Is this for real?

[Bearded Willis]

I am finding this game so incredibly hard and frustrating, ive been playing about 7-8 hours now and im still stuck on the bridge, ive beaten the bridge boss twice now, scraped my way through to the clocktower by the skin of my teeth, then am basically 1shot and have to start over, i feel i am getting no progression at all..
I am a HUGE fan of the darksouls series and like a challenge, but im finding this very repeditive and rediculously challenging, the scaling of difficulty is too much, and then to be starting from scratch everytime with nothing extra is just mental, maybe there is some stupid cheesy trick to progressing in this but i like to find things on my own, but the difficulty wont allow it im just bashing myhead against a wall.
A lot of the ideas in the game are GREAT but at the moment im feeling its just not enough
There needs to be some way of skipping the grind that is the first few levels because i am so terribly bored of doing them just to get 20 cells total, when a potion upgrade is worth about 400
There are some funny runes on the ground that i dont understand, some of them let me teleport, then others dont do anything.
Even starting with some better weapons at the start after you have been to a certain point would help.
The battle on the bridge i have found only 1 way to complete and that is to trap him and whip the heck out of him from a distance and the freeze bomb him when traps are on cooldown, and nothing else i have tried has worked an about 8 times ive fought him. I have tried all sorts of combinations, from poison and bleed weapons to fire on the ground, to arrows, and with different builds damage/hp wise also.

I just feel for the 7-8 hours ive put in ive got nowhere sorry
feel free to rage at me if you will ppl and tell me im hopeless at gaming, but im not a casual gamer and i feel im pretty decent at most games and never have these kinds of issues not even on the darksouls games in solo play.
thanks

[RinkakuRei]

Fighting bosses isn't about weapon combinations, while that can help, the main point is to get their patterns right, the Incomplete One is very easy as long as you know what to do against him, that is: roll behind him if he's trying to do a punching attack, if he's lifting his arm from below to form fire then all you do is one jump, if he's crouching to do a jump attack, you also roll. You can learn to Parry later on too, I believe rolling is easier for the less experienced players but it's also up to what the player gets used to.

You might know most of this next part I'm about to explain but to confirm: there are three main runes on ground/walls. The wall runes that you have to hit three times contain hidden items such as; food, gold in form of malachite/amethyst/sapphire/ruby, and rarely a scroll. The blue ground rune you activate a challenge portal with, if you clear it without getting hit within the time limit it shows, you will get 10 souls and a chest to get an item from. Last ground rune is the orange one which you need the Belier's Rune for, you'll find it in the Ossuary and it allows you to break the ground that contains those orange runes.

Most importantly don't feel down. I see that you've only put 7-8 hours like you've stated but trust me that's not that much in this game. A lot of players myself included were at that stage too, we couldn't beat the first boss for a while until we got the patterns down, now it's a breeze, as you keep playing you will get better, that's the reality in any rogue-lite/like game. I hope you will enjoy the game after giving it more time.

[Bearded Willis]

Thanks a lot for a positive response

[CarThief]

Eh, game takes alot of practice, and the bosses are all about learning their attack pattern and dodging accordingly, just keep at it and you'll get it eventually. (And it also requires some trial and error experience with your build, making sure that you got enough stats to deal damage but aren't so low on HP 2 hits will kill you, either.) Oh, and the potion upgrade is well worth it too, really extends your survival when maxed out.

And chances are, you're missing out on some extra stats from scrolls because occassionally they're hidden in areas that aren't accessible until you get the runes to get to them, though that's pretty rare with scrolls but not impossible (and for some INCREDIBILY stupid reason scrolls can be spawned in secret tiles instead, too, gimping you out of a scroll unless you find it).

Your best shot at progress would most likely be trying to obtain the runes you're still missing. I heard the stomping rune was in the ossuary or something...? Which is easily accessed from the promenade if i remember right. And the climbing rune was in the new sanctuary area, which you can only initially reach, i believe, by going through the toxic and old sewers, just be careful with the Watcher boss that is on that route, he's a mean one (probably requires the stomping rune though, also, REALLY helps to bring a shield for the elite fights in those areas, especially the sanctuary where you can reflect projectiles back).

Maybe a survival build would help you out? Picking a weapon that benefits from green stats, a shield, and going survival whenever possible, or picking tactics to boost the skills you find?
Or so i heard it is a effecient build, anyway. Personally i just prefer a careful balance between brutality as main stat and HP as second, with lots of attack power to shred enemies in one or two combos (unless they're really big ones), and just enough HP to survive hits. But this playstyle tends to be a little risky, but also fairly rewarding, and compatible with most weapons you find.

Well that ended up being a bit much, maybe it helps? Just keep at it, it'll work out eventually, i mean, if you like DS then you'll be able to learn to beat this too. Probably helps to have a goal to achieve as you die and start new runs, like attain runes, unlock important upgrades (like retaining gold, recycling, the potion, being able to reroll shops and option to pick shop catagories, the latter two help immensely late-game).

[Dzaka]

i'd say "git gud brah" but i can't even get to the bridge sooo yeah :D fun game though

[No Time to Explain]

As someone who has 70 hours nad hasnt even beaten the first enemy you come across when you leave the spawn area with all the pwetty glass bottles. I can honestly say, dont play this game its pwrettty bead.

[pop pop]

Wait for a new patch. Game is currently in very strange state.

[Dr.Robert]

You really just need to play the game a bit more. I just beat the Assassin after 12 hours.
The bridge boss is super easy. You can parry him, trap him, freeze him, burn him, use the magnet granate on him etc. If you still have problems try to put all your points into survivabilty and get a heavy crossbow + shield. Also get 2 freeze granates or 1 freeze + 1 magnet. Also parries are your best friend vs the assassin.

[LordNVader]

Even the Dark Souls games and Bloodborne has save points. And they are some of the hardest games out there. I do agree , it sucks to make it so far and to die and lose everything and your progress. I do understand what type of game this is and why. And the devs are doing a great job. It just seems to me it would be alot more fun if you didnt lose everything and the game maybee had some type of fast travel involved. But then again, thats going against what this game is lol. Just my opinion . Love the game

[No Time to Explain]

Originally posted by NiteWolf09:

Even the Dark Souls games and Bloodborne has save points. And they are some of the hardest games out there. I do agree , it sucks to make it so far and to die and lose everything and your progress. I do understand what type of game this is and why. And the devs are doing a great job. It just seems to me it would be alot more fun if you didnt lose everything and the game maybee had some type of fast travel involved. But then again, thats going against what this game is lol. Just my opinion . Love the game

Dark souls and bloodborne and different kinds of games than dead cells.

[LordNVader]

Originally posted by hi:

Originally posted by NiteWolf09:

Even the Dark Souls games and Bloodborne has save points. And they are some of the hardest games out there. I do agree , it sucks to make it so far and to die and lose everything and your progress. I do understand what type of game this is and why. And the devs are doing a great job. It just seems to me it would be alot more fun if you didnt lose everything and the game maybee had some type of fast travel involved. But then again, thats going against what this game is lol. Just my opinion . Love the game

Dark souls and bloodborne and different kinds of games than dead cells.

Yes i know , the original poster mentioned Dark Souls .

[No Time to Explain]

Originally posted by NiteWolf09:

Originally posted by hi:

Dark souls and bloodborne and different kinds of games than dead cells.

Yes i know , the original poster mentioned Dark Souls .

Well he also thought that after 7-8 hours he would have mastered a game.

[LordNVader]

Originally posted by hi:

Originally posted by NiteWolf09:

Yes i know , the original poster mentioned Dark Souls .

Well he also thought that after 7-8 hours he would have mastered a game.

Lol, true. I do love the game. Super challenging and fun. The more you play the more you learn thats for sure

[Handbanana]

Just started playing again. If anything the game is easier now than it was before. Took my second run to get used to it but i got to the end again.

[Cha0zb0rn]

I came back after a few month today and I have a strange feeling that the game has gotten a lot easier actually, at least until the 2nd bosses. I struggled to beat the first boss before but now I got so many strength boosts that he was actually very easy and I managed to get through the fjord easily as well which was nearly impossible for me before.

Weapons really don't matter too much, just make sure to get all the upgrades and focus on one stat throughout the game. with 10 Brutality you can slaughter the first boss in about a minute. if you aget a semi decent weapon.
For Early progression I recommend brutality/survivability builds while later tactics/survivability builds or mostly survivability + a bit of brutality or tactics grant you better chances to reach the final stages of the game (which I really wouldn't bother at the beginning ^^)

Another hint: It's hard to guess at first because you need to try a lot but you definatly don't want to unlock a lot of the weapons and spells. Once unlocked they will appear throughout the game and if you unlock a weapon or spell you really dislike you're kinda stuck with it. It will appear all the time when you really want one of the few weapons you really like. I wouldn't even say it's about balance but about preferences. A lot of people really like the whip while I can't stand it. Yet I find it every 3-4 run -.-

[MaximumSquid]

Runs take <30 minutes. . . starting over is not a big deal

Start skipping all enemies in the first two areas if you don't need their blueprints:
https://deadcells.gamepedia.com/Gear

All bosses have insane weaknesses you can exploit. . .
Assassin has a blind spot right above her that she can't attack; use 2x Crow Feather for free win

For all non-bosses Freeze grenade is stupidly easy to use. . .
Just freeze, roll behind target, and full combo

Items with +stats or -Damage% are super valuable. . . take these unless they break your build