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 Post subject: Re: Bloodborne - From Software - PS4
PostPosted: Thu Apr 09, 2015 16:35 
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One other thing for the multiplayer is check your 'region' setting - mine defaulted to Europe but you can change it to 'world' which gave me more chances to work with others to take down bosses (and I assume makes it easier for others to join me)


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If you want to know how busy your 'shard' is, go to the lamp, more messengers,the more people are about.The other thing I've found is that because it is proximity based, the worst thing to do is stand by the fog gate. Set the bell ringing at the lamp, and head to the boss. YOur ringing bell is more likely to intersect client ringing bells if you're moving.


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I did an uncool thing but after this guy invaded my session I wasn't going to undo all my hard work especially when I had a load of blood vials sat further up waiting for me.

So yeah, I did pretend to get freaked out and run back to the lamp, yes I did lure him into doing a wave just so I could start my attack and wail on him. Fuck that guy.

I felt guilty afterwards though.

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Ding dong the witch is dead!

Not too bad a boss really, easily done solo.

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Witch done, Darkbeast Paarl done, on to the Forbidden Woods.


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 Post subject: Re: Bloodborne - From Software - PS4
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I've finished it!

It's been massive fun, intriguing, glorious combat, maddening bosses, fantastic areas and graphics, loads of pots to break, ace weapons, etc etc etc.

I'll write more later.

It's the best game on PS4. It's also one of the best games I've played in ages.


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Is it as good as Dark Souls though?


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 Post subject: Re: Bloodborne - From Software - PS4
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It's still a Dark Souls game to me. So many things have been carried over. Including sound effects :)

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Made lots of progress in the Forbidden Woods. Opened up the shortcuts, got lots of stuff, just had a few goes at the boss and... ouch.


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 Post subject: Re: Bloodborne - From Software - PS4
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I'm just behind you - done the witch last night


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I loves Ludwig's Holy-Big-Fucking-Sword... the extra reach and the way it staggers enemies is so useful. L2 is a great opener, a quick overhead swing. Charged R2 followed by R2 is good against slow enemies, especially as it pancakes humanold enemies.


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Pundabaya wrote:
I loves Ludwig's Holy-Big-Fucking-Sword...


I'm switching back and forward between them - the sword for big enemies (and bosses) and my normal cleaver for the rest (the speed and handling of that make it so easy to take down everything else).


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I'm loving my Electro mace at the moment. Still go back to the hammer though for some lovely 'one hit wonders' :)

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 Post subject: Re: Bloodborne - From Software - PS4
PostPosted: Mon Apr 13, 2015 16:01 
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Mr Dave wrote:
Is it as good as Dark Souls though?


No.

Or maybe yes.

Christ, it's hard to be objective here as to which is the better game. There's virtually no filler in Bloodborne. Dark Souls was a massive tightly woven labyrinth masterpiece. Bloodborne's is slightly smaller but equally enthralling yet without 'some' of the mystique. But the only reason that it's lacking is that we've had Dark Souls so we know the types of tricks and games that FROM have in store. We know we have to take our time, we know there's giant bosses, we know there's maze-like structures with hidden items, we know there's a lot of junk items, we know all of these things because of Dark Souls. If I'd never played Dark Souls I might think this was the greatest thing since sliced bread but since I've played Dark Souls I know that this is the greatest thing since Dark Souls.

It's kinda a natural evolution from Demons Souls to Dark Souls to Bloodborne where the fat is trimmed with each passing. The ridiculous weight limits were removed and now the weight limits are absent entirely. Who cares what you're welding cause you'll still be as fast as you started out at the beginning. The magic (which I relied on some much in Demons; loved in Dark Souls and, personally, HATED with a passion in Dark Souls 2) is restricted to tiny items picked up in the later third of the game. They're fun to muck around with (as magic should be) without spoiling the game for everyone else (remember the massive magic effects that nailed bosses in DS2 while you stood glibly by and made PvP a nuisance). The shooting is reet good fun (even though I barely used it at all). The weapons are great and varied. The two handed moveset is cool as fuck. The edition of a third (and sometimes fourth) attack button can change up the combos (personally I love when you start with a one handed attack and combine your weapon mid-way through for some uber cool looking combos).

The graphics are sublime. There's only noticeable slowdown and some pop up of effects (like fire on torches) when you're speed running around. You'll find none of it when you're just negotiating the areas normally no matter how many things are onscreen. The pots and barrels that you break are many. The enemies are first class. I can't think of any boss or enemy that I thought "meh" to, unlike DS2 which were a little deary. The backgrounds are a little "too" detailed for my liking as you see places where you've been but they're difficult in the city to pick out amongst the buildings. When you get out into the forest and see Byrgenworth (however its spelt) you'll love it. The windmill thing at the top of the cliff is a "high point" (AHAHAHAHAH). The Nightmare worlds are "insanely" (AHAHAH) (I'll stop that now) detailed. The big brain thing thing at the start of one world is a tricky area (and a secret I initially missed). Level layouts are great: shortcuts galore in some of the best designs since Dark Souls. None of this linear Dark Souls 2 stuff or the terrible volcano on a windmill crap. Plus there's areas where you actually find having a torch helps (or a lantern on your pocket), which Dark Souls 2 on the last gen couldn't handle.

The sound is fantastic; like, really fantastic. The voice acting is terrible of course, but better than ever before. It's suitably eerie throughout. The enemies attack sounds range from standard grunts and shouts to THOSE FUCKING CROWS. Terrifying is an understatement.

Story: It's nonsense. Natch.

Cut scenes: There's a few more. I actually liked how muted they were.

Endings: There's some and they are not universally terrible but if you've not been paying attention to story details (and it's a Dark Souls game so why would you even 'get' it first time round without reading up) then you might just think "Wha?"

Anyway, I managed to reach the last boss and thought "Fuck it, off to the wikis I go, so I don't miss anything". And I missed a fair bit. I also thought, I'm going to kill all the NPCs; so I did. Got some natty slippers.

Insofar as the world is concerned, it's actually quite astonishing how many of the worlds and bosses are entirely optional. There's hidden bosses for no reason other than, hey, here's another fucker for you to have a go at. Hey, as far as I know you never even have to kill the first boss you meet and proved such a test for some of us on here. Two world's are entirely hidden unless you read the item descriptions (they are a dead give away as to the location however) of two items. One of these secret worlds is actually the best level by a county mile (HINT: It's the castle).

And it's all these secrets and the obviously genuine love that's clearly gone into creating the game that keeps you coming back until the bitter end.

Fortunately, cause I knew I was at the end I was able to go back and try out some of the wiki suggestions. I missed the big brain altogether. I knew I should have rinsed that area more thoroughly but it was a reet shitter of a level. In a good way. I was however surprised how much stuff I had actually found all by myself but there were some character quest lines that I didn't have a handle on but I was able to complete with a nudge here and there. I did experience some ace stuff though like the mental guy who I sent back to the cathedral or that twat in the window I sent to the clinic. I almost forgot about the clinic. And so on... I did however accidentally stumble upon the special items needed for the true ending but I didn't figure I had to use them to get the ending but the wiki sorted that out and that's the ending I got. FYI: It's the worst ending. I spotted the door to the abandoned area but I could never figure out how to get to it. The wiki sorted that out. There was stuff I couldn't do on my first playthrough like tame the chaingun guy but I would like to do on my NG+. And so on and so on and so on. So much stuff in there, so much seen, so much to see. I found myself over the weekend playing NG+. I defeated everyone up to the Vicar and then the Witch just cause, well, it's fucking ace.

Problems: it's the shortest Souls game. 39 hours to complete (by contrast I did Demon's in 50, Dark Souls 70 hours + for the first run and 100 hours in total, Dark Souls 2 I spent 69 hours with all the DLC in there).

Seriously, it's ace. 10/10. Best game on PS4. Better than Dark Souls? Maybe not.

It's the sequel that isn't a sequel to Dark Souls that we actually deserved.


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 Post subject: Re: Bloodborne - From Software - PS4
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I like that it's more compact.

I always think that whoever the level designer is is a genius, how all the shortcuts work... I wonder if you took all the maps and fitted them together whether they'd all fit together properly.

I love the sense of place each area has. Even when everything is crazy, they still feel logical.


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I bet the map does connect properly. It certainly did with Dark Souls (see this 3D map viewer thing http://youtu.be/tyTB5vhKGSI ).


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I wouldn't be surprised.


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 Post subject: Re: Bloodborne - From Software - PS4
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http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015- ... -two-weeks

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Bloodborne sales pass 1m in under two weeks

From Software with love.

All the talk has converted into sales: From Software's brilliant Bloodborne - only available on PlayStation 4 - has sold more than 1m copies.

Sony announced the sales in a press release and said the count was accurate as of 5th April. The game was released in North America 24th March and in the UK 27th March.

Sony Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida said the game was a "new challenge" for Sony, and that he was "thrilled" people were enjoying the "beautiful melancholic atmosphere and palpable tension of Bloodborne". He means dying a lot.

The Souls series wasn't without success before Bloodborne, although the previous Dark Souls instalments were multiplatform.

Dark Souls would eventually rack-up 2.3m sales, but that included Japanese sales, plus sales of the Artorias of the Abyss Edition. Around the Western parts of the world, the original Dark Souls shifted around 1.3m copies, which is roughly what Dark Souls 2 shipped.

Demon's Souls was a PS3-only game and more obscure.

Bloodborne was rated Essential by Eurogamer, reviewer Richard Stanton describing it as "genius".


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2 more bosses down, and everythin...holy shit! That was there all this time!?


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No more bosses for me yet - however I spent a long time last night being blown up by a cannon (and being overwhelmed by poison snakes)


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Ah yes, the snakes. Those little ones sneak up on you. Have you met the guy on top of the windmill?


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Pundabaya wrote:
Ah yes, the snakes. Those little ones sneak up on you. Have you met the guy on top of the windmill?


Nope - but i'm in that general area right now

In the forest - two paths open - one is to the cannon the other is through the poison cave with the snakes and big dudes


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I had a week off on holiday and now I can't bring myself to put this back in the drive. Oh well.

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I had a week off on holiday and now I can't bring myself to put this back in the drive. Oh well.


You should put it in and walk round the very first area and see if it either all comes back to you or if you've lost it.

If I'm really struggling with a boss going back a level or two and just wandering around ripping every enemy into tiny pieces without even trying makes you see just how powerful you are.


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Future Warrior wrote:
I had a week off on holiday and now I can't bring myself to put this back in the drive. Oh well.


You should put it in and walk round the very first area and see if it either all comes back to you or if you've lost it.

I never had it in the first place. That's as far as I got!

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I think that, as with the other souls games, some time is needed to get into Bloodborne. If you're willing to keep plugging away until the fighting clicks then you'll reap dividends of a game that's as wide as it is deep. I know you've got the capacity as you're insanely good at learning games that require endless practice like Olli Olli and even that BLOODY DAYTONA GAME. Bloodborne is no different or as punishing. There's a patch coming this month which'll (apparently) sort out the loading times and co-op so it might be worth heading back into Yarnham for a smooch about.


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Yeah, I have no problem with difficult games normally. Just this isn't grabbing me at all. Plus I don't feel like I'm getting any better.

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How many minutes/hours have you actually played it?

Did you find the leveling up doll?

You know you can ignore that first cunty boss if you like and just go roaming deeper through the sewers? You eventually come to another boss which you will need to defeat but by then you might be enjoying exploring a bit more, found some secrets, found some NPC's leveled up a bit, maybe even found a weapon or two and once you're a bit stronger and more familiar with the systems you can have a go at either boss. Hey, even call in some kindly help. I'll do some co-op with you if you like (and we can find each other).


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Saturnalian wrote:
I'll do some co-op with you if you like (and we can find each other).


To co-op you need to be within 10 levels (+ - 10%) so you'd probably need to start up a new character


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Fucking game. :D


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Details of the patch later this month

http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2015/04/ ... r=36969785

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Incoming Bloodborne update to reduce load times and optimise performance

Look out for update 1.03 later this month

We are amazed and very grateful for the way in which the community has embraced Bloodborne. As you may have seen, we’ve just announced that Bloodborne has now sold through over one million copies worldwide. Thank you to everyone who has supported the project!

Today, we wanted to provide some more information regarding the next patch for Bloodborne.

As we confirmed previously, the 1.03 update seeks to reduce certain load times in addition to performance optimisations. The patch also resolves an issue that resulted in abnormal game behavior after many continuous hours of play. Additional fixes will be included as well.

The team is currently working towards a global release of the 1.03 patch before the end of the month. We will try to provide more specific timing as soon as we are able.

We’re continuing to monitor popular communities and forums for feedback, in addition to the comments below, so please share any other issues or questions you may have.

Please note, online play will need to be disabled for a short period of time to facilitate server-side updates. In this case, and in the case of any future server maintenance downtime, it has been determined that starting at 9am GMT on a non-Friday weekday will disrupt the fewest players globally. We will target this time for any necessary future server maintenance downtime, which will only last a couple hours in each instance.

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Was kinda stuck for a bit but had an ace sesh earlier. Dash through a previously hnnnngn area opened up a new lantern.

Still a great feeling each time you get a little further or find something new.

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Last night I rolled through Central Yharnham and the Cathedral Ward to stock up on vials. Also levelled up a couple of times, then attempted to complete Eileen's quest. Only about twenty attempts later... anyway, Hunter of Hunters, bitches!

Also levelled up again from accumulated blood echoes. Hmm, where next, Nightmare Frontier or Cainhurst Castle? Choices, choices.


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And last night for me was Snakes

And Snakes with Snakes
And people with Snakes
And snakes with snakes of snakes

They are not specifically a problem (and at one point i turned back to go to the last lantern as I was carrying enough echos to go up 2 levels and did not want to lose them) but it does mean I need to go snaking again tonight


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So I'm on NG+ and after getting my ass handed to me trying to find a way to make chain-gun guy passive (Seriously, how'd I get in behind him? I thought I had to be kidnapped and make my way by Paarl but I can't figure out a way to get kidnapped since that area doesn't open until after the Bloodstained Beast) I had a go at my second Chalice Dungeon.

It was pretty similar to the one I did before except now I am overpowered NG+ guy and the Chalice Dungeon's don't level up with the game. It was pretty unexciting to be fair, except I came across a boss fight with 3 guys. THREE FUCKING GUYS. And they were carrying some massive tools.

Amusingly though, I was able to kill them with a single charged R2. One shot apiece and they were dead.

The final guy needed two charged R2's.

My suggestion to anyone doing Bloodborne would be to have a go at these Chalice Dungeon's early on. There's a couple of reasons:

1) You get a load of tat from inside them.
2) The tat is helpful but only at the level your character should be entering them.
3) If you, like me, go in much later in the game then the tat you pick up is worthless until (presumably) you reach a dungeon more suited to your character level.

So there you go: Go early, get tat, help yourself in the main game.


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zaphod79 wrote:
And last night for me was Snakes

And Snakes with Snakes
And people with Snakes
And snakes with snakes of snakes

They are not specifically a problem (and at one point i turned back to go to the last lantern as I was carrying enough echos to go up 2 levels and did not want to lose them) but it does mean I need to go snaking again tonight


I love that area. I was carrying enough echos to level up 10 times and it was the most frightening experience of the game: you get a bit farther, a bit farther, ok, you'll just keep going cause there's bound to be a lamp sooner or later, oh jesus, where's the lamp, SNAKE ORGY, I've fell down a hole, ARGH I CAN'T GET BACK, ALIENS, oh that wasn't too bad, DUFUQ IS STREAMING OUT YOUR HEAD, phew, DOUBLE SNAKE ORGY.

It was too much. Eventually I ran back like a pussy after I found the boss area.


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Saturnalian wrote:
It was too much. Eventually I ran back like a pussy after I found the boss area.


I gave up before i got to the boss but i did have my 'mask' thing readied to go in case i stumbled into it by accident

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So I'm on NG+ and after getting my ass handed to me trying to find a way to make chain-gun guy passive (Seriously, how'd I get in behind him? I thought I had to be kidnapped and make my way by Paarl but I can't figure out a way to get kidnapped since that area doesn't open until after the Bloodstained Beast) I had a go at my second Chalice Dungeon.


The kidnappers do not appear until after you've done the BSB *but* you can just run past the chaingun guy and do the BSB then go back for him.

easy place to find a kidnapper after you've unlocked them

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Chapel - come out of the front door - take out the gravewalker guy behind the carriage and then walk ahead into that corner and there is one there - thats the one that got me straight after i'd done the BSB and I was really *not* at the right level for the jail


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I'm sure I read somewhere that if you appear in front of chain gun guy he'll get aggro and you can't tame him.


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Saturnalian wrote:
I'm sure I read somewhere that if you appear in front of chain gun guy he'll get aggro and you can't tame him.


Perhaps if you go back to hunters dream and return he will revert ?

Only way I can think of getting to him without him seeing you is to open up the other path and go 'round the back' to get there (so down to the town area / back up past the gunk squad2 and then up that little ladder)


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to deal with Djura: go through Old Yharnham as per normal, dodge his gunfire, do not engage him, do not climb his tower. go kill BSB. Go to Cathedral Ward, get snatched, find Darkbeast Paarl. Engage the Darkbeast. Whether you kill him or not doesn't matter. Warp to BSB lamp. Rock through lower Old Yharnam, use the shortcut that brings you out right by his tower, go see him. Say Spare the Beasts.


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 Post subject: Re: Bloodborne - From Software - PS4
PostPosted: Thu Apr 16, 2015 14:37 
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Do not attack any beasts in his line of sight on the second visit. The Wolves in the lower portion are fair game. It doesn't matter what you attack in your first visit as long as you don't mess with Djura.


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 Post subject: Re: Bloodborne - From Software - PS4
PostPosted: Sat Apr 18, 2015 0:23 
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Another day, another boss down. Amygdala is dead.


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 Post subject: Re: Bloodborne - From Software - PS4
PostPosted: Sun Apr 19, 2015 22:13 
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Another two bosses down, Logarius and The One Reborn.


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 Post subject: Re: Bloodborne - From Software - PS4
PostPosted: Mon Apr 20, 2015 9:13 
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And I've hit another brick wall - Rom

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The area outside his fight is quite small so although i tried to call in help yesterday no-one answered my bell.

First time I fought him it hit him - took out all the little spiders that spawned - hit him again then he vanished and re-appeared miles away and kept hitting me with his cannon shots

Second time I ignored the little spiders and concentrated on him and got pummelled

I've had him down to maybe 1/2 health but its proving to be harder than the last few fights.

** edit **
Hmm - a strategy : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNnCF8U6elY


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 Post subject: Re: Bloodborne - From Software - PS4
PostPosted: Mon Apr 20, 2015 14:40 
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Ah Rom. I thought the Hunter you fight immediately before is harder... anyway. Bolt damage. Bolt paper or Tonitrus. Rom and all the spiders (good name for a band) have high defence from the front. Kill all the spiders then attack the sides of the boss. The first time it is imperative to not damage Rom too much. If you manage to take more than 2/3rds damage before he teleport the first time, he skips a phase and appears with 2 lots of spiders. But yeah. Kill the spiders, charge attack Rom's flank, and watch out for his spells, wriggling.


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 Post subject: Re: Bloodborne - From Software - PS4
PostPosted: Mon Apr 20, 2015 15:06 
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Pundabaya wrote:
Ah Rom. I thought the Hunter you fight immediately before is harder... anyway. Bolt damage. Bolt paper or Tonitrus. Rom and all the spiders (good name for a band) have high defence from the front. Kill all the spiders then attack the sides of the boss. The first time it is imperative to not damage Rom too much. If you manage to take more than 2/3rds damage before he teleport the first time, he skips a phase and appears with 2 lots of spiders. But yeah. Kill the spiders, charge attack Rom's flank, and watch out for his spells, wriggling.


Thanks for the tip

For the hunter I sorta cheated a little - i died a few times so the next one i triggered them , then went back to the 'start' with the lantern and alternated charge hitting them and jumping down the little wall to the level below - when they jumped down after me I ran back up to the lantern - charge hit them and then dropped back down.

The only issue was if they fired their spell in which case I ran as far away as possible


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 Post subject: Re: Bloodborne - From Software - PS4
PostPosted: Mon Apr 20, 2015 21:35 
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Somewhat hilariously I've hit the same brick wall with Rom as a boss of a Chalice Dungeon.

My tip tip tippity tip is this:

Fuck the spiders. Just charge him and keep charging him until he has carked it. I'm sure I've kept the video of my fight with him where I end up wit no vials and a slither of health.

Anyway, I always found those bloody spells from above were the worse fuckers. When you see him point his tail up - start running - and remember to point your camera upwards to get a look at them so you can dodge out the way. You MUST keep an eye on them; hell, it's not like you're going to run out of space in that place. Keep running at Rom dodging the spiders and chopping him up. Once he's got a few friends around you might want to go for a few hits and run unless you're absolutely sure no one is around so you can charge an R2, but some of the little bastards can jump from one side of his body to the other so you're never really that safe.

None of this works in the chalice dungeon however when you've got sod all space and a ton of the little bastard spiders doing that headbutt move on you. Hnnngh.


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 Post subject: Re: Bloodborne - From Software - PS4
PostPosted: Mon Apr 20, 2015 23:22 
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So i've given up on Rom for the night and will try that - i could clear out the first batch of spiders fine and then wailing on him and hitting him with the flamethrower knocked him to about 1/2 health but I could not clear out the small spiders the second time round

At one point i cleared the first spiders / had full health - whacked ROM so he vanished and before I could get close to him when he re-appeared i was dead from the air blasts


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 Post subject: Re: Bloodborne - From Software - PS4
PostPosted: Tue Apr 21, 2015 0:49 
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During the second and third phases he does tend to give a pelting, the trick is to keep on the move while spider killing, drop one or two, roll and sprint away. When he teleports you can still hit him until he's completely disappeared too.


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