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Grimthwacker
Aug 7, 2014

I actually picked this up during the Steam Winter Sale thanks to this LP! Of course, I'm horrible at it right now. The closest thing to a Soulslike that I've successfully completed was Remnant: From the Ashes, and that's more of a third-person shooter, so I'm basically flailing around whenever it comes to melee combat. I need to learn when to block, when to dodge, and when to punish. I'm still early but I have a couple extra blood codes, but right now I'm sticking with Fighter until I can wrap my head around combat and not die horribly.

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Grimthwacker
Aug 7, 2014

As much as I want to watch this I don't want to be spoiled for the rest of my playthrough. I'm at the big flashback sequence. Jack is a powerful ally and I respect his fighting ability.

Navigating the Cathedral isn't that bad if you remember to always look down. The verticality in this game's maps hides a lot of area to explore. It's kind of ingeneous for this type of game.

Grimthwacker
Aug 7, 2014

I BS'd my way to completion with the best ending! It was an eye-opening experience, mostly a positive one once I learned how to fight effectively. I could see myself improving with time against most things. Bosses though. . . most of my boss victories came from my companion doing most of the work while I scrambled to stabilize and find an opening. So many attacks that required pixel-perfect dodging. I can't say I improved on that front much.

I picked up Nioh on the PS4 on sale a while back, so hopefully I'll go into that with the right mindset after this.

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