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I was speechless that I beat it so quickly. Lo and behold I conquered the final boss after a few minutes. It was a multiple stage fight and normally when a fight like this occurs, I could see the upwards of 20-30 deaths easily. With a game that was constantly setting the bar higher with each new fight, I found the end battle to be extremely underwhelming. Speaking of this boss, I am almost positive around 100 deaths were due to it.Īnother issue I have deals with the final boss. I very well could have been playing the game wrong or not timing my dodges right, but it still felt so frustrating fighting the Deer God boss over and over until my eyes bleed. This seems to be a standard, but even if you are timing your dodges perfectly, it felt like the enemy could simply attack again. I do have some gripes with the games combat as it can feel like all the enemies can do more leaps and bounds faster than you can. Counter is just like the name says, it allows you to play slower and hit the enemy while keeping up your guard. Power is slower but can be quite devastating with the right set up. Speed gives you more agility and quicker attacks that can use projectiles but are weaker.

There are three main skill trees, speed, power, and counter. It’s possible I missed it, but I had to stumble on it by clicking around the menu. One huge gripe I have with this title is the fact that nowhere did it mention that you can re-spec your character with no penalties. Upon beating a boss, you are rewarded with its soul and a skill point which can be used to change the style of your character. Each boss throughs even more complex patterns and other little snares that will have you cursing the screen for hours on end. What this leaves is something closer to old school action games in which memorization of patterns is the only way to conquer the game. Unlike other titles in the souls’ style, there are no levels and grinding isn’t possible. If you are someone like me, this tactic is THE most important aspect of the game as I was constantly on death’s door as the bosses of Eldest Souls show no quarter. When this is activated, any damage done to the enemies will replenish your health.

Aside from your basic light and heavy attacks, a charge attack is also available that can be used to place your character into a bloodlust state. It could be because your character is carrying a blade large enough to rival the Buster Sword and therefore would cause even light attacks to be slow on the draw. The attacks can tend to feel a bit slow when coming out, especially the heavy ones. The main character moves well enough, and the dodges feel quick and snappy. Games in this genre live or die off their mechanics and thankfully, Eldest Souls has the basics down. Just like the big souls-like games love it or hate it.

#Eldest souls fighting styles trial#

Not much of this was explained and I must figure it out through trial and error. Upon making said choice, your other options are gone forever, or until you do a new game plus. There is a quest that is more open-ended and requires the player to make a choice between several different factions. The side quests present here do not require much of anything other than a bit of exploration.įind something unique? Talk to various characters until one mentions what you have in your inventory. The same goes for the blacksmith, alchemist, etc. A bard appears early on with a broken instrument, find a string on the battlefield and he will give you an item. I’m still not quite sure of the inner workings of the story, but I did find the interactions with the few living beings in the world to be fun. Just like other games in the Souls style, story is found piecemeal throughout the game in the form of notes, letters, and NPCs. A lone warrior appears carrying a sword that Guts and Cloud would envy, but is it enough? After being imprisoned there, desolation ravages the land and war breaks out.

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Slowly, humans found a way to free themselves and stuff the insufferable deities in the Citadel. The narrative begins with a sect of cruel gods enslaving humanity. Ten hours and 265 deaths later, I will attest that this was not the game I expected it to be.

I assumed it would be a short game to tackle over the period of a few gaming sessions. Ten bosses with branching skill trees, it all sounded great. I knew that it was going to be an isometric souls-like boss-rush style game and I was fine with that. I had followed the game a bit, but over the past few months, my life has been flipped on its head and before I knew it, it released. Before diving into Eldest Souls, I wanted to know what I was getting into. I feel I have said this many times before, but you really shouldn’t trust what you read on the internet.