| Title | Bloodborne: bringing a broadsword to a gunfight |
| Author | Andrew Kneller |
| Posted in | Game diaries |
| When | March 30, 2015 |
The combat systems in the Dark Souls games have always been a point of contention. While I enjoyed much of the combat in Dark Souls, it was incredibly easy to find certain tools and cheese bosses or enemies to death..
Read the full articleI read these the moment they are posted and I am looking for updates frequently. None of my friends are currently playing this game, so having this diary is really enhancing my enjoyment.
I would like to read some commentary on the multiplayer system. I see in the screen above that you are fighting Blood-starved Beast (where I am now too) with another hunter, and I was wondering how you feel about teaming up. I am afraid that I wont get the satisfaction in beating a boss if I use help.
I think that is a good fear to have. My recommendation is to try every boss at least 2-3 times solo before summoning help. I summoned help for the BSB before trying it solo, and I wish I hadn't, since it felt too easy and didn't really give that hard-won sense of satisfaction.
Minor Spoiler (boss name) below:
I am really, really glad I didn't summon help for the Shadows of Yharnam boss fight. It only ended up taking me 3 tries, but when I finally won, I involuntarily let out a loud whoop. It was immensely satisfying to beat them on my own. That fight was tough but fair, and tons of fun. Then I decided to get summoned for that boss, and wow, it becomes ridiculously easy with 2 summons (almost no one turns the beckoning bell off after the first summon, so even if they go into the fight with 1 summon, usually during the fight another shows up to help). Even with 1 cooperator it was about 1/2 as challenging and 1/2 as fun.
In short: never use summoning as a default, only when desperate.
