games

is exploring worth it?

uh

in your opinion

the hidden bosses are hit or miss

in terms of fun, not gameplay

ok

i mean the exploring is like

very much so baked into just walking around

the second area has two ways to reach the final boss

lol

so you can just kinda aimlessly walk around and youll end up there

its linear but also free form

yeah but, in my (limited) playtime, exporing felt like I clear out all the fodder mobs, and then do 2-3 passes sprinting around the level

seeing if there were any alcoves or elevation changes

i have never felt the need to do passes sprinting around

that might have had a secret

im pretty sure i have found every secret just

walking in a direction

and making sure i explor3ed every corner

rather than looking for crevices

theyre very kind in that regard

I found lots of secondary paths through levels, but very few actual secrets

tbf

not once when i looked in a crevice or something was there anything worth time

yes

(which i like)

I don't think my strat actually found me anything

you can just kinda go through all the paths

i did not retread ground once

theres bosses you will miss if you just beeline the boss though

and chapter 2 has 2 very weird ass bosses that you can miss if you dont look around/interact with the random key items you get

and then i think every single chapter has a secret area

I'll keep an eye out

can you tell me what ringing the bells does, my prediction is after ringing X number of them, earlier levels change or new bosses spawn

ringing the bells unlocks the secret area for chapter 1

ok perfect

chapter 2s secret area is a bit more obtuse and questliney

kk

i think the game is good but i think the abilities have you end up feeling... too strong

somehow

but i feel like eveyr boss fight ive done, bursting with the insane spells and abilities then ahving the boss at half hp and just finishing it off is very common

I am of two minds about spells, I think the fact they don't recharge automatically upon respawn is good and bad if you yolo bosses you can usually beat them down first try, but if you fail, then subsequent attempts are slightly harder

they do

recharge on respawn

tho

???

they def don't

they do

the spirit guage

is what I was thinking of, not thee 1-4 spells

uhh maybe i dont notice

because i always use the dumb spirit nigger at the start

for like 10% of the bosses hp

then forget about it

headbut op

i have like 15 spirits now

i still use the headbutt nigger

though rn I've not found the game to be brutally difficult or anything, tbh I think I like where it's at the combat wouldn't hold up if they wanted to make this Sekiro teir I don't think

but as a fun cinematic monkey game

with the amount of

spells ytou get

they did a good job

theres no way itd ever be tight like sekiro

^

it feels more like a god of war game than a souls game

IMO

((and it plays 1000x better than god of war lol))

yeah, I'm sure people will again debate the whole "what is a soulslike" to death after this game

also spooky

youre going to love when you get to the stopmotion claymation cutscene

this game had way too much of a budget

looking forward to it

lol

unironically this games budget has to be insane

I thought about playing more last night, but wasn't feeling an all-nighter for the monkey game

I played a little more this morning

i was going to rush it but i am of the sentiment now that this is a fine game to slow burn

I want to watch gamescom at 2