Got two copies of this yesterday. One for me and one for the girlfriends son so we can get our co-op on. Did not even open them though... damn you league of legends patch for being soo good. Looking forward to breaking the seal tonight.
I spent most of my night just doing random Quick Join network groups. Now that I've checked off some of those missions I'll have to start paying attention to which I'm playing. Still, its so addictive just to do any random fights.
The story keeps surprising me. I did the first Sorcerer section and was pleasantly surprised with it after I really didn't like it in the first couple bits. I only made a little dent in the real story mode, but after loving the first chapter so much, I hope it holds up.
SightTDW if anyone wants to get online. i'll add the ones I've missed from the thread when I get home.
Got around to downloading the full version tonight. I'm glad they decided to offer the pre-order bonuses to people buying it from PSN because it hadn't even occurred to me that there would be, and my inner completionist would of been upset.
Had a minor heart palpation when I did my first Quick Join group. Up against this massive slime in the desert. I was going for a Holy build and we ended up sacrificing him... watched my Chaos jump three levels. Then I did some poking around in my character profile and realized I'd eventually be able to de-level that. Phew.
Oh man, the game seems huge. Just poked around with the first batch of avalon pacts so far, and that has taken some time. Managed to kill the wyvern blind by saccing a teammate and using infernus, and then I didn't have enough lacrima to remove the defense debuff.
The centaur is hard with half defense ;_;.
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just obliterated the elven queen. kind of feel bad for her now.
the spells really get more and more interesting/neat looking as you go. have one that lets me do an air dash/charge towards an enemy now which is pretty nice. can be chained for as many casts as I have.
This may have bee immediately obvious to everyone but I just realized something: When you walk over a dead monster, it sometimes says something different like "Good soul of rat" or "black soul of rat". If you sacrifice a black soul, those are the SE+ and SE++, likewise on Saving the good souls for LE++. It also gives you more Magic/Divine for the appropriate type.
Funny thing is, this is right up on screen and I've completely ignored it for 20 hours of gameplay.
just obliterated the elven queen. kind of feel bad for her now.
the spells really get more and more interesting/neat looking as you go. have one that lets me do an air dash/charge towards an enemy now which is pretty nice. can be chained for as many casts as I have.
Those charge moves are pretty much how I speed kill Jack o Lanterns now.
Ice falcon repeatedly til frozen, lightning fulgor root. Find dead things to sac, repeat.
I have a tri ice on standby as well, but only use it when I dont feel like looking for things to sac. Because some of these lantern quests have really good divine sorcerer rewards so I've farmed them a bit.
Hmm, so I didn't realize you could preorder this on PSN, and my Vita's at my GF's place. Is it still possible to get the DLC on PSN, and if so, how long do I have to get it?
O man, Multiplayer killed a Kraken. I now have a ice spell that sends giant tentacles underground to spear things and freeze them. I love you Japan.
Philippe about the tactical deployment of german Kradschützen during the battle of Kursk:
"I think I can comment on this because I used to live above the Baby Doll Lounge, a topless bar that was once frequented by bikers in lower Manhattan."
Giant tentacles are my favorite current favorite ice spell. I just wish they had a little more ammo in 'em. Also, mortars are my favorite everything.
There has hardly been a spell that I haven't enjoyed using in some context. At worse I didn't like using one, but realized where it could be handy. I'm just not fond of summoning spells like the one for having a demo file, or any of the exploding plant thingies.
Really though, the story in this game is just icing. I wasn't expecting there to even be a story mode; especially not one so good. If this multiplayer was the entire game it still would have entirely justified the price. I wish I enjoyed Monster Hunter half as much as I'm enjoying this.
I'm kind of confused by this game, though I'm still enjoying it. I don't really have any strategy for it yet. I just use a spell and attack till things are dead. I'm not really sure how the sheilds are useful, since you don't seem to be able to attack while you have one.
I’ll tell you what happens in Demon’s Souls when you die. You come back as a ghost with your health capped at half. And when you keep on dying, the alignment of the world turns black and the enemies get harder. That’s right, when you fail in this game, it gets harder. Why? Because fuck you is why.
I'm kind of confused by this game, though I'm still enjoying it. I don't really have any strategy for it yet. I just use a spell and attack till things are dead. I'm not really sure how the sheilds are useful, since you don't seem to be able to attack while you have one.
That strategy works just fine if you are just trying to kill stuff. To really succeed in the game you want to get enough points to get Divine Sorcerer rating at the end, which requires a more refined strategy (ie - freezing with ice then chaining into volt to get Skillful Attack bonus, hitting the trash enemies at the right time for a Counter, finding vulnerabilities, breaking cursed parts of bosses, not getting hit, doing it fast, etc).
Shields are useful because they stop big attacks, particularly from bosses who charge at you. If a boss seems to be coming at you quickly, grab a shield next time. They'll hit the wall and flop down leaving them wide open to a severe face smashing.
What it is weak against is most effective as you get bonus damage. So fighting a fire Jack o lantern use a ice shield.
Philippe about the tactical deployment of german Kradschützen during the battle of Kursk:
"I think I can comment on this because I used to live above the Baby Doll Lounge, a topless bar that was once frequented by bikers in lower Manhattan."
Well, I think with a jackolantern I'd just burn it down with ice mines/ fists/explosives in less than a minute.
I might use a shield though for some of the heavy hitters I've been fighting that don't have elemental weaknesses, though I guess in that case it wouldn't matter which shield I used.
Is there any reason to mix/match Saving and Sacrificing? Or is it more beneficial to go straight down one path? Because I have been sacrificing all of the things.
Well, in an immediate sense, going heavy one way or the other will result in you being a glass cannon or a stone wall for sacrifice and save respectively. Sacing a lot will also refill your offerings constantly midmission, while saving will fill your health.
There's also branching paths both in Avalon and the story depending on saccing/saving archfiends.
In the long run you'll recruit less AI allies if you sac everything.
Finally your access to different sigils depends on whether you've sacced or saved certain enemies. You unlock the next tier for that sigil if your arm is good or evil enough. Blue sigils are healing/def oriented, red offense, balance is kind of a mix.
You have to go 99/1 or 1/99 to unlock the highest possible forms of divine or chaos, though that will put you at the extreme ends of all defense or all offense.
I've heard the more practical, normal way of doing it would be something like 75 one way 25 the other.
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Carnotux's story did not go where I was expecting.
Loving the narrative style of the game so much.
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Yeah, it's good stuff. I'm going to be on in an hour or two if anyone wants to do some pacts. This goes for just about anytime you see me on though, just send me a message.
Oh man Frei and I, I managed to get us both killed with a fire golum trapping us amongst the last 2 jack o lanterns. Funny and stupid Might have been over confident as we utterly destroyed the harpy and the flesh thingy. harpy we managed to chop both her wings off and her face, so that was a bit gushy.
Philippe about the tactical deployment of german Kradschützen during the battle of Kursk:
"I think I can comment on this because I used to live above the Baby Doll Lounge, a topless bar that was once frequented by bikers in lower Manhattan."
So. Where do digital buyers get the 'pre-order' bonuses? In an e-mail? Because I haven't received one.
paddlers menu, click on receive gifts and they down load.
Philippe about the tactical deployment of german Kradschützen during the battle of Kursk:
"I think I can comment on this because I used to live above the Baby Doll Lounge, a topless bar that was once frequented by bikers in lower Manhattan."
oh and i think once you finish the quests for the allies you can equip your arm with their sigil, which transforms the appearance of your arm. so yes, you too can have carnatuxs' bloated, gold arm.
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Oh man Frei and I, I managed to get us both killed with a fire golum trapping us amongst the last 2 jack o lanterns. Funny and stupid Might have been over confident as we utterly destroyed the harpy and the flesh thingy. harpy we managed to chop both her wings off and her face, so that was a bit gushy.
haha yeah it was funny how quickly it ended for us after getting stuck on your golem. had a lot of fun, though. we completely tore that harpy apart, she was a limping, gushing mess before we were done with her.
I didnt really have access to any stronger monsters, but hopefully I should next time. I'm just now getting access to quests that provide stronger spells.
Are you the magic man?
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So uhh, why can't you pause in a portable game? I mean I just sleep the system when I need to, but why does the game not pause when you press the start or select buttons?
Presumably because they didn't bother to add a pause button into single player, and the game is primarily a multiplayer affair.
Not really an excuse, but a probable explanation anyway. MH Portable's pause button was pretty out of the way also.
Except they even have what is essentially a pause button, it just doesn't pause. If you bring up the menu screen the game is still playing in the background. Really no reason for that not to pause the game, this considering it is specifically a portable game designed to be played in quick bursts.
Yeah, if I need to pause in Single Player I just use the PS button. I agree it's weird that there's no pause but they probably did it so you don't get used to it when most of the game is presumably multiplayer.
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pretty weird thing to care enough to complain about given the PS button pauses and it resumes immediately with one touch, which is exactly what a pause button would do.
Has anyone figured out how to unlock the bottom 2 quests in each Avalon Pact (Innocence, Desire, etc). Mine are blacked out and there are arrows pointing at things I don't understand. I assume it has something to do with Saving instead of sacrificing?
Has anyone figured out how to unlock the bottom 2 quests in each Avalon Pact (Innocence, Desire, etc). Mine are blacked out and there are arrows pointing at things I don't understand. I assume it has something to do with Saving instead of sacrificing?
It's a branch, so Innocence for example it's based on if you saved or sacrificed the harpy. Then you get follow ups based on that choice.
Oh man Frei and I, I managed to get us both killed with a fire golum trapping us amongst the last 2 jack o lanterns. Funny and stupid Might have been over confident as we utterly destroyed the harpy and the flesh thingy. harpy we managed to chop both her wings off and her face, so that was a bit gushy.
haha yeah it was funny how quickly it ended for us after getting stuck on your golem. had a lot of fun, though. we completely tore that harpy apart, she was a limping, gushing mess before we were done with her.
I didnt really have access to any stronger monsters, but hopefully I should next time. I'm just now getting access to quests that provide stronger spells.
I am down for that.
Philippe about the tactical deployment of german Kradschützen during the battle of Kursk:
"I think I can comment on this because I used to live above the Baby Doll Lounge, a topless bar that was once frequented by bikers in lower Manhattan."
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I actually had to redo a few fights because I messed up or brought terrible Offerings. The offerings you get from PSN or preorder are pretty good too.
I have the retail game, haven't loaded it up yet. My PSN is also ringswraith if anyone wants to (at some point) group up for stuff.
The story keeps surprising me. I did the first Sorcerer section and was pleasantly surprised with it after I really didn't like it in the first couple bits. I only made a little dent in the real story mode, but after loving the first chapter so much, I hope it holds up.
SightTDW if anyone wants to get online. i'll add the ones I've missed from the thread when I get home.
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Had a minor heart palpation when I did my first Quick Join group. Up against this massive slime in the desert. I was going for a Holy build and we ended up sacrificing him... watched my Chaos jump three levels. Then I did some poking around in my character profile and realized I'd eventually be able to de-level that. Phew.
The centaur is hard with half defense ;_;.
the spells really get more and more interesting/neat looking as you go. have one that lets me do an air dash/charge towards an enemy now which is pretty nice. can be chained for as many casts as I have.
Funny thing is, this is right up on screen and I've completely ignored it for 20 hours of gameplay.
Those charge moves are pretty much how I speed kill Jack o Lanterns now.
Ice falcon repeatedly til frozen, lightning fulgor root. Find dead things to sac, repeat.
I have a tri ice on standby as well, but only use it when I dont feel like looking for things to sac. Because some of these lantern quests have really good divine sorcerer rewards so I've farmed them a bit.
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"I think I can comment on this because I used to live above the Baby Doll Lounge, a topless bar that was once frequented by bikers in lower Manhattan."
There has hardly been a spell that I haven't enjoyed using in some context. At worse I didn't like using one, but realized where it could be handy. I'm just not fond of summoning spells like the one for having a demo file, or any of the exploding plant thingies.
Really though, the story in this game is just icing. I wasn't expecting there to even be a story mode; especially not one so good. If this multiplayer was the entire game it still would have entirely justified the price. I wish I enjoyed Monster Hunter half as much as I'm enjoying this.
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The dash attacks are the best so far, but don't have giant tentacles yet.
Let me tell you about Demon's Souls....
That strategy works just fine if you are just trying to kill stuff. To really succeed in the game you want to get enough points to get Divine Sorcerer rating at the end, which requires a more refined strategy (ie - freezing with ice then chaining into volt to get Skillful Attack bonus, hitting the trash enemies at the right time for a Counter, finding vulnerabilities, breaking cursed parts of bosses, not getting hit, doing it fast, etc).
Shields are useful because they stop big attacks, particularly from bosses who charge at you. If a boss seems to be coming at you quickly, grab a shield next time. They'll hit the wall and flop down leaving them wide open to a severe face smashing.
"I think I can comment on this because I used to live above the Baby Doll Lounge, a topless bar that was once frequented by bikers in lower Manhattan."
I might use a shield though for some of the heavy hitters I've been fighting that don't have elemental weaknesses, though I guess in that case it wouldn't matter which shield I used.
That is so cool.
Steam - Wildschwein | The Backlog
Grappling Hook Showdown - Tumblr
There's also branching paths both in Avalon and the story depending on saccing/saving archfiends.
In the long run you'll recruit less AI allies if you sac everything.
Finally your access to different sigils depends on whether you've sacced or saved certain enemies. You unlock the next tier for that sigil if your arm is good or evil enough. Blue sigils are healing/def oriented, red offense, balance is kind of a mix.
You have to go 99/1 or 1/99 to unlock the highest possible forms of divine or chaos, though that will put you at the extreme ends of all defense or all offense.
I've heard the more practical, normal way of doing it would be something like 75 one way 25 the other.
Loving the narrative style of the game so much.
"I think I can comment on this because I used to live above the Baby Doll Lounge, a topless bar that was once frequented by bikers in lower Manhattan."
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"I think I can comment on this because I used to live above the Baby Doll Lounge, a topless bar that was once frequented by bikers in lower Manhattan."
Ah, I see. They're in the services list. Thanks.
I haven't had time to get into the game yet. Hoping to this weekend.
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haha yeah it was funny how quickly it ended for us after getting stuck on your golem. had a lot of fun, though. we completely tore that harpy apart, she was a limping, gushing mess before we were done with her.
I didnt really have access to any stronger monsters, but hopefully I should next time. I'm just now getting access to quests that provide stronger spells.
Not really an excuse, but a probable explanation anyway. MH Portable's pause button was pretty out of the way also.
Like I said, they probably just didn't bother to differentiate the function of that menu for single player to pause it.
It's a branch, so Innocence for example it's based on if you saved or sacrificed the harpy. Then you get follow ups based on that choice.
I am down for that.
"I think I can comment on this because I used to live above the Baby Doll Lounge, a topless bar that was once frequented by bikers in lower Manhattan."