>>750909586
They usually outaource the body models to some other company and they love modelling that stuff in for some reason
Same stuff happened with let it die and horizon forbidden west, it will get patched out

Is Mandate Encampment an optional high level area? Should i explore it just after unlocking? Jesus fuck this game is huge.

>>750910403
you get the Baishan Stormswords from that area. Definitely worth it.

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I cracked the code.
I know why Pantom and Black myth are 60 dollar games now.
And why game journalists are pissed.

The 10 buck difference from 60 to 70 is what should have normally gone to marketing budget and game reviewer budgets. Instead they just went straight back to consumer pockets, and game journalists are pissed.

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>>750909586
look at those fucking dinner plates
only way they could be improved upon is if they were inverted

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>spend like 8 hours in Pangzhen
>30% map completion

>>750909586
better rip the models immediately before they're patched

>>750911680
it's like 5 times the size of Leyndell from Elden Ring. Insane.

So where do I fight this Red in Mandate Encampment? I found like 7 bells, fought no bosses yet except for the banyan tree and I don't want ot fuck something up because right now I can go in 3 different directions.

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You can really tell their art director is one of the art designers from DS1. Sometimes it feels they nabbed someone from their audio team too, the ambiance is insane.

>>750909586
>72 replies last thread
This game can't even reach the bump limit anymore and it hasn't even been a week yet.

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>lion dance

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>>750911783
while climbing a tower she appears, but you need to use a chain and not fight her there, if defeat her on the first encounter you miss out on a flower? and picrel. if you avoid her in the first fight she joins the 7th disciple fight on the 2nd phase.

>>750913862
Is it completely unmissable? I won't play the game for another few hours so I can't check. How far into the zone is it? I saved right as I entered the Mass Grave bell.

>>750914069
you can't miss her first encounter, but the second one is optional, soul will comment about leaving the first fight by jumping from a chain before you defeat her. its late into the zone, i think this is the only thing you can mess up in the whole zone by killing her in the tower

>>750914252
Alright. Thanks, man. I just read somewhere "run when a red woman attacks you in the Mandate Encampment zone" and I thought it would happen earlier in the zone.

these threads remind me of the old demons souls thread /v/ used to have when that came out. too bad the vibe is ruined by bots

>>750909949
Did you outaource your autocorrect?

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The thread last night died because it was 90% trolls and people not discussing the game, so hopefully we can actually have a thread discussing the game.

I struggled with the fat fucking faggt General with his bullshit "Ghostfire" garbage, but I finally beat him. The entire fight is just unfair to the player. There is no way to cleanse the ghostfire or negate it from what I can tell. The fire talisman you get doesn't affect ghostfire but only regular fire?

>>750911680
Kek, I just know got to 20% of Pangzhen. It's a HUGE fucking area. I'm convinced you'll spend at least 20-30+ hours in that one zone minimum.

>>750912181
I've thought that too at numerous locations

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>>750913510
There are lots of sad kino stories in the game so far from what I've experienced. Haters have shit taste.

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Holy kino

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>>750916798
This dude looked like the slimiest piece of shit, didn't see the twist coming

>>750909586
If this is on the disc the game might get recalled since a bunch of ratings agencies take issue with this. The physical copy is now a collector's item.

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>>750917067
Part of me felt like he wasn't truly evil. He was from a noble family and was held by honor. He was trying to fool the Herald, but it didn't work.

>MC quarters the dude who killed the healer girl despite the fact he was clearly mind controlled by the Herald asshole
It's a shame he only shows signs of personality when things start concerning girls he has an attachment to

>>750915060
>outaource

MC's bloodline was pretty obvious but i really like this sort of "sins of the forefathers catch up with younger generation" stories.

>>750916405
soulforged axe + shieldbreaker talisman +1 = easy general bosses

>>750917663
Oh shit I forgot about the shield breaker talisman...fuck I should have used that. I used the soulforged axe and it did nothing....the iron gauntlet helped me beat him compared to the axe. If I used the fucking shield talisman (that I forgot about) I probably wouldn't have struggled as much.

I beat it without the shield talisman, so if anything I did a harder fight.

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>soulclaimer
harder than the windsword puppet

>one of the trophies not succesfully tracking one of the 3 bosses I killed

uh oh

there's so much missable shit in this game, it's kinda overwhelming

>>750909586
I never paid attention to this game but a certain recommendation has me interested, rather than some breakdown can anyone point out a game comparable to it so I can get a vibe?

>>750921586
A friend of mine said it's a mix of DMC and God of War. I haven't really played either game so I'm not sure how truthful that is though. My only frame of reference is Sekiro cuz im a soulsfag and it feels like it has some of that DNA but not very much.

>>750921661
it's definitely not like DMC. I dunno about god of war though, never played it
the areas and parry spam do remind me a lot of sekiro but that doesn't really fit either. honestly not sure what I'd compare it to

>>750910620
>And why game journalists are pissed
IGN China took a deserved massive shit on the western industry. I'm surprised their network can allow this sort of opinion.

>>750921586
it would be fair to compare it to god of war on its highest difficulty when fighting regular enemies and a sekiro-lite against bosses with less of a focus on parrying and juggling between dodging and blocking. weapon switching on the fly to maintain your stance meter is also a necessity.

i could say it gets a bit more complex with phantom tools and unlocking more attacks as you upgrade weapons.

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>>750922102
>IGN China took a deserved massive shit on the western industry.
Don't fall for it, they have 0 control in china and 0 influence, so they have been instructed to build up their presence in China.
Eventually when they have enough influence in China they will do the classic switcheroo and begome like IGN everywhere else.

The worst part of the game with that long ass Opera puppet show cutscene. Im mad I didnt skip that stupid shit

Love the combat but these rpg elements makes the game too easy later on.
There too many cheesy methods you naturally come across.

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loving these daggers more in later parts of Lu. Orbiting dagger's nice for aoe, single damage feels impressive. Alternating lights and heavies doesn't really look like it's adding that much more damage though, but at least the animations are sick af.