➤The final fight was underwhelming. I beat it on my second try.
➤Attack patterns were basic, I could block fully, and my armor meant I was taking little damage. I only died the first time when he summons some dudes and shoots lines of fire (which actually did a ton of damage). I barely touched my potions.
➤There's some endcards describing your journey. I got a good (?) ending for not using the rune and I "was not interested in the secrets of this world" since I missed a bunch of stuff.
➤The game feels a little barebones and jank, but I had a really good time with it! Certainly it was a good introduction to this style of game without having soul crushing difficulty.
➤I would have liked a better explanation of the stats and spells and a way to track the sidequests.
➤Beat as a Warrior in 16h 08m

#LordsOfTheFallen #VideoGames #Gaming #Soulslike

➤Turns out I picked up a better sword at some point. More energy cost, but faster than the axe. No rune slot though.
➤Decided to farm a little before advancing. Got my multiplier up (2x is the max) and then fought my way through the citadel. I was getting about 2000 xp per enemy and leveled up four times.
➤I found a chest I missed and got my ninth bottle.
➤I had to adjust some runes to some new armor and it turns out I had a major choice to make with the special rune from Adyr. I was too indecisive to pick between offense or defense so I gave it up instead.
➤I was hoping to back up my save just in case, but I couldn't find where Heroic put it.
➤No conversation with Antanas. He's just some big mutant guy now.
➤Strange this fight starts at the top of the tower until you do a little health bar of damage. Even when you respawn you continue after it drops down to an open area. I guess there's no point in redoing that small section.

#LordsOfTheFallen #VideoGames #Gaming #Soulslike

[Discussion] What's your Soulslike origin story?

https://lemmy.zip/post/58491221

Nioh 3 punta in alto: la demo lascia intravedere il Soulslike più ambizioso della serie

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.galaxyaddicted.it/2026/02/nioh-3-demo-prime-impressioni-soulslike/

Ancient Dragons' Lightning Strike goes *bzzzzzzt*!!!

https://lemmy.zip/post/58469736

➤So you don't actually fight Adyr. He shows you your stats for beating the lords (neat!) and explains it was his plan for you to beat them. Then you get a special rune.
➤Your sage friend is a "true judge" and advises its your choice to use the rune or not.
➤You get teleported back to the citadel and get into a surprise double battle with fire and lightning lizard guys
➤As I stated, I haven't saved and I'm carrying a load of experience from the last boss fight.
➤(Had I remembered I have a consumable to retrieve dropped souls I probably could have backtracked to save. There was a portal)
➤After a couple of losses I decide to take out the lightning guy first and avoid the fire guy. Sometimes one will hang on the ceiling so its 1v1 for a bit.
➤The remaining guy will absorb the powers of the fallen one.
➤I got down to one hit from death and clutched out a win. I had to bait out the slash so I could counter and avoid the fire/AOE attacks.

#LordsOfTheFallen #VideoGames #Gaming #Soulslike

[Discussion] Open worlds in Soulslikes: yay or nay?

https://lemmy.zip/post/58372385

➤Okay, so I pulled some switches and I thought this big demon looking guy was the lord. I let Yetka time travel with the guy to see her family.
➤The mission is "completed", but it displayed the same goal. After wandering around for awhile in circles I finally looked up where I was supposed to go.
➤Yeah, there was a short cutscene of a block moving down, but it was still unclear.
➤This boss is tough. It took a bit to find when i could go in for a hit consistently. My dodging was mostly on point and the boss sometimes would keep chaining the same attack so I could keep getting hits in.
➤In the back half the boss starts shooting lightning. I kept getting stunned and eating the whole thing. Look away from the light, maybe? The tower shield lets you bunker down and this was sufficient to start dodging with minimal damage.
➤Normally I backtrack to the last savepoint after beating a boss, but I didn't. This was a mistake...

#LordsOfTheFallen #VideoGames #Gaming #Soulslike

[Misc] Truly, dating is the Dark Souls of living

https://lemmy.zip/post/58308974