally posted by Taita:

That is all this game can offer. Dodge dodge dodge. I am in chapter 3 and so far it was meh. I am playing it just to justify those 70euros I paid for it. I know others won't agree but for me the story is non existent. No I don't want to read tons of lore in some journal while having a mute protagonist.

As you said, you can farm 5-6 trash mobs over and over to get some sparks but then where to put it? You get som weird see through mechanics which I am not able to utilize during boss fights. Maybe I am bad bud boss fights are so far dodge dodge dodge do some 2-3 chain attack dodge again...

By the way, against tiger in blood arena if this is what you mean use the armor which heals you while in water (blood counts as water)

just because you don't know the lore or are not willing to listen to it/read it, doesn't mean there isn't any, heck there is a good portion in the game itself

[rey-]

There is zero farming needed, lmfao. Play the game, complete the areas, you grow in strength with the natural process through the game.

OP obviously hasn't played.

[Taita]

Originally posted by StarlightAsh♡:

Originally posted by Taita:

That is all this game can offer. Dodge dodge dodge. I am in chapter 3 and so far it was meh. I am playing it just to justify those 70euros I paid for it. I know others won't agree but for me the story is non existent. No I don't want to read tons of lore in some journal while having a mute protagonist.

As you said, you can farm 5-6 trash mobs over and over to get some sparks but then where to put it? You get som weird see through mechanics which I am not able to utilize during boss fights. Maybe I am bad bud boss fights are so far dodge dodge dodge do some 2-3 chain attack dodge again...

By the way, against tiger in blood arena if this is what you mean use the armor which heals you while in water (blood counts as water)

just because you don't know the lore or are not willing to listen to it/read it, doesn't mean there isn't any, heck there is a good portion in the game itself

No, those few cryptic sentences from random npc-s are not "good portion" at all.

[Omence072]

Sounds like you're actually stuck in ch1

[Baron01]

The game absolutely opens up in Chapters 2, 3 and 4. Those areas become borderline too big to navigate without maps or making notes. Chapter 5 is a bit more linear but still have quite a few side areas.

You do not need to farm for anything unless you really want to. I only farmed some Mind Cores from area in Chapter 2 because I wanted to make the game easier by maxing out HP increasing medicine you can craft. It is a good spot to farm and you get experience as well along the way. Herbs can be freely used as you pick them up as you will eventually get to a point where you will be able to harvest them in a special areas--you will eventually find out hidden village location where one vendor will accept seeds and grow herbs for you, it is accessible in chapter 3 after completing a quest for an NPC.

Another important thing is that you can freely change your build so you should only have points in the main skills that you are using. If you switch to new weapon, spell or transformation you can just spec out of old ones and save points. This greatly improves efficiency of skill points use and reduce need for points as you should not have locked points in redundant skills.

[Cutieqt]

You certainly do not need to farm your skills in any serious way to beat any of the bosses you run into organically. It's likely that the Dark Souls-esque game style is not for you.

But I do understand what you mean by the environment feels controlled and there is no open areas of the map as of right now, but I have simply not run into any problems with the game 3 chapters in that weren't my own foolish play or lack of skill.

[Sköll]

You need to accept not everything needs to be a massive open world slop. Learn the concept of verticality.

[Nonexistinghero]

Originally posted by rey-:

There is zero farming needed, lmfao. Play the game, complete the areas, you grow in strength with the natural process through the game.

OP obviously hasn't played.

Him comparing it to a mobile game structure already shows he's just a troll. The invisible walls are a downside, but really only because they make it hard to determine where you can and cannot go. If there was a clearer indication it wouldn't be an issue. And even as is I'd say it's still a minor issue.

[SHARKON]

I'm halfway trough NG+ already and still having tons of fun. it's not to a huge open world but the maps are big enough, there is lots to do and the gameplay is spot on. what else could I ask for?

[Safarel]

Originally posted by Sharkon:

what else could I ask for?

map maker for chapter 6

[SidneyBoo]

wait you're on chapter 3 and you want BIGGER maps? that map is annoyingly tedious and big to fully explore... go play assassins creed or something

[Chusma con Armas]

Originally posted by Salty 13itch:

Too controlled. Looks like you can explore, but you can't - even if you can in some areas(very walled), there is nothing there. There is nothing else to break it up. It is progression - like a mobile game, of which this plays like one.
The hardness is forced because they starve you for points, health, etc. You can farm - but you're going to be farming 3-4 things many times. The plants are few. They only want you going one way - and to do it point starved, etc. The ppl doing vids- you can clearly see they farmed by their skills. I just don't have interest in farming on this...So I'm low in skills. This makes it not fun at all.
I'm not having fun. I'm at the tiger in ch 2. I've already done thee rats, etc... He is like black wind. A lot of the bosses have the same moves - and chained by several. Most your time is dodging. Dodging and waiting - the dance. A lot of dancing. The crack int he wall had 3-4 mobs. I was excited when I see the crack and then... not a lot happened.

I love the lore, etc- the headless music guy was my fav. They did so good on the art, music, design etc... Just empty for purpose of making it harder. It doesn't feel fun. It isn't giving me options - or anything to go do when I'm bored with the bosses. I am bored of them. Mostly because the control of progress in game mechanics.

Build a whole different build and experiment

[wboson]

Finished Cpt 3 and going back now to finish exploring- the foxy thingy, there should be "right side" unexplored etc...
Too bad that potions and some leveling is not useful- mainly it is dodge and get licks, but there are some ways to get those sweet Heavies in also. For example the end of cpt3- enjoyed braking his rock statue a'' with Thrust.

Potions are useless and I got the final conformation with the final boss in cpt3- you go in too hard(crit and dmg boost bosses) and they go on alternate patterns, which isn´t good at all.
Overall good game besides Doom´16. Last time I had so much fun just from game play and not boring cinematic experience was in the 90s ;)

[lukas]

yeah I'm feeling same thing. I am starting to compare this game to sifu....and even started to wish this game was extended by "forspoken" parkour then it would be better....