Reload from a previous checkpoint

[jaedenruiner]

Okay,

So i get the dragon rot and all the other hooplah, but is there a way to say: okay, I've royally screwed this up, let me restart from a different point where I was in the game?

I mean, the hints are helpful, but incomplete, so when it says, "Symbol shows on dangerous attack" i don't know Japanese, and thus don't know if that's the symbol for "better jump" or "probably should dodge" or "get ready to deflect". So dying like 10 times in a row trying to figure that out really sucks and is extremely costly. Not even knowing what the resurrect does, so don't know when it comes, how to refill it, it just gives you a choice with no cost awareness. So I want to start at the beginning of the chapter or something without all the numerous deaths and UI mistakes made, without having to restart the entire game.

Thanks
Jaeden "Sifo Dyas" al'Raec Ruiner

[Xengre]

Nope, but there are a TON of dragonblood droplets in the game and if you use one after each main boss then check for any quests you should be more than fine with ample left over if you need. Also resurrecting doesn't cause rot, only full death so you can resurrect then back off (or in boss fight find a safe moment and homeward out).

[Stationary Traveller]

Not without backup saves.
Dragonrot is not a big deal though, you can cure it pretty easily.

[Kennedy]

No, that doesn't work. The game autosaves as soon as you do something, like using an item, dying, defeating a boss, unlocking a shrine, etc. and it uses only one saveslot.

To the red sign: As far as I know, the actual sign is random. Look, what the enemy is doing. If they do a swipe attack, jump over the blade. If they do a grab, dodge and if they do a stab, parry or dodge into the enemy, if you have mikiri counter unlocked.

If you die, you can resurrect once per boss healthbar and the overall revives available are the round symbols above your healthbar. You need to kill enemies to unlock them after use, if they are on "cooldown".

And dying doesn't matter. Dragonrot only blocks quests from continuing but it will never kill an NPC.

[Nanashi]

It's always the same symbol. Apparently the symbol for "Danger" which makes sense but IMO is a big oversight as it's also massive as ♥♥♥♥ and more often than not prevents you from seeing which type of attack is coming.

If you backup your saves manually you can switch them out once you ♥♥♥♥ them up but the game does not intend "restarting" from a different point.

[gamertaboo]

Originally posted by jaedenruiner:

Okay,

So i get the dragon rot and all the other hooplah, but is there a way to say: okay, I've royally screwed this up, let me restart from a different point where I was in the game?

I mean, the hints are helpful, but incomplete, so when it says, "Symbol shows on dangerous attack" i don't know Japanese, and thus don't know if that's the symbol for "better jump" or "probably should dodge" or "get ready to deflect". So dying like 10 times in a row trying to figure that out really sucks and is extremely costly. Not even knowing what the resurrect does, so don't know when it comes, how to refill it, it just gives you a choice with no cost awareness. So I want to start at the beginning of the chapter or something without all the numerous deaths and UI mistakes made, without having to restart the entire game.

Thanks
Jaeden "Sifo Dyas" al'Raec Ruiner

FYI it's the same kanji for every perilous attack, so they don't tell you which one is coming.

As for dragonrot like everyone has told you it's just superficial. You can heal everyone with dragonrot multiple times throughout the game. Emma will tell you when you can heal them, you'll get a new option unlocked at the idols, so don't worry about the NPCs they won't die or anything.

[F'tangg]

The symbol just means "danger", it's not telling you to jump or dodge or counter, you need to learn the attack and then you know what to do.

Yes, you will die a lot. Welcome to From Software games.

You can resurrect when you have a full pink circle above your health bar. Once you resurrect it is unavailable until you kill some more enemies, so 2 deaths in a row will be real death.

You can copy your save file and go back to it just like Dark Souls, but there's really no need to do that, you can't make a run impossible to complete (although some story stuff is irreversible at certain points, again, this is typical From design).

If you're struggling:

- Make sure you buy Mikiri counter, it's an essential skill
- Block. Holding the parry button blocks attacks at the cost of posture, but it helps when learning attack patterns
- Use stealth as much as possible, even to get a free hit on minibosses
- Be aggressive. The game expects you to get right in your enemy's face, sitting back will prolong fights and cost valuable healing items
- Don't treat it like Dark Souls, it isn't. There is a right and wrong way to fight. Learn attack patterns and where the openings are you can punish in. You will die a lot doing this, but you're not expected to do well on your first play through.

[jaedenruiner]

Thanks for the advice all.
PS - never played Dark Souls. This game just looked awesome, reminiscent of the old Ninja Gaidon on PS1, and so far the story is quite captivating.