And along the way, there are no games better at TEACHING you how to play them through the organic nature of what they demand from you. You don't pass sections til you have them down, once you have them down, you're really are accomplished. I love these games so fucking much.
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Okay, BACK. Facing General Tenzen Yamauchi - So I got my stealth strat that gets me to take out all the guys / get a sneak hit off him. The problem is gotta learn how to play this fucker! And doing the sneak clear out every time is labor intensive! How do I come at this / him?
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Okay, he wiped the floor with me on that attempt. I keep using the mikiri counter on the sweep and vice versa. Also it's sucking up WAY too much time to do all these stealth kills. I can't get into a rhythm to learn!
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Okay any attempt to just go in there and learn doesn't work. Not enough time spent fighting. Between the other dudes and the guns blaring I last two seconds. Blurgh.
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GOT HIM IN SEVEN ATTEMPTS TOTAL!!!! Holy crap, once I took the "you lead the dance" mindset it completely clicked. I stayed on him, led the pressure - filled up his posture meter and then got my last stab. Hell yah.
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The only thing that even comes close to the feeling of killing a hard boss is OPENING UP A SHORTCUT hell yes.
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Okay, going back to the estates to get the fourth prayer bead I didn't, taking on Shinobi Hunter of Enshin of Misen. Feels like I got this, only got got because I'm trying to sneak in four hits instead of three.
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Beat him like a rented mule! And oh god I'm just realizing that expression is uniquely horrible! It's funny how going backwards in difficulty can make "hard" people seem like a piece of cake now.
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Okay just did some good grinding, picking up some helpful abilities. What I love about this game is the grind feels so much easier? I never thought I'd want a skills tree in a FROMSOFT game, but they really do it quite elegantly.
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SNAKE SNAKE SNAKE BIG SNEK NO NOPE NO NOT OK I THOUGHT QUAKIES WERE A FEINT NO THANKU
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Okay, Gyoubu Oniwa time... I'm feeling... okay so far? But i'm sort of plateauing. I got good parry timing on his first swipe, I have the grapple attack, but I'm having trouble with "how many hits I can get in" before he swipes again. Also trying not use up all my firecrackers?
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I beat him in like... 9 chances????? ... granted I got told the firecracker thing, but holy heck. Something about this one just totally clicked once I got the balance about when to parry and when not. Didn't even die on that one!
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I JUST SCREAMED AT THE TOP OF MY LUNGS THE LOUDEST SINCE THE DOGS IN RESIDENT EVIL FUCKING BULL
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I can't make heads or tails of this one. It seems like I want to stay behind him, use crackers, but it's just so easy to get side swiped when I'm playing the corners????
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I also am having a fuck of a time trying to find time to heal.
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Took the "always run" advice and game changer! Beat him in one!
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Here lies General Keranosuke Matsumoto He wasn't no shit.
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I've been getting really confident and sailing along, but I just met Jinsuke Saze and he beat me so badly and so efficiently it would be like if real-life me tried to fight a samurai.
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OK, I can see the way through, it's that damn parry timing cause you posture damage in return, BUT HOLY HELL IS THAT LIGHTNING QUICK, MY WORD. Also this is the first enemy that immediately pounds when you resurrect and that's both fucked and something I was totally waiting for.
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This fight is, like, genuinely fucking with my head. ALL my instincts feel wrong. Usually I'm parrying/strafing around. Every time I do, he just fucks me up even if I swear to fucking god my timing is right. Am I supposed to just stay in front on him? Then I cant see the flash!
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Okay I'm at a genuine crossroads here. I can keep trying to force my way to get 4 of these insane double parries. OR it turns out dodging left and moving and chipping away, esp w/ poison, works wonders. I'm getting much closer with that, but I feel shitty I didn't master 1st way
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I beat him that 2nd way. And here's the thing... I feel like I'm already really fucking good at the dodge and swipe. Always have been and it's natural to me, especially after bloodbourne. But this fight was trying to TEACH me something else, and I fucking avoided it. I hate that
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I'm letting the game get in my head, so I took a break and cracked open a Hazy IPA to play CIV 5 for awhile and I feel much better about what happened. I actually got pretty okay at the double parry, I just couldn't string it together the whole fight. It's okay!
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This is just a random point in the given thread where I feel incredibly thankful that I can communicate with so many kind/thoughtful people as I go through an experience. I reminds me of Twitter before the horror / g-m-rgates, where it felt like a genuine space of commiseration.
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Wow, bringing in Nogami Gensai really makes The Drunkard fight a cakewalk huh? Got him in two.
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Okay, Lady Butterfly, Let's dance! Already feel like this is one of those deceptively fights. I stay on her and in rhythm and slowly build up posture, even knocking her out of air with shurikens - but the second she gets some space, or one wrong move, and OUCHIE
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FUCK FUCK FUCK I accidentally used most of my snap seeds (I was trying to switch back and forth to heal) and I totally think I just fucked myself over royally for this this fight. How do I beat the second half with all those assholes around? FUCK.
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