Are you supposed to constantly respec? I had to respec to longsword for the great centipede boss because my dinky 1h sword was dealing no damage to him. Same with spells.

You're not supposed but you can. I beat the centipede by playing spear and doing a bunch of fire spells I believe.
I find it funny that right after you beat the boss you get a tutorial to tell you about enemy spell weaknesses.

>>716404562 (OP)
It just took me about 10~ tries to down it with 1h sword.
>fancy evasion maneuvre for when he does the rush
>shoot swords when you have to get out as he shits venom
>otherwise use charges for instant charged attack

are these just set dressing or some sort of hidden collectable

What the fuck am I supposed to choose here?

tfw went to the third area before the snowy area and it screwed over npc quests
epic
now I got greyed out icons at the travel thing but no npcs are there to turn in items or progress quests

no but you can respec for free so quit your bitching

>>716404562 (OP)
How is the gameplay (specifically combat?) I'm interested in this game but I'm pretty fatigued with soulslikes

>>716404562 (OP)
They force you to play as a woman?

>>716406091
Huh but isnt the snowy area the third area? You are supposed to go to the mountain first I think.

whoever designed the bird bitch boss should be fired immediately

>>716406443
no you're not, the mountain is the third area and that's why you can fuck over quests

They thought it was a good idea to go from the big tree demon boss to the temple without bonfires? It’s like a 10 minute walk, garbage

>initially disappointed by the combat coming from wukong and khazan
>attack animations feel a bit floaty and odd and just don't really mesh well together when chaining attacks
>almost refund after an hour
>come back and play some more
>exploration seems p decent
>decide to tough it out and not go into it with expectations that it's a really fast paced, tight action combat game (which i was expecting for whatever reason) and more like a traditional soulslop (which i don't prefer tbhfam)
>start having fun
speccing into longsword because it seems to have a parry, but not sure what weapon/playstyle i'll land on, but the spear heavy attack (not charged heavy) feels like shit and is super defensive and lame so will probably use longsword and one handed sword for some spellcasting
currently on the boss at the top of that first big NPC building that feathers you and uses confusion or whatever tf attacks but doesn't seem too hard
also hate the fact that you can't freely rebind all your keys like how the FUCK is that still a thing in a pc game in 2025, i don't want to dodge with the fucking spacebar FUCK
thanks for reading my blogpost

>>716406651
weapon playstyles open up a bit more once you unlock more and more weapons for their arts, and disciplines in the talent tree
I bought the spear from the panda shop and the L1 changes from a shitty multithrust to a super spinny AOE controls move that lights up on fire.

>>716406202
its.. well its flashing but the actual movesets on these weapons are clunky and shitty.

the weapons that can block have like a 1.0 second block "windup" time, and you don't even block all the damage, just 80%, whats the point? wasting time getting chip damaged? there's no fucking rally system here.

alot of the R2's and charged R2's and skills have wild animations but insane buildup time.

alot of pointlessly spinning a spear just to stab a guy, basically showy Wuxia shit, stuff Chinese people are impressed by in martial combat.

>>716406651
If you use the steam powered spear it extends the range of all those defensive spear moves into very safe offensive moves.

The level design in this game is some of the worst shit I've ever seen in a videogame.

>>716406370
>as

there's not enough bonfires and too much bullshit moments

>>716406983
>let's spawn a midget to grab attack you silently while you fight some mid-level soldier

>let's do this gag like 6 times.

>it's a "Ming soldier" episode

>>716406865
Seriously?
The reviews say it's one of the best.

>>716406865
I think it's been the best part of the game after 10 hours of playing.

>>716406819
There's a deflect window early in the block that negates chip, and you can then spec into it to stagger enemies or other follows up. Read the longsword tree and axe tree.

>>716407140
> Hanmad he's getting slaughtered again.
Generational PTSD kicking in?

I can't believe they made a game about this meme

>>716406792
>>716406858
maybe i'm just biased cause the last "soulslike" i played was khazan and the spear combat and moveset was fucking flawless

>>716407318
I don't give a fuck, that window is smaller than the LIes of P window.

once your parry/deflect window is so small the risk vs reward is too high to attempt it unless you have mastered the game.

in your first run of things you will just eat shit trying to do this fucking 0.4 sec window deflect and like like a total retard when you could just dodge through the attack and continue attacking.

>>716407597
Isn't Khazan more or less more Character Action Game than Souls Like from what I saw? Wuchang is more Soulslike but combat is faster based for enemies whereas you are a bit more slow, however you can also trade blows instead of getting knocked back unless you fight a boss then you get rocked.

>>716407750
its both, its a good mix of both.

it absolutely has Souls-mechanics, but you are able to style the fuck on enemies and bosses with it.

think Weapon Arts from Elden Ring but they are actually good and don't animation lock you into getting minced by every enemy that has an attack 0.1 second quicker (which they will use)

>>716407516
It's great isn't it? I am honestly tired of people repeating this meme because it ruins every serious attempt to discuss chinese history but playing a grimdark chink game actually makes this shit so much more atmospheric.
Really shows how fucked up the setting is.

>>716406651
spear uncharged heavy is pretty weird but it has gigantic range if used with the steam spear
i use it sometimes when i want to be super safe, though i wish it was a little faster

>>716407154
>>716407227
>>716406865
The level design is amazing. I just wish there was more loot, but I fucking love getting lost and desperately trying to find the next shrine.

>>716407140
They're easy as fuck though? Just use a longsword and heavy attack them.

>>716406202
The combat gameplay is nothing at all like Souls, it's the other aspects that it takes after like level design and balancing.

>go through a forest filled with demons and that looks like hell just to get to a village that was blocked by a wooden gate you could’ve easily jumped over

Retarded abysmal dogshit level design as always, fuck from software

just reached bandit cave, still only 4 flask charges. looking at the skill tree, is 5 charges seriously the max?

>>716407750
yeah it's not a proper soulslike hence the quotations, just saying that's the last similar game i played, and before that it was wukong so similar story, faster paced combat, more fluid attack strings, and less likely to animation lock yourself and get hit by some bullshit that attacks slightly faster than you
also not being able to keybind dodge to the shift key is fucking atrocious and messing up brain cause i use shift to dodge in every fucking game i've ever played

>>716408005
The Daoism Cultivation aspect also fits the souls-like genre pretty well, they picked the right amount of seethe inducing content for me as a westerner to enjoy the game while having endless crying Hans online raging about it. Just lovely.

>>716408214
No, you can get more, I've seen YouTubers with 8

>>716408214
I think you get another flask charge just before the boss of that area

>>716408291
Han Chinese really are the most hard to please faggots ever.

>>716408647
nope, it's a potency upgrade, just beat the centipede and still only have 4 charges.

>>716408685
Fr, those losers should start to wear their Queues again.

>>716408740
oh yeah you're right in the area right after
I did that area yesterday and got my 5th flask and was frustrated that they didn't give it earlier

>>716408878
should I have more than one fucking temperance by now? (the fire one) I feel like it's supposed to be a big mechanic, with weapons having 4 fucking slots for temperances, but so far I only have the default one which only works on the basic bitch sword

>>716407750
If you're going to call this game a Souls-like, then Khazan is undeniably one too.

>>716409016
no, you increase temperance stacks by speccing into it on the left side tree

>>716409127
yeah I unlocked one, gave me a third slot for temperance, but I still only have one actual temperance. It feels like by this point I should have found at least ONE more, no?

A glaive weapon type would really have rounded up the weapons nicely

>shrine mimic
>inner demon can appear/be summoned even if you aren't at full inner demon number
Didn't expect that at all.
Centipede monk was easy, took me a few tries to get his moveset down and used the pillars to stun him, only his burrowing attack is on the random side.

Game desperately needs a gear transmog system. I want to wear my delicate outfit with the defense of the big suit of armor I've been using.

>>716409062
Wuchang has all the typical souls-like elements of rest-spots that spawn enemies and re-stock your estus flasks, gathering essence (souls) from enemies and then using it to upgrade your character. That's souls-like in a nutshell and also having a lethal combat that can quickly turn against you if you are not careful.

>blight
>corrupted
>blight
>corrupted
>blight
>corrupted
>blight
>corrupted
this game can fuck off

>>716409295
good thing you don't find them but unlock them in your tree

>>716409596
oh, just unlocked further into the left side, now I see em. pretty unintuitive that a skill tree would grant you items.

So does the combat ever become satisfying or does it always feel like nothing has impact

>>716409713
I think the design philosophy of the game is to show you all the mechanics up front and then you spec into them to make them actually useful. Like you don't see in the tree that you can go further left and get up to 5 skysword charges for example

>>716409432
it has transmog right in the menu

>>716409503
> Skill issues, blames the game.
Holy...

>>716409813
wow i'm dumb

>>716409432
there is a transmog, press Y if you’re using a Xbox controller

>Commander Honglan
Just fuck my shit up, I can easily manage to get her to 50% without damage with counter but the moment she starts spamming her projectiles or Waterfowl Dances I'm dead. Those mix-ups with kicks that cant be countered are awful too.

The Bandit Cave is really obnoxious. Every time you touch the corruption stuff you're instantly corrupted instead of getting buildup.

why am I getting flashbanged in the mines boss fight

>>716410212
Thars because your resistance sucks. Wear the Monk robe set or prher pieces thst increase it. You can stand in corruption for those by just changing gear.

>>716409453
What you just described is a checkpoint and a level up system, anon, and they also apply to Khazan with their Totally-Not-A-Bonfire swords and Lacrima. I guess you could say that Wuchang is a Souls-like" (as nebulous as the term is) because of their approach to level design and balance, not really because the combat is like Dark Souls.

Personally I think the subgenre is pretty meaningless when it's used for everything from Nioh 2 which is heavily combo heavy 3D action game to even 2D platformers like Hollow Knight, but you should at least apply it equally if you're going to use the term.

>>716410208
it's the first real challenge in the game

Are the review bombs all over performance?

>this entire labyrinth of the marsh and temple
There is so many fucking paths and looping.

It's crazy how much better stellar blade is. Eve is hotter and the gameplay just blows this shit out of the water.

>>716410212
I figured I had to bother with the armor system when I did the boss above the shu temple since I was getting 1hit inflicted with debuff. After that it went ok, don't forget to set up your flowers/seeds to remove shit as well.

>>716410472
What really gets to me is the damage she does with whats effectively "Light Attacks" for her. You dont even want to get close to jer since even wiffing her knife throws hits you with 1/4 of your hp bar

>>716410727
>stellar gun
lmao
lol

Can someone explain to me what weapons mean with the number on stats and the bracketed numbers next to them?

>>716410984
No lol, you're just not wearing armor with any defense on it. Her knife throws do barely anything if you have decent stab resist

>>716411187
it means that the weapon scales only with that stat

The bird bitch boss finally convinced me that this game is pure dogshit.

>>716411331
Is the bracketed number like a stat requirement or something?

>Misty Shu peaks hide secret paths
It should be here right?
There's also a bird crying like the wall scroll says but I don't see anything.

>>716411423
yeah

>>716410441
Checkpoints in other games only help you respawn once you die, that's the difference. In old games enemies don't usually re-appear and you can't go into them again unless its a Castlevania like game where exploration is key and powering up is done by exploration instead. Checkpoints also would force-stuck you to a certain level and wouldn't act as fast-travel points.

>>716411569
I see. Thanks anon.

>oh no the game is making me frustrated
>oh noooo bad game dogshit!!!! *weep* i want my mommy!!!! ;-;;;

This game has weird tutorials. It tells you about them after you discover them yourself.

I cant activate DSLL fake frames on my 3060TI (i know i know).
Is it that this game only allows it for more modern cards? I get a message about it bot being available for my card or that i dont have
>Hardware Accelerated GPU Scheduling
activated.
Which i do have activated.
Not the biggest of deals, im just here for the gameplay and its running perfectly well on low/mid at 1920x1200

>>716411735
The distinction isn't really meaningful, anon. It's one of the least important aspect of the "soulsborne" games to begin with, even you are trying to carve out an exception for Khazan because you perceive that.
If those are your only requirements then the term doesn't describe anything that is like Fromsoftware's Dark Souls, all it does is describe a system where you can interact with a checkpoint in the map itself and buy skill upgrades of some kind (even though Dark Souls doesn't have skills). By the definition you've given this game is a Souls-like too, and so are many metroidvanias. You aren't describing gameplay at this point.

>>716412208
Show don't tell, I suppose, the developers are probably having a laugh. I'd rather not have tutorials other than instructions that I can read from a menu and see it play out so I would understand what it means. Anything beyond that is useless babble.

It's a 7/10. Polished in some aspects, quite jank in others. Completely formulaic and uninspired for the most part but with some flashes of cool stuff here and there.

>>716412472
Sure Dark Souls doesn't have Skills but they have Level = Stat upgrades. Its either that or some other gimmick the devs drop to make the game feel different. In Dark Souls 3 you have weapon arts as well as in Elden Ring which are unlocked by levelling up stats correctly.

>>716412505
I agree. One of those games you beat once and never replay again. Like The Surge.

>trying to remember how to get to Bo Surcerer
>find another location entirely
God fucking damnit I just want to run into a dead end

>>716412505
It's uninspired for sure but it's incredibly functional and the actual decent exploration instantly makes it one of the best Souls likes. I'd rate it higher than something like Lies of P which has garbage level design.

>>716406865
A genuine retard take.
The level design is literally the best of the best, it's incrediby high quality for a first game but literal who studio. You can criticize everything in the game but the level design.

>>716412438
framegen for dlss only works on 4000 cards and above

>>716412779
>God fucking damnit I just want to run into a dead end
me playing elden ring

>>716412837
Stop this meme. Lies Of P has perfectly good level design.

>>716412882
okay i might be retarded then
what have i been activating then on other games? upscaling?

>>716413107
fuck off
LiesofP has 2 real levels in the whole game and 2 on the dlc.
Every other level is a long as corridor.

They made the game more demanding after the patch btw, by about 3-5% (3% main menu, 5% ingame), same settings, I even checked if any UE values had changed after dumping the cvars and it was unchanged aside from some irrelevant things like batch shader processing amount.
Their optimization seems to apply r.Streaming.MipBias=1 if the automatic benchmarker detects your gpu has sub 8gb vram. That's it. It's more like a cheap hack than optimization because all it does is load textures 1 level lower than it should.

>>716413107
It has perfectly linear level design. Which means shit for this genre.

The hitstop in this makes the game way more jank than it should.
Feels like it's just skipping frames.

>>716413330
Just blink at the right time bro

>>716413181
well some games can somehow get the fsr framegen to work on top of dlss but honestly I've tried every version of framegens and it fucking sucks
like fps counter says 120 but it feels like 60

>>716404562 (OP)
why are you magic users so bad at the game? You can become a spell machinegun with One-hand sword if you spec on the left side of the tree until you reach max Spirit (5) because it regen hyper fast after the initial 2 dodges.
I destroyed Commander Bitch so fast spamming the corruption spell that some tardo called me a liar and cheater in yesterday's thread because she is supposed to be magic resistant lmao
Well guess what, she was taking 150 damage + corruption from each red blob while I just had to dodge roll the long attack chains that leave her wide open and spam 6+ spells everytime she catches her breath. You just have to spec into Echo spells reduced by 1 spirit and corruption buildup+. More spirit charges isnt even needed, it's just more comfy.

>>716413386
I can help u out if ur willing to install mods, specifically ue4ss

>>716412608
Now regarding the combat style of "Souls" Like games, usually you will have a chance of hitting a boss 3 times, 1 time between fast attacks and 2 times between medium attacks, charge attacks let you hit them 3 times before you have to dodge their next laundry list of bullshit moves you have to memorize. Gameplay-Wise it rewards/prefers Dodge-I-Frames for physical attacks and blocks vs projectiles unless magical. Every attack will be a commitment to wait out until it plays out same with jumps. This way a Souls-Like if stripped to its essentials can be placed on a 2D Top-Down game field or a 2D Side-Scroller as well. Its a design philosophy behind these games and the way the character progresses that matter in souls like rest of the game is basically up for the developers to decide on.

>>716413386
just use lossless scaling

>>716413559
nah I'd rather get native 90fps instead

why the FUCK are the animations so sluggish
game feels unresponsive as shit

>>716413195
why are you comparing utilization as though that in itself means anything? what were the frame rates, retard?

>>716413107
ah yes, Lies of P with its amazing destroyed city giant corridor full of rubbles to block any exploration, factory level full of empty pipes and random snowy village full of empty houses... I swear the shills for this game didnt even play it, they just want to shit on From.

>>716413832
Locked to same fps, retard.

>>716413975
>Locked
so unlock it faggot
are you unironically playing at 60 fps in 2025

>>716413742
What weapon? The poor performance could be affecting it too. The game is pretty smooth for me. Mind you, getting hit staggers you and you can get raped if you are knocked on the ground. Time your dodges well.

>>716404562 (OP)
>>716404756
People struggle this much with the lil centipede guy?

I thought you guys were gamers

This commander whore is such a dogshit design for a boss fight

>>716414023
Seek help retarded fag. Enjoy your worsened experience since now u know the update made the game more demanding.

>>716410668
1. Performance issues for people with 10 yr old hardware

2. Chinks are apparently also upset over some cultural thing about dynasty Ming fighting dynasty Wingding, but theyre actually supposed to be Cha-ching, or something like that

Who knows.

>>716414129
Well its not very easy when the game is chugging as you play.

>THEY TOOK AWAY MY (UNEARNED) DELUXE EDITION ITEMS
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

>>716414317
Ok fair point

I sometimes forget the peasants struggles

>>716414070
longsword
i'm on a 5800x3d+4090 so performance isn't terrible
i'm using fram gen which isn't ideal for latency but did the same for wukong and had no issues
it's just the way combat feels, coming off of khazan and wukong which were much faster paced and felt like you could dodge/parry out of mistimed attacks whereas here you just feel kinda fucked if an enemy attack is 0.1 microseconds quicker than yours

>>716414249
i'm on a 4090 i literally don't even think about performance

>cross a big bridge in worshipper's rise
>turn around to go under the temple, reached the burning beach
I guess the area after the bridge is late game?
Because story/dialogue guides me toward the beach.k

What is the best weapon and why is it longsword?

>>716414469
For longsword you do get a deflect and a clash but its always safer to attack from the flanks. Depending on the enemy I would probably try to practice on what combo rotation to use. The kick is also pretty useful for an offensive maneuver.

>>716414469
>performance isn't terrible
>i'm using fram gen
Retard.

>>716414707
I just started and I use axe because it stuns enemies

>>716414469
>I'm coming from different game where it was different, so this game not being like that different game is bad and a flaw actually
Every single time.

>>716414543
So it's a 4090D after the update
>don't even think about performance
still on 60Hz? this game struggles maintaining 100 fps on a 5090 at DLSSQ. i now understand why you don't care.

>>716414707
For bosses its because of good reach, very mobile and has almost every defensive option and deals good damage. Its the jack of all trades and just works in most situations.

Why is our mc such a lazy bitch? She spend 3+ fucking seconds getting back up,

>>716414895
Hit your closest bitch irl, see how long it takes for her to get up

>>716414707
Because its the claymore of this game

>>716414895
Mash dodge for quick recovery. Wuchang for some reason does a lot of start up animations really slowly. Her climb animation is really slow.

>>716404562 (OP)
you fags better tell me how to beat her
i can no hit her entire first phase, piss easy, but oncy she stops doing sword attacks i can do nothing against her
you cant block her attack, wont allow you to heal, dodeges every single attack i make making her immune from any demage and kills me in 1 or 2 hits

seems like a joke boss, never seen a souls clone with such a psychotic difficulty wall

surely the north general is worth a lawsuit from fromsoft?

>>716413107
eh, it branches out a bit but nothing really major at the end of the day.

there's exceptions like the swamp and the robot factory, but it's mostly pretty linear

>>716404562 (OP)
>unreal engine chink slop
nah I’ll pass.

>>716415083
stay in midrange to bait her lunge and parry her to oblivion

>>716414794
i didn't say bad nigger
i said it feels unresponsive after playing games that were more responsive which i got used to
>used to drive a porsche
>now driving a pickup
>this doesn't feel as responsive
>somehow this means the pickup is bad
no but it's worse to drive

The input reading in this game is pretty bananas. The fucking General had a more sophisticated AI pattern.
That's three humanoid bosses that go ultra instinct if I even think about R1ing in their direction that just run into dual blades auto-clashes and nearly every single one of them have literally no response to sitting at range and throwing poison balls.

And what the fuck is with that hitstop. One Sword's heavy attack is literally brick tier in every single boss fight. You could sneak up on a mook and heavy attack him and STILL not get the fucking back attack because each hit pauses the entire world for half a second.

How does a game with gameplay this overall okay fuck the AI this badly

>sneed: the thread

>>716413107
Who gives a shit about level design desu

Souls games are about bossfights

If anything I wish these levels would be shorter

>>716415083
deflecting the charge attack in both phases while dodging all her unarmed and combo attacks

>>716415083
Get lucky. Infinite poise and speed boss is the biggest dogshit design

>>716415268
most retarded post on this board right now

>use one handed sword
>mc turns into rgb colored linux tranny

changxibart... folgive me...

>>716415174
>>716415282
thats the thing, everybody keep saying this but she never does sword attacks in second phase, and she becomes immune to counter
i see people be able to counter her in second phase, but when i fight her after a deflect she becomes immune to damage
also what i dont see is the fake out lunge, where she charges with sword and the hits you with a fist breaking you block a dropping you on the ground

is its just dumb luck with what attack set she uses?

>>716415083
She has insane input reading, fights while anticipating that

>>716410668
also deluxe edition shit given to everyone.

>>716415268
I play souls games for level design. I think good graphics is not always good for that, you are constantly overstimulated and there's no room to breathe for your eyes

my god I missed so many areas around shu sanctum
small as fuck path leading to Annalum, and same one in a bamboo groves with a little kid that gives courtyard key

where the FUCK are all the bonfires?
i feel like i gotta clear 3-5 whole ass areas before finding another fucking save point

>>716414780
people are really sleeping on the axe or strong attacks in general
I was crying like a bitch because enemies were unflincheable before and I accidently did a swap attack with the axe and holy shit
then I figured out that a insta-charged r2 of the longsword flinches most of everything and gives some clash(?) or reduce damage

>>716415697
Check points. Nearly all areas loops into the main shrines.

>>716415209
You were heavily implying that the game being "sluggish as fuck" and unresponsive was not a good thing. And it isn't even unresponsive to begin with, you're just a moron complaining when entirely different things don't work the same way. Using your analogy you'd be driving the pickup and screaming "why the fuck doesn't this F150 turn corners as well as my Porsche? It's so sluggish and unresponsive!"

ok gotta, ask, why the fuck does the game stun lock me if i use heal with no flasks?
what the fuck is the point, making sure you die if you dont count how many you have in your head?

>>716415930

>>716415513
You can try using the panda spear and 100% focus on dodging to get your magic up and find the opportunity to use your upper discipline strike. If you land it right, you'll be able to chain into a quick R2 for a free backstab.

>>716415979
Almost every souls game has the player play a dumb founded animation if you try to heal without any estus left.

Do wide arcing attacks count into the backstab stagger threshold or does the enemy need to be physically looking away from the player?

which recent and similar type of game has a better level design than Wuchang ?

>>716416226
i cant wait to call everyone who replies to you with an example a massive fucking retard

>>716416226
There isn't one

>>716414129
I thought he was the easiest boss so far, /v/ always shits and pisses it's pants when a new soulslike came out. Remember Elden Ring came out and retards were calling margit impossible?

I also think a lot of people aren't looking at their armor and equipping appropriate gear with the resistances they need for the area they are in.

>>716415083
>>716415174
>>716415282
>>716415359
>>716415563
>>716416103
ok, fuck it i give up
i used magic and cheesed her and killed her first try
after 20 tries i had enough
what a shitty fucking boss, i fucking hate cheese, what the point? why even give her some many unblockable attacks?

>>716416104
yeah, and from games have some of the worst animations in gaming history
bossed clipping through walls, cellings, each other, nonsensican stops of attack on walls and all the retarded shit, no excuse

>>716416226
The closest I enjoyed was AI limit but Wuchang's chapter 1 alone is pretty beefy. I just wished there was more enemy variety.

>>716416551
Is that AI Limit game actually worth it?

>>716416379
That was before Vig stacking became the default setting.
Now the game is piss easy because vitality is the unparalleled best stat for shitters.

@nexusmods @fbi @collectiveshout

Is anon having fun with game

>>716415930
yeah but feels like there's a lot of back tracking and i don't want to have to keep killing the same niggas just to get a couple more heals
especially when you've been clearing a bunch of shit and after 20 minutes come to a miniboss/elite and have no heals and would need to backtrack a fuckton to save then kill everyone else again to get back to where you were
MORE BONFIRES

>>716416820
Yeah. It's a lot better than I expected. Genuinely think this could be one of the best soulslikes we've gotten.

>>716416820
the boss run backs are complete ass
Other then that. It's pretty alright

this chick is filtering me

>>716416831
Eat those bunny asses. They give you a ton of them but only allow you to carry 5 at a time. Eat them whenever possible so the next time you pick up another one it doesnt get sent to storage

>game tells me dude is in LOCATION
>fucking impossible to find
What useless ass shit

>>716416927
I just wish the elevators weren't drenched in molasses and had you manually pull a lever to get them moving.

>>716416710
If you like the Blame!! aesthetics I'd say it's worth a try.

>>716406443
its easy to run to the third area instead of the snow area if you explore too much.
specifically here
if you break those wagons on the right and go down it leads to the third area instead of going up

i was about to check this today because i missed some shit exploring but turns out it can brick questslines if you go to the third area on accident

>>716416710
I will admit I'm biased towards AI limit because the npcs, sidequests, and lore bits are actually good (for once), but the game is admittedly fairly easy and too short.
I also like Arissa a lot more than Wuchang from the time I've spent in this game. She's not as sexy, but her autistic potato personality is endearing.

>>716416710
Yeah, everything about that game is at least 8/10. Biggest downside is that the game is not difficult in the slightest, and I mean that for even average gamers an don't just 1337 pro gamers. Only probably 3-4 bosses will actually be notably hard. I had to tank my defense stats, play a minmax build with meme weapons and refuse to use the parry just to get a decent challenge in NG+.

>>716416937
>Eat those bunny asses
yeah i've started to notice that
only been playing like 2 hrs so getting used to the style of play compared to the more fast paced and aggressive character/action rpgs i played most recently

>>716417303
Wew. So I just have to be careful about breaking through some wagons then?
This game is making me nervous because there doesnt seem to be a push to where you should go after you deal with shu sanctum area.

>>716411451
so I went there as well and use the statue to purge myself of madness then interacted with it again and this is the message
i'm not sure if there's another hidden secret here

>>716416964
still better than recent from games, you did something in wrong order? fuck you

>step in water puddle
>become kill
nice, vice city shit all over again

>>716417693
this is the only time that it can brick your shit so far
the guides haven't gotten farther than me thankfully
im at the snow outskirts boss. funny they patched this area because the mines were bullshit.

but man the exploring can get fuckin TEDIOUS as fuck.
imagine dark souls 1 exploration except the levels dont make fuckin sense. unlockin a shortcut is surprising and less of a eureka moment because to get a shortcut you practically ran the opposite direction of the one sided door. nonsensical dark souls 2 rubble blocks your path tier shit.

the only other "bricking" is the fuckin door questions that can lead you to missing out on shit for the whole playthrough like benedicts and slut costumes

>>716417747
Still happens here. If you kill boss, quest fail. If you go too far without knowing you have to complete, fail. I've killed this early game NPC already. I've failed atleast 3 already just because I progressed too far not knowing some arbitrary route led to quest failures

>just found out that if you have high madness npcs dont talk to you or appear hostile
i probably missed all the cool quests....

>>716417693
you go under the staircase of shu sanctum to progress. it doesn't get crazy with branching for awhile after that until the snow shit.

but on the way to the snow shit right before it theres this area i posted and it will brick your shit so be warned.

>>716417715
>>716411451
went back to check the statue in the shu temple and it says the exact same thing
might be nothing

>>716416934
I just beat Commander Honglan by spamming Burning Flames.
Alacrity is ridiculously OP. It might be because of the Benediction that increases its i-frames but I honestly think it's way too much,

>>716418047
Is the place under Shu the only new area to explore available at that point?

>>716418251
I don't like reading so I don't know what you're talking about.

>>716418047
>>716417952
I still have nearby river near worship's rise and a mountain path leading up near the tree branch short cut in shu sanctum. Are those dead ends?

Can't for the life of me find the quest NPCs in cloudspire outskirts and snowy passage
After doing the wedding dress quest near the palace there's supposed to be some npc at cloudspire according to the teleport but good luck finding him

>>716418251
She's free to magic in general.
All the human bosses are

I sat at mid range throwing soulwood at her and she just held it.

>>716418445
Much like how some of your Skills and Disciplines have the ability to Clash, some spells have Alacrity.
What it does is if attacks hit during the cast you automatically dodge the attack.

>>716418318
>>716418521

if you explore like everything before going undernearth it. theres a lot to keep track off but theres a bout like 3-4 branching paths around shu that have dead ends. based off memory. its hard to really say because i dont know what you have explored yet.

>>716418523
is it the old man? because im missing this one and was gonna go back to do this before i fight the polearm boss.

i somehow missed this fuckin ladder right around the corner of the mimic vase cunt.

is one-handed just shit for melee? all its attacks lock me in place for way too long, forcing me to eat hits and steamed bunnies like no tomorrow

>>716418734
For me I just don't want to be in this place right now but I still want to play the game, so I was curious if there's optional side areas or something that I missed. It reminds me way too much of the badly designed areas of souls like Blight Town or Izalith.

>>716418924
The Deluxe edition sword is very good
The first one you get with the auto dodge is also alright since the teleport let's you skip the longer part of some spells animations.

This or Lies of P?

>>716418924
Yeah, swords are for magic users

>>716419065
Depends on which setting you like.

>set supersampling resolution to 100%
>still get clearly upscaled image
Am I missing something here? I just want honest native 1080p, surely that's not too much to ask.

>>716419049
don't they all share the same light/heavy attack string? I am using the deluxe sword and still have these issues

>>716418924
You should only be doing dash attacks with one-handed sword.
It's dash attack staggers weaklings and loops into it self. It's also considered a combo ender so you can use that passive that heals you on every combo ender somewhere on the left side of the skill tree.

>Fallen Feathers

>>716419065
This has better combat, Lies of P has better atmosphere

For me its tight leather pants

>>716418924
You gotta do gimmicky stuff like immediately transitioning from the spell dodges into a charged heavy sort of thing.

>>716419030
nah its easy to come back. its definitely tedious compared to what we have been conditioned with over the years with souls clones.

just have to remember so many areas you might have just forgot to explore and then go down them
on the way to the Hag theres an area with a painting and a demon tutorial
theres the cliff past the fallen tree shortcut with the red eye enemy, an emote puzzle and a divine statue to cure madness

theres the path leading back to reverent temple hub and that path has a couple dead ends(one leads to hag/fallen tree)

other than that you're good.

>>716419220
Fuck off chang

Only 2 spells in but they've been fun so far.

>>716418734
nah that old man is gone from my game because I went to the mountain area before the snow area

>>716419065
Lies of p is the better game.

There was this shaman with a similar name to dong zhuo on the couryard, he rushed at me and then run away. was i suppsoed to kill him?

Post set

>>716419065
I got bored of Lies of P pretty fast and this one seems a bit better. Kinda bland though.

>>716419398
Game suffers from the classic first spell is the best spell. best combination of efficiency and range.

>>716419398
See this? It means you need 3 more charges to cast the slam follow up. Just so you know, because I didn't for a long time.
If you want 5 charges to unlock the big dick move then beeline on the left side of the talent tree and there's skycall 3

SEX WITH THE WUCHANG GIRL

>>716419563
There's also the perk that makes the echos cost less.

>>716419526
Red spear one is just better imo

>>716419171
deluxe edition sword is good because it's ability has deflect all the way through

>>716419563
Thanks Anon didn't notice. Already had 5 charges cuz I've wanted to go Short Blade spellblade.

>>716418047
How do i know this is not an elaborated ruse to make me go into blighttown

>>716419640
>costs 3x as much
>does the same damage
uh huh

>>716419752
It scales with feathering not magic retardbro

Hey I'm scared to get this game because reviews say it runs like shit, is that true?

>>716419813
And it's way easier to get magic damage than feathering damage.

>>716419746
The weather is nice this time of year. We've got poison and uber poison for all members of the family.

>>716419923
The patch released earlier surprisingly improved performance a ton.

>>716419923
What's your specs and what resolution and framerate do you want it to run at

>>716419813
yes, and at 20 magic and 20 feathering, they do the same fucking damage

>>716419923
Some people claim it does, but I have a 4070 and it runs fine even on Extreme. However I could just be lucky I suppose, or they're complaining about not getting a very high fps like 120 or something which I don't care about.

>>716420038
5800x
7900xtx
4K 144hz monitor
I wouldn't mind running at a stable 60

>>716419746
snow area is like blightown.
except it doesn't impede your movement unless you count mines and a ton of cannons/archers making you walk carefully

>>716419923
it has the usual UE5 stutter problem. As for performance, 3060ti and i get 60 fps at medium

>>716419132
I think it looks alright, when it's upscaled I have a shimering aura around my character

>>716416710
Despite its indie budget it's the most kino soulslike.

>>716420160
Lol

>>716420160
pfff you'll be fine
try the pirated version if you're not sure

so... do you guys think wuchang is a virgin?

>>716420113
Alright you got me, I haven't played this slop, I just watched a video or two.

>>716419132
try putting in r.screenpercentage 100 in a .ini and see if it works
otherwise download the console unlocker mod from nexus

>>716420309
Holy shit, I missed this entirely.

>>716420374
fuck off retard

is it fun? Or is it soulshit with UE5shit added on top? I've seen some pretty UE5 games, but most just use garbage assets that make the game look like ti's randomly thrown in together in 5 minutes.

>>716420374
Well she wont be long enough

>>716420374
>female pirate
>virgin
lol, lmao even

>>716419923
Everyone who says the game runs fine is using DLSS, framegen or both.
Yes the game runs like shit if you don't turn it into a blurry mess.

>floating pathways
This game has it all

>>716420309
>Look it up
>More chinkslop
Nah, fuck off chang.

>>716420501
its got the exploration down to be honest. good or bad its there
though it feels like ds2 style exploration. nonsensical level design with shortcuts that make no fuckin sense compared to dark souls 1

>>716420436
It's actually kind of easy to miss things in that area in general. In my first run I completely missed the hidden route leading to Millaire and the train station and I had to look it up later.

>>716420612
I mean what other soulslikes are out there? Surely you are not saying the Surge?

>>716419132
The 'performance patch' fixed the performance by forcing resolution render to 80% max, yes i'm serious they disabled DLAA.

>>716420732
Don't care, stop shilling more chink shit

>>716420612
It's a soulslike that feels like DS1 and bloodborne, has blighttown like levels that filter normies. But most importantly it's the only soulslike where I gave a shit about the NPCs and their quests.

>>716420803
>it's the only soulslike where I gave a shit about the NPCs
Let me guess, it's because they're chinkslop gachashit looking tranime characters?

>>716420561
DLSS 4 antialiasing is way better than TSR what are you smokeing, if anything not turning DLSS makes it way more blurry

>>716420919
It is the sad truth that goyvideo temporal algorithim is just way better than the competition.

>>716417691
Buy the black raven healing pills from the shrine store, buying increases madness

>>716420884
Because they actually talk like normal people. Every npc in soulslikes talk in fucking riddles.

>>716420884
No it's because their stories are legitimately compelling. But yes being aryanime helps.

>>716420919
DLAA is not DLSS anon, also after the patch this game has no DLAA.

>>716420561
You can't even turn DLSS off entirely, can you? I've tried maxing and lowering DLSS and TSR to see the differences, but it doesn't affect my performance no matter what I change. I don't have Framegen on for reference, and every other setting is maxed out. Is there a config file I'm supposed to edit to get the actual max settings?

>>716421163
DLSS still use DLAA while super sampling same goes with DLDSR and any solution that is run on the tensor cores rather than only on the cuda cores, you can straight up tell because in motion TSR sharpens the pixels when you move the camera.

Do you perhaps have an AMD gpu and have never used dlss 4?

Why would I not use this shop? Madness is good.

>>Nowicki, in perfect bond with Hyperintelligent AI, robowife, ai wife

I think I'll go for an Ice build, it's not something you can do often in games.

>>716420421
>ry putting in r.screenpercentage 100 in a .ini and see if it works
Nope.
>the console unlocker mod from nexus
What do I do with the console? Is there some command to disable the upscaling?

What did the devs mean by this?
forgive me if this looks terrible, I never make webms

>>716421317
4070, i have never used DLSS because i have functioning eyes, it looks like shit.
DLAA is amazing though, and replaced any and all other forms of anti aliasing.
Did i mention that the developers completely disabled DLAA in the performance patch and even if you set rendering scale to 100% it defaults to DLSS Quality instead? Fixing performance by forcing the dogshit that is DLSS on people is a really great idea.

>>716421845
@grok is this real?

Honglang is a very unfun boss. Would nit want to fight again.

>>716421374
Is it really? I only have garbage Madness buffs because I neglected the upper tree beside the healing branch since I'm basically going all in into Longsword.

What's the best reshade y'all

>>716421845
Is this twerking?

>>716422002
>looks like shit
is still using a better anti-aliasing and it looks less blurry than TSR you ignorant retard, DLSS4 specially at higher resolution if it looks like shit then get a better monitor

I saw the white robed old dude at the burnt forest place, but I couldn't get to him from where I was so I just kept going. I beat the boss in the area, warped back to the first shrine there and found the spot where the old guy was but he was gone. Have I just fucked that quest now?

my thoughts on the game?

>>716422159
It gives more damage no matter what no? Sure you take more too but you're not a shitter aren't you? And the demon it spawns drops good shit if you do die.

>>716420884
What a fucking obvious self report this post is. Freak.

>>716422251
>Have I just fucked that quest now?
no

>>716422298
What does the demon even drop? I only got that madness curing stuff, nothing else

>>716422264
Runs like shit and doesn't have parries so you've put it into the shitlist

>>716422250
Who gives a shit about TSR, who even mentioned TSR in this conversation besides yourself?
DLSS looks like shit, TSR also looks like shit, you are literally fanboying over which shit tastes better you pajeet.

>>716422002
>Did i mention that the developers completely disabled DLAA in the performance patch and even if you set rendering scale to 100% it defaults to DLSS Quality instead?
That's only for specific GPUs though. Do you have any proof that isn't the case?

>>716422518
>doesn't have parries
It does, otherwise a certain boss will ne a nightmare for 95% of people to kill. They even tell you about parry and clashing before you drop into the arena.

>>716406865
You dont enjoy vidya, fuck off from my hobby

is bazaar before or after the palace?

>>716422562
You are a stupid cunt that has a terrible monitor, listen you gorillanigger when DLSS4 supersamples is not making the image more blurry compared to native if anything it improves the quality because you are working with a higher resolution. there is virtually zero reason to run DLAA at 1440p over quality at 4k

>66% of 2160 is 2160

>>716422518
Retard

t3st

t3st

>>716422731
>DLSS
>supersampling

>>716423086
Fuck off I'll rape your entire family ff16 faggot

>Wuchang clone is unleashed due to NO HUMANITY FULL MADNESS
>Die
>Game crashes
>It happens 3 times cause I suck
Wow, repeatable crash.

>>716422964
test it you gorillanigger, you have a 4070 no? go to nvidia app enable DLDSR and super resolution and try running the same game at 4K resolution with DLSS quality and compare it to DLAA at 1440p native. Imagine being too stupid to use DLSS

>>716404562 (OP)
Is it worth $50?

>>716423346
The game actually costs $3000 because that's how much you need to run it at locked 60 FPS.

>>716421845
first twerking guy I saw was in the mines

>>716423346
Its on gamepass and if you are a first timer you can get 1 month or 2 weeks for 1$

>>716423346
Pirate it and find out, buy it afterwards if you like it. It's not rocket science.

>>716423346
Only if you like Demon's Souls and Dark Souls 2.

>>716423404
I've got a 9070xt so I'm probably fine
>>716423443
Linux so I can't do that I'm pretty sure. Also I'd spend a thousand dollars before I give Microsoft a dollar.

>>716406865
It's great. I loved getting lost in this kind of game and suddenly popping in an earlier area. Sorry you're a retard who wants straight lines

>>716423620
Should be good for 1080p

>>716422824
God damn that footwear makes me wanna buy the game after all. Insta-boner any time a game lets me put something like this on a woman

>>716408005
>>716407516
qrd on the game setting? i no literally nothing about china history and I want to understand what's happening

>>716423620
I have a 9070xt and 9800x3d and i'm reaching 80-100 fps on max settings 1440p)

Ahh, I want to go home...

Still hesitating because of the awful ratings and the performance issues. Then again, Wo Long and Rise of the Ronin had the exact same situation and they were some of the most fun games I've played in recent years

Ryonachads what's the verdict?
Does the game have a lot of grapples?
I've already seen the birdwoman one but is there more?

>>716423934
>Wo Long and Rise of the Ronin
>some of the most fun games I've played in recent years
your standards don't seem very high so I guess you'll like wuchang. It's more like dark souls 1 tho, there are traps and status buildup everywhere and your attacks lock you in animation forever

>>716415083
Clashing helped me, get double swords

>>716423934
A lot of negative reviews are due to chinkcels seething at the game for not letting you kill manchus

Where does the gang you join near the snow palace end up after you're done with the area?

Reminder that any unarmed attack does more damage than any blade the eneny/boss has

How long is this game? I’m like 10 hour in and the fast travel screen only shows one region

>game is nothing but doom and gloom setting once you unlock the mines underneath shu temple
I was looking forward to chink fantasy, not yet another turbo edgy setting filled to the brim with amorphous sinewy demons ffs

>big boss
>lock on
>call npc
>press spell button
>dodge from time to time while moving left or right
ahhh, comfy soulsclones

>>716424493
5 regions so you're in 1 out of 5

So what's the noob build? Is everything viable or is there a meta ?

>>716424786
You can respecc on the fly with no cost so experiment.

Man fuck this centipede boss. Why does it have so much HP? I do not have the healing to outlast this cunt.

>>716424081
How's it compare to The Surge?

>>716424889
be aggressive
be be aggresive

>>716419923
Im running it on a 4 year old lenovo laptop at 1080p mid settings at 60fps

>>716424889
Check the map. Have it bump into those electric rock thingies.

>>716424889
Theres only like 3 skills you have to memorize (his spinning, his burrowing and his blight aura), also try not to waste the arena stones to early

cant believe there are people unironically complaining about "gooner" outfits in this game
i hate these people so much

>>716424913
>How's it compare to The Surge?
0/10
doesn't feel like a prison with no hope for escape

>>716420561
I don't mind framegen desu

This is bullshit.
I lost all my dlc armor.
I want my sexy outfit where I can see her baby box back RIGHT NOW.

>>716425210
just pirate then

>>716424081
>your standards don't seem very high
Personally I'm grateful I can look past a lot in order to enjoy a wider selection of games. Too many of my friends just get bored immediately with every game and go back to playing just gacha
>It's more like dark souls 1 tho
Sounds good honestly

>>716424889
He’s easy, just lure him to the rocks once he’s stunned, heavy attack him

>>716425137
ignore them
they're either faggots or trannies

>>716425258
>Too many of my friends just get bored immediately with every game and go back to playing just gacha
well in their case they don't have high standards, they just have fried brains and want instant gratification all the time

Does CreamAPI work with this?

>>716425137
I sobt get the complaints anyway.

You dont have to use them, and eben if you want to but are uncomfortable you can just transmog them.

>>716425615
Yes. I got it after they removed the deluxe rewards for non deluxe users.
It was so empty without the coomer outfits.

>>716424947
>>716424986
>>716425060
>>716425359
I beat him. Turns out the strat was just to not get hit
>go up and see the pin wheel guy and continue on past him
>"oh look it's a shrine, nice that boss used up all my heals and I'm one hit from death
>it's a fucking mimic
My sides went into the stratosphere. I fucking love this game.

>>716425917
kek the exact same shit happened to me

>Think the game's bugging out
>There's actually a path there

>>716423346
Alright guys consider me filtered. One of the bosses is too hard and it's made the game unfun, I don't see any point playing further.

>>716423934
ronin ran way worse than this does

>>716426331
Which boss?

>>716426331
I was hoping they would nerf her with this patch. I figured out how to do the fight, I just have very little interest in learning how to execute. Shame because I was really enjoying the game til then.

>>716425708
>after they removed the deluxe rewards for non deluxe users.
i checked and i still have them

>>716426447
the sword puncher in the drained pool
absolute not-fun

>>716420572
Yeah if there is one thing that I really enjoy in this game, it's the exploration.

The soundtrack is very sex.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGoigZeJsfM

>>716426068
Can you just cross that bridge? I didn't want to try because the shrines are far from there.

>>716427076
Yea, its an invisible path, just line yourself with the glowing thing on it.

>>716426068
based enemy showing u that u can cross it

>>716427125
Is this modded?

>>716426552
With the update, I guess? That's so random but I guess I'm just in the unlucky batch. They even took away the preorder outfits too (I bought a key, but pretty sure for all keys I got, I always had the preorder stuff).
Nothing creamapi couldn't fix.

>>716427125
tasteful booba

>>716427480
No, outfit from after turning in a boss item. The game has alot of just raw boob armor

>>716427746
Where do you turn in boss items?

>>716423404
my 5090 runs it around 120fps 4k

>>716426595
I held off on this game because I saw a bunch of reviews talking about ludicrous difficulty spikes and I think I’m glad I did. I understand and appreciate the git good mentality but quite frankly I would rather a game be piss easy and unfailable if the developers aren’t talented enough to do the combat justice.

>>716427986
90% of the game is luck. The combat is hit and miss if you take damage. it's weird. Good game though. I'm doing the frustrated so turning it off and then 20 mins later having a another go thing

>>716427986
The game is extremely easy and exploitable.

>>716427986
the challenge is the fun for me
>talented enough to do the combat justice
bro that's exactly what most people seems to fail. The game explicitly gives you a popup about clash/parrying just before the boss, a mechanic that is easy to do (man the frames to parry are HUGE) while also stopping the boss' combo, giving you time to punish.
It's not that hard, learn her moves, how to handle them, and you'll eventually beat her.

She's way more doable than any of the SOTE bosses by a huge margin.

>>716428164
>90% of the game is luck
I suppose that's what you've told yourself.

>>716427986
That's retarded. The "git gud" mentality isn't even about difficulty in the first place, it is about learning the mechanics and not blaming the game for your own failings. Both of these aspects is what the overwhelming majority of people fail, it has nothing to do with a game being difficult. It's even more retarded if you didn't even end up trying the game yourself and this comes solely from other people talking about a difficulty jump that you have no context for.

>>716427986
I genuinely think this is the easiest soulslike I've played. I would recommend you try it if the game does interest you cause it is not that difficult. Lies of P is more difficult.

>>716423769
a cursed plague takes over the land which turns peoples into cannibalistic monsters

>>716404562 (OP)
what's with the boat hermit at the beginning who brought me into a boss fight? I died and when I went back he's gone

>>716405284
>bone whistle
>only works on one boss
>completely useless for the rest of the game
lmfao

>>716427962
*With DLSS
*With Frame Gen

For me the enemies are trannies because it's more satisfying to chop their heads off that way haha

>>716406865
it actually amazing you fucking retard

>>716428625
That's not true, you messed up quests.

Bought the game at launch to support the devs but i think i will wait for the patches.

>>716428767
peak cuck mentality

>>716428672
+1 just gotta use common sense.
for example the game tells you that Shu Sanctum is important which means it's a main story area, so everything around it is side content

>>716407516
>A strict hierarchy of sacrifice was enforced: women and children were killed first, followed by old men, while fighting-age men were spared as long as possible
grim

>>716416934
This is the first notable wall in the game and the fact that you don't get a single thing from beating her is insane

>enemies and bosses can also dodge your attacks
bitch in the red dress in the drained lake is so goddamn frustrating. Even when I perfectly dodge her long combos she just immediately dodges my own attacks.

>>716428676
what "quests", I've made sure to give every NPC whatever item they want as soon as I get it.

>>716428518
lies of p is janky as fuck no thanks

>>716427986
if you engage with every tool available and respec often, it won't be as difficult as some of these journos/creators made it for themselves
people are struggling against the woman in the pool who checks to see if you can deflect, but I've seen her just poised through by someone using the axe as if she was nothing

>>716428313
I think you misunderstand, a smooth difficulty curve is part of doing the combat justice. Developers that aren’t talented enough to implement mechanics in an elegant and smooth way shouldn’t be trying to create challenge because they suck at it.
Again I’ve never played the game so I don’t know exactly what clash is, but a proper implementation would be something like introduce clash on boss number one, and that boss can be beaten completely ignoring the mechanic but using it makes the fight easy. Boss number two, you should be able to beat the boss without using clash but it should take a few tries, boss three you should need to get at least one clash off to get a win, boss four five or six is when you can start asking the player to have a solid and repeatable grasp of the mechanic and after that is when you can start introducing new mechanics. People want to speedrun to the stupid difficulties and that’s exactly what gave us SOTE.
Introducing a new mechanic and expecting a player to master it immediately, which creates a massive difficulty spike, is terrible design.
Also this>>716428164 turns me off more than anything else. The initial appeal of souls games was that they were predictable and fair, if you can’t know exactly how much damage you’re going to take every single time a mob is swinging at you then your game sucks.
It’s a shame because it sounds like the exploration is really good, and I would love that but I’m not going to deal with combat jank if I can’t steamroll every boss.

>>716428921
just parry her anon, it breaks her combo
though, you can't parry fists, only real weapons

>lashing whip
This is my weapon. I will never use a different weapon than this because this one is mine.

>>716429242
>parry her
yeah, I do that, and then she snaps back into a new combo while I'm still stuck in the stab animation from the parry and we just trade.

>>716429193
Always funny to see a retard so opinionated on a game he's clearly never played while being completely wrong about it.

>>716429193
>Again I’ve never played the game
There we go, people chatting, never having played the game, then they complain. I didn't read past that.
You don't know a single thing about the difficulty, you didn't play the game.
>Developers that aren’t talented enough
Gtfo anon, lmao. Go play something.

You guys are playing with Chinese dub right? The way it's meant to be played. You aren't some normie shitter that played Sekiro in English are you? Or god forbid Yakuza games with English

If you try to use finesse you die
If you pick the axe and just go fucking gorilla retard you just win

>>716427787
It says on the fast travel when you have people to speak to/turn shit in

>>716428638
I saw a post a few hours ago about some guy complaining about Nvidia secretly disabling reflex unless you enable DLSS because he said the game felt less laggy at 4K120 with fake frames than it did at 4K60, and he said he had a 5070. They have a billion squinty monkeys with typewriters over there, one should eventually churn out an optimized game if only by accident.

>entire refugee area with the marsh and the temple is like a dozen pathways and looping shit
>my shit memory made it take forever cause I was forgetting pathways
>beat that area
>next area I immediately have 3 different routes
AHHHHH

Turning off motion blur and depth of field made the fuck ugly blur around the player character slightly better but it's still distracting. Any known fix?

>dying while fully mad spawns an evil version of yourself that you need to kill to get back your shit
>it's hostile to enemies too
>oh neat, maybe I can use that against bosses
>lolno, it doesn't spawn in boss arenas
every single fucking mechanic in this game is half-assed jesus fucking christ

>>716429193
All this criticism levied at a game you admittedly know nothing about, and you're using that lack of knowledge to justify not having tried it by arguing for and against things that you have no idea if they apply or not to Wuchang. You might be retarded, anon.

>>716429367
>>716429364
Read the reply chain you fucking dipshits.

Why are the little bamboo shoot shits so fucking fast? By the time you realize they're there it's already too late and the statues are so fucking few and far between i'm not fucking resting and coming back.

>>716429339
Yeah, you can punish a bit, but sometimes she just straight up smash the ground so you take a hit.

>>716429714
There is no context that makes what you said not retarded.

>>716429714
No one cares about reading your useless reply chain.
And even so, you know this game isn't worth your time and you're STILL here. Bro...

>commander honglan
>bullshit wuxia flippidy flips, slippin n sliding around, can even dodge your counters
>get her to half health
>she can now shoot sword beams and does a milenia waterfowl attack
wow this is painfully unfun

This is the blandest soulslike I have ever played (so far)

Holy soul...
I'm so fucking bad at this game, holy shit.

>>716429472
Ah I thought the icon of the characters just meant which NPCs are at each location. That makes sense. Thanks anon.

>no quick get up button/skill in the tree even
>can get spin to win to death or footstomped as im tryin to get up
yeesh

yeah whatever

>>716429193
its funny seeing the clash tutorial pop up right before droppin into commanders pool arena
ive been using a magic build to clear levels because it was the most comfy and safest way to progress because shortcuts and shrines are pretty far apart from eachother

then here comes sekiro boss. heaven forbid i didn't figure out the proper cheese tactic with magic against her

>>716430758
You can even see his helmet. Absolute skill issue.

>>716430758
lmao

>>716430758
this entire game is bullshit like that
>(chinese accent) oh! you didn't know this enemy programmed to lunge at you the very second you're in range was hiding behind that corner?
>now you die!
dark souls taught developers all of the wrong lessons. the """"novelty""""of learning where all of the bullshit designed to one shot you is the lowest form of design. IWBTG levels of retarded and unfun. But there are enough masochists in the world who pride themselves on suffering through bullshit, so here we are.

Honglan is literally impossible

>>716428518
I just played lies of piss + dlc, ai limited budget, first bi-zerker khazan and chuds of the fallen back to back to back to back and wuchang is easily harder than all of them

>starting spell does most damage per skyborn might spent
it's elden ring all over again

>Cloudspire Outskirts
>landmines everywhere
>niggers throwing nuclear bombs at you with guiding lasers
>trigger mine because i got yeeted into a it
>get up and backflip into another mine
>recover and a fucking dog triggers another mine killing me
This is some loony tunes shit

>>716429242
bro you can parry her but she can dodge the second hit in the follow up is what hes gettin at
i know exactly what he means and its frustrating.

sometimes she dodges it, sometimes you whiff right through her.
heres how every encounter went starting her
>jump in pool
>skip cutscene, again
>wait for her to stab lunge
>parry
>follow with 2 r1s
>first one hit
>second one whiffs for no reason
>she goes into a foot stomp
>dodge
now you can fight her again.

>>716430758
Kek this was literally me a second ago

>>716431136
hope you're ready for rebel camp!

>>716431030
DeS has shit like that too. Its the "die to environmental shit once, then never again" aspect.

>>716429294
yup i got some like fire longsword and the lash is just way too good with its natural range over the others.

the L1 on the flame one has such short range and doesn't really do much ot make up for it. and the lash has quality scaling so you can be more versatile in your back up

Steam Chain into quick R2 is so damn good against humanoids

>>716430758
i am about to be done with this area. its fucking AIDS
>mazelike level design
>plaster snow everywhere
>put mines into the snow
>everything is the same rubble with snow everywhree
>cannon fire
>respawning enemies
>shortcuts make no fuckin sense
god what a dogshit area lmao but i love the way its dogshit

yummy!

I fought the fire monk, the corruption monk on top of the sanctuary and the crazy naked woman with a weird bird coming out of her neck boss and then I've fought the centipede. Is there any other bosses to find in area around the Shu Sanctuary or should I continue further past the centipede?

>>716431607
No but make sure you find every unnamed memory. By the end of the centipede you should have 4 healing bottles.

>>716429624
Yeah, all you have to do is figure out how to make a time machine, go back in time and fucking shoot Tim Sweeny in the head with an anti-aircraft gun before he makes UE5.

>>716431743
Yeah I've got 4 vases. They're also at +2 is that the max you can get so far?

I think Longsword is overrated, the parry isn't worth it when more than half the bosses/enemies don't use weapons. Some of them even take multiple parries in a row just to get the 1 enhanced R1. Dual Blades feel alot stronger

>>716420803
this except not ursula

>game breaks when you defeat zanzibart the forgotten before talking to the joyful flower smeller

The game runs like shit and my pc fans sound like jet aeroplane. No thanks..I'll stick to Mario Kart World.

>>716431607
>the crazy naked woman with a weird bird coming out of her neck boss
Are you talking about the tang(?) palace maid boss near the start, or is there a different boss around the Shu Sanctum before you beat the centipede?

>>716431095
it's also literally glinstone pebble lmao

>>716432114
I don't like dual blades cause the base moveset feels like shit.

>>716432467
You find her by going across the shortcut you open up that connects to the 2nd floor of the sanctum and taking a left. She's at the top of there. Called something like Gluttonous Monstrosity. So no not the palace maid. I honestly forget that boss even existed to be honest.

Shu Sanctum level design is god-tier. Might even mog fromsoft. You only get 4 estus and bonfires/shortcuts are rare. I played more than one hour without a bonfire, tension was awesome.

The game's just dogshit
You can be stabbing enemies in the throat and they don't get staggered
Some random mobs can have boss tier HP and speed for no fucking reason
Everything's designed to waste your fucking time
Your moves miss enemies read your inputs checkpoints are spaced out farther than your mom's ass
inb4 >filtered
No the game's just AIDS Wukong was NOT this frustrating

The fast travel says there's an NPC with something to do at the Reverent Temple where you start but I have no idea who the NPC is or where they are. It's the child with hair covering their eyes.

>>716433165
Filtered Wukong was way harder and also even less fair than this game is. You just genuinely suck.

>>716433267
Wukong didn't feel fucking unfair

axe is pretty fun, not gonna lie. and unlocking that switch weapon attack healing you makes you steamroll shit

I am convinced without a shadow of a doubt that this game input reads when you heal or perform heavy attacks.

>>716433267
The game just sucks anon, don't let the goonbait trick you

>>716432658
I somehow missed that entire hill leading up to that kino top area where you can see the rest of the level, but not the area literally just before it. I'm retarded it seems. Thanks, anon.

>>716433682
wouldn't be surprised when they add in shit like clashing
kinda bullshit when the inner demon npc fights have hyper armor on their one handed sword moves but i get staggered out of mine all the fuckin time

>>716407516
>mfw the QT MC can't vore civilians for heath

>>716433184
The kid is kind of above the temple, you go forward a bit to where the boatman was and to the right of that doorway as you exit is a way to walk upwards.

>>716433135
meanwhile stellar blade: 94 bonfires in smaller levels

>>716416749
40-60 vigor is easily attainable it's not a shitter strat, especially when just playing through the game and dlc gets you to like level 180+. You have enough to cap a damage stat at 99, get 60 vig and dump surplus stats into stamina/carry weight/mana/whatever

>>716433753
Unlike you I have actually played the game.

>>716433682
It dies hiwever I dont think its as egegious as in Elden Ring.

Like theres a % that the NPC will respond to input reading. Honglang for example can either teleport from the other side of the arena when you try to chug or not.when she dies it its 200% obvious your input was read.

>>716433165
>Your moves miss
Damn, I can't believe the Devs actually coded it into the game that your attacks sometimes change direction by themselves...

>>716434345
There's a lunge that just actually kept hitting to the left of the boss I was targeting. Every single time.

Oh yeah I forgot
There is no pause
FUCK YOU

open yes/no? i still havent used the sanctum key. dont wanna brick sidequests or whatever

>>716434395
What was it called?

>>716434028
Found him. Thanks anon

>>716434578
Where do I get the boob armor with the godlike cleavage? Is there a transmog system?

Ming Armor is pretty sick

>15k souls
>only gets me from 22 to 25
sad news

>>716434624
I don't remember. It was on the longsword I think.

>>716433910
No problem. I only found her cause I went back to make sure I didn't miss anything and had no idea how I never went left from the shortcut.

I think it's kinda retarded that parry and clash are not part of any default kit and requires (relatively) heavy investment into a weapon and even then for example the longsword sword counter is fucking shit unless you also get the upgrades for it so you basically have to spend 3 points for a functional parry instead of only 1. Clash also seems insanely RNG, how the fuck are you gonna time the third hit in your combo to be in time with when the enemy attacks short of simply being fucking lucky? Especially when any boss even looking at you wrong knocks you down.

Man that priest boss is so annoying with his grabs

>>716434826
the fat goyim in sanctum sells it after u give him a copper jug

>>716435124
There is very little investment. I ran out of things to truly upgrade well before the end.

Is this game painfully hard? How does it stack up against say stellar blade or easier ER bosses?

This is the worst soulslike I have ever played, not including indie efforts. Does it get better eventually bros?

The shilling of this game despite its issues and the rage from the shillers when questioned about it reminds me of when DD2 released.

>>716435301
Easier than both

>>716435236
It might not be heavy for late game but early on you don't even get to know there is a parry to unlock other than the game tells you parries exist. If you go to the left for the dodge, might charges and healing upgrades you'll even less likely find the parry early on which is stupid.

I wish I could remember the name of NPCs, would help for quests a lot.

>>716435328
It's a chinese gooner game, they always shill hard for this slop lmao

I was expecting a way harder fight down in the shafts after the snow palace
Area was pretty nice

>>716409330
The spear already plays like a twirly chinese glaive, and it sucks shit. Only way I could accept a glaive weapon type is if the devs take the piss and make it have a stabby spear moveset.

>>716435302
What filtered you?

It's a shame the games technical state being so bad, the game could look lovely if it weren't for the dog shit DLSS implementation. Even on a 4k monitor I have to use quality DLSS for it to not be a complete eyesore lmao

What does the name "Wuchang" mean? Does anyone know, can some Chinese anon enlighten me

>>716435302
>>716435476
Nothing as of yet, I'm just finding it very boring 5 hours in

>>716435328
>>716435432
>despite it's issues
What issues? The combat is good, the exploration is good, the visuals are good, the OST is good. What are these issues? Also don't bother even trying to pretend both of these posters aren't you replying to yourself.

>>716435637
I find pretty much everything other than the graphics to be bang average

>>716435540
The name of the protagonist is Wuchang. Bai Wuchang to be specific. Also the name of one of the guides of the dead in Chinese mythology.

>>716435690
How insightful. I can definitely tell you have actually played the game and are not just a shitposter by how profound and insightful your criticisms are.

>>716435124
>think it's kinda retarded that parry and clash are not part of any default kit and requires (relatively) heavy investment into a weapon
I disagree, doing it that way makes all the weapon types feel unique and progression meaningful. Even inside the categories too because you'll change the Discipline depending on the unchangeable skill of your weapons too. If they had them as basic features not unique to any builds they'd just be the norm and the progression would mainly be stat based.

>Clash also seems insanely RNG, how the fuck are you gonna time the third hit in your combo to be in time?
By knowing the enemy moveset, obviously. Some weapons like Axe have a way easier time because they have things like their heavy attack being able to instantly be chained into, there's also Disciplines with innate clash that make it easy and Dual Blades just spams Clash out. There's also poise that lets you tank hits to finish the combos.

Can you hit those bamboo sprouts like you do with the birds?

>>716435401
Yeah you gotta force yourself a bit. The problem is some of them probably have names that means like "radiant sun" in chinese but we get schizo babble that's hard to read for us. I really wish they would have the name in Latin + Chinese Characters + The meaning. It would be long on screen but like it would make it so much easier.

>>716435878
of course

What does Feathering stat actually do? Is it just INT for magic spells?

>>716435934
Basically yeah

>>716435719
I think it's a title. Here's from a book you get from He Youzai

I hear going too far breaks quests. What are the points of no return to look out for?

>>716435934
Basically just different scaling. Feathering spells, disciplines and weapons don't scale with the magic stat or vice versa.

>>716434826
>Is there a transmog system?
Yes

>>716435927
with what? I cant even target those fuckers

>>716436001
man this plot is too boring

>>716436130
the first spell you unlock does the trick vs them. just dont be too far. if u cant target them then theyre not made for killing i guess, like those at the very start of the game.

How do I get to this nigga?

I wonder how much of the game bugs out when you go to the mountain area before you finish the snow area
I've got 3 npcs that are nowhere to be found in the refugee camp and some blind woman in the temple after finishing the snow area

>>716436342
Look for ass ladder on the roof then follow the path to him.

>>716436130
oh, nevermind, just didn´t hit it with the spear attacs...

>>716436195
you'd clap and shit yourself if it said fromslopware

>>716436342
Go down and left. Where you can see the big brute nigger there should be a shortcut door down a ladder which leads to a big crossroads that can get you round to this area.

>>716436439
nice projection fromdrone

Qrd on the update

Guess we're just going to be getting Chinese slop every few months now then? I hope the proper devs don't take inspiration

>>716436510
Performance much better, no issues now except maybe minor stuff like screen tearing. Landmines no more pain. Free soundtrack was given as an apology.

>>716436510
copium update. they yell performance improvements but simply lock bad gpus from going over 50% render resolution xD. they just want to get rid of that red review score on steam and are being disingenuous

>>716436573
Youll still get westslop not to worry.

>>716436718
My rig can brute force through the performance issues thankfully, but you're 100% correct about the dog shit render resolution. Shit looks ass.

How is FSR looking for ADMbros?

what does it mean when u turn purple

i hate how one arm sword constantly turns you between purple and blue instead of just staying purple
it vibrates every time too so annoying

There's just too many places to go, and plenty of quests I can't keep track of

>>716436852
>How is FSR looking for ADMbros
Ass. I never use FSR and I'm forced to in this game.

>>716433682
Wouldn't be a first, Elden Ring did it too.

Has anyone figured how to get the bat lady boss

I made a mistake playing through Lies of P before this. Now, this just seems like a babbies first attempt at a soulslike.

So is this game actually pretty short? Some anon said there's only like 20 bosses. Is it shorter than Wukong?

>>716404562 (OP)
This game should not be having frame drops when I'm barely doing anything.

>>716411451
>>716417715
>>716418130
There were three of those birds there if I remember correctly.
Maybe this refers to nothing or is a general hint to seek out the birds.

>>716404562 (OP)
How do I make the game less blurry? It feels like there is some kind of haze or blurry filter on top and looks a bit weird.

>>716437503
Then get a better PC.

I'm officially filtered. I'm not doing a single other attempt against Honglang. Game was pretty fun til then.

i think i bricked half my quests, i went to blightown first and now im in a beach rather than the mountains or the snow place

>>716437727
>PC
Chinks should optimize better.

>>716437736
Try a magic or feathering build also make sure you equip your temperance item (is a consumable that replentish every time you rest at the bonfire) she is weak to fire so any weapon that can use the temperance will fry her, they even give you a fire power just before you reach her

>>716437736
I kept dying with ls so I swallowed my pride and slotted in the deflect counter for sword and put 2 points to get mana on parry. It's almost got it down now it's crazy. The new spell you just got Aurum Feather Force also gives iframes and triggers alacrity if you specced into that as well.

>>716437876
That sounds like a (you) problem to me.

>>716437717
It's the render resolution. What res are you playing at? The game has piss poor upscaling technology and sharpness configs. I'm running a 4090 @ 4k and struggle to get the image to be as clear as I'd like.

>>716437736
That's like the only difficult fight the first 25 hours of the game
You'll only have a decent challenge another 10 hours after that

>>716438065
the tutorial boss and the bat woman are harder

>>716438121
the tutorial boss is a total joke
there's like 2 patterns

>>716437120
Quests in these types of games aren't really crazy shit though, its probably just minor side character stories, consumable and their outfit.
>>716437021
Left arm color just denotes how much of the skyborn might buff you have. It goes like blue, purple, red orange I think

>>716438065
Ming General clears that commander bitch.

It's absurd how you can fuck over so many quests by taking a detour
(said quests are also needed for the true ending)

>>716438315
not even close

>>716438334
It's called SOUL

>>716438315
Nah he wasn't that bad. The corruption/frost bride was more annoying

>>716438412
Nah it's called wasting your time
People allow these games too much leeway with wasting your fucking time