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I played a good bit last night

I chose Pyromancer as my class, semi-randomly, because it felt more unique. So its these bonfires thatll be my save points and etlus flasks the source of healing but perhaps they can be upgraded at some point. My first death comes almost right away to the first boss, the Asylum Demon, because I did not realize I was supposed to run past it initially, but its also pretty clear that the game wanted to teach you that its sometimes better to come back for something later as well as how dying works, as the bonfire is right before this guy. He was not particularly difficult coming back, though I did die once more. I have to get used to the controls, perhaps theyre outdated. The decision to make circle the running and dodging button is very annoying it makes my right-hand grip awkward when wanting to use the camera at the same time. That aside, good tutorial, did what it needed while also not forcing you to spend a lot of time.

So this next place would be the hub area. I joined a covenant without really knowing why other than to be able buy items from him. As I travel through Undead Burg, I realize theres no way to look at a map of the game, which I enjoy the choice of. Seems some bonfires only give you up to 5 etlus flasks if youre below initially. I find myself rarely ever using my fireball spell because its somewhat hard to hit and youre vulnerable for a while doing it. Blocking and slashing has been the way to go. I found someone that could sell me a bow and arrows and god those controls are bad. For some reason, when youre aiming, youre not allowed to aim at as sharp angles from your position. Another QoL improvement Id like would be to be able to move just a little bit while drinking from an etlus flask. After being destroyed twice, I cheesed a strong knight by shooting a billion arrows at him as hes apparently unable to climb a ladder. My idea was initially to plunge attack him. For some reason, he just not respawn after resting at a bonfire. Theres another strong knight at the bottom of some stairs that I think Ill ignore for now.

Next boss fight is the Tauros Demon, which gave me surprisingly little trouble because it pretty obvious you could use plunge attacks as I had climbed the tower before it arrived. I finally met Solaire and joined his cult. The dragon on the bridge seems quite dangerous but since it keeps its distance, Im guessing it just guards a later area and Im supposed to move forward without it. After upgrading my endurance some Im finding myself enjoying the game A LOT more. The starting amount way too little, even if the point was just making the early enemies dangerous. When slashing, blocking and rolling all uses it, it just wasnt as fun before leveling up some.

First thing in Undead Parish I did was dying to a similar knight that I cheesed in Undead Burg. Next thing was a seemingly intimidating boar that was very easy to dodge. There a knights here that look similar to the tough ones that dont respawn, but die a lot easier. Church had lots of them, one of which seemed stronger but was way easier due to being slow. I believe I fought the first magic user here, I just shot him down from below before finding a shortcut back to the hub, cool.

Im not really getting the line for when something is enough of a boss to not respawn again. The easiest knight in the church didnt respawn, so I suppose he was indeed stronger. Turned out there was a bonfire right next to the church. Below is a blacksmith and the first thing I did was buying things from him so that I dont need him lol. In the next him was a boss fight but not enough of a boss to have a name revealed. Once again the strategy of just running around it and slashing from behind worked for me as I just now finally realize you deal more damage using your sword with two hands.

Moving down into the Darkroot Garden where I initially beat another one of those knights that dont respawn and find the Darkroot Basin where Im shot to death by something in the background I didnt even see, nice. Theres a bonfire right here, so well try to deal with that next time.

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