>>718027990
I can relate to that. Maneater was a very big hurdle. I only played the game on-and-off for weeks, while I was stuck on him. I eventually just said "fuck it", played online on the archstone server to make use of the user controlled world tendency system and then went human form for full HP with plenty of turpentine to boost my longsword even more.

That was the hardest part of the game. After this everything else was relatively easy, because I kept making use of the game's systems, got a crushing knight sword + 5 and just melted the rest of the bosses of the game. Maximizing damage is not just very satisfying, but also a very good approach to these games. I could have done even more and used my knight sword only for the level and used an upgraded two-handed only for bosses.