Is it the Moss Preserved in Glass (which doesn't really do shit) or something else?
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Blasphemous |OT| Bible Souls
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Something else. And yeah that moss didn't do anything from what I could tell
It is a bit of a challenge to get. Gotta fight some battles with gates that lock you in rooms
I'm stuck.
Nevermind, I'm blind
I got two masks from the archdeacons and then I got a cutscene but there's no where else to go that I can see.
Nevermind, I'm blind
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The Dark Souls Anor Londo reference is almost spot on. The way you feel you have been cheated by the system and you have to walk a long ass distance just to fail again. I'd think this spot in Blasphemous is even worse because you are fighting against multiple design decision;
- In Dark souls you have to fight the camera, instant death due to fall and arrow knock back.
- In Blasphemous you are fighting against the wind, the enemy that fly through walls and knock you back, the subpar platforming and poor decision to map the wall/sword grap with the attack button... meaning I have accidentally stick the sword to the wood plank while trying to hit the enemy inside the wall, only to get know down to the ground... then get knock back again by another enemy due to lack of i-frame, and ended up dying in the pit. Fuck this shit lol.
I have since then move onto underground bit which is better, but the above has left a very bad taste in my mouth. ;/
Honestly, you know what I hated most about the snowy cliffs? Waiting for the stupid wind to change directions. I hate pretty much any traversal section that heavily involves standing and waiting for things. Platforms, moving hazards, etc.
Just beat the game. I very much enjoyed the look, the lore, the combat, all that. But, frankly, I wish it wasn't a Metroidvania. Maybe it's an extension of the game's themes about penance, but the whole cleanup phase of the game feels like self-flagellation. I've played A LOT of games in this genre to 100% completion, and this is one in only a handful of times that I felt it just wasn't worth the trouble because of how obnoxious the backtracking is.
Got through the game pretty easy just saved it on the steps before the final boss. Well I guess it's the final boss will find out later. It's fantastic and makes deaths gambit look really poor in comparison. Loved the platforming but then again I'm the masochist that completes volgarr the Viking with one life. Feels pretty similar
So I have a question regarding the Library area:
I have no fucking idea what any of this means right now, is this yet another obscure-as-balls quest or will I run into its meaning at some point?
Also, I chose to put a certain someone out of their misery in the Cathedral area, am I fucked?
"There's a room with three anatomy books, depicting a fibula, tibula and kneecap respectively"
I have no fucking idea what any of this means right now, is this yet another obscure-as-balls quest or will I run into its meaning at some point?
Also, I chose to put a certain someone out of their misery in the Cathedral area, am I fucked?
The anatomy books coincide with specific bones you can find out in the world. If you read their descriptions they give clues as to the solution of the puzzle. I'll spoiler the solution here:
As for the certain someone, you didn't fuck yourself but now you've pushed a side quest to a possible fail-state and need to find the solution before it happens.
Solution:
Unequip everything, have a full bar of furvour, and stand still.
As for the certain someone, you didn't fuck yourself but now you've pushed a side quest to a possible fail-state and need to find the solution before it happens.
Solution:
You need to return to Albero and speak to the man in the window of the church, where you should receive the Cord of True Burying, or something like that. After which you will also need to have the Inquisitor's Key to open the gate, which can be purchased from a vendor in the Canvases area, as the priest that was with the woman locked themselves in the prison at the Holy Wall. Once you give the cord to the priest, the fail state is solved and the quest returns to normal, though still incomplete.
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Thank you! Regarding the anatomy books, I actually wrote those down yesterday!!! However, I don't have the kneecap so I just gave up and thought yeah maybe this is a far fetched solution. Nope.
And Jesus, regarding the other one, I actually do occasionally return to the church window just for the sake of it but it's quite annoying that all these visits are essentially trial and error as none of the items seem to particularly allude to any details ever.
I fucked this up, he jumped and now i cant complete this quest. Guessing the reward counts towards %? Im at 98.75%
Yeah, I drew that exact same comparison while I was playing as well.
Cool game, tons and tons of potential and a lot there to love, but a real rough gem.
The completion% counter is kinda strange and it doesn't count everything correctly. It is likely that this is at least part of that missing %, though.
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Two quick yes/no questions, one early/light mid-game spoiler:
EDIT: I found the answer to my 2nd question by exploring the map more. The answer is yes.
1. If you beat the game, can you still run around and do 100%? Or does the game restarts automatically?
2. The guy who is leaning forward that you meet in Jondo. Is it possible to break his questline? I moved him from his initial position to where you have to break a wall, but i didnt break the wall before way later in the game (i think i only have the final boss left). He mention one location in the game, but i havnt found him there. No need for spoilers just yet, i'm just curious as a yes/no answer if hes anywhere to be found regardless of your progress in the game.
2. The guy who is leaning forward that you meet in Jondo. Is it possible to break his questline? I moved him from his initial position to where you have to break a wall, but i didnt break the wall before way later in the game (i think i only have the final boss left). He mention one location in the game, but i havnt found him there. No need for spoilers just yet, i'm just curious as a yes/no answer if hes anywhere to be found regardless of your progress in the game.
EDIT: I found the answer to my 2nd question by exploring the map more. The answer is yes.
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I have posted the same issue a few pages earlier. So far no luck...
I'm missing this rosary knot, but my file is still 100%
Edit: Whoops, I was thinking the knot, not the bead. Though, I ended up still getting this bead even though I didn't do the quest correctly, iirc.
Answer to 1 is yes, you can still run around.
How do I run through the sewage in the desecrated cistern?
I have the silver lung but still walk slowly... what gives?
Edit nevermind figured it out
I have the silver lung but still walk slowly... what gives?
Edit nevermind figured it out
Finished with 100% and both endings.
I thought 25$ was a bit much at the beginning but after playing through it I can safely say I got my monies worth. Probably the most beautiful indie game of this gen (if you dig the setting lol). The storytelling reminded me a lot of Dark Souls, nothing gets spoonfed to you and most of the story gets told through the items. There are some questionable design choices (like the overly wide gaps with spikes inbetween) but imo the rest of the game makes up for those.
One of the best things about this game is the soundtrack though. It really surprised me how good it is (especially the tracks towards the end). Looking forward to a sequel/DLC.
I thought 25$ was a bit much at the beginning but after playing through it I can safely say I got my monies worth. Probably the most beautiful indie game of this gen (if you dig the setting lol). The storytelling reminded me a lot of Dark Souls, nothing gets spoonfed to you and most of the story gets told through the items. There are some questionable design choices (like the overly wide gaps with spikes inbetween) but imo the rest of the game makes up for those.
One of the best things about this game is the soundtrack though. It really surprised me how good it is (especially the tracks towards the end). Looking forward to a sequel/DLC.
Just had to rage quit after falling down the same bottomless pit for the 8th time. Fun game but the platforming kind of sucks.
One thing I kept thinking of was how unforgiving the jump mechanic is, combined with pits that are designed to be about the length of your optimal jump distance. There was a video by a Dead Cells dev that talked about how they made jumping feel better, and part of it was to allow the player to jump even if they were a few pixels past the edge of the platform. Blasphemous would have benefited from that, because the jump already feels a little laggy, and allowing the player to execute it just a fraction of a second later as they walk off a ledge would help.
Alright, beat the final boss. Tough bastard.
Beautiful and challenging game, muddled by some absolutely tedious and frustrating platforming. They really should've given you some more leeway on the jumps and/or make falls only do big chunks of damage rather than kill you outright. Additionally, the recovery time on getting up from knockdown seems messed up. Seemingly got caught in enemy attack loops a few times.
By the way, is the enemy on the tutorial screen for the dash move in the game?
Beautiful and challenging game, muddled by some absolutely tedious and frustrating platforming. They really should've given you some more leeway on the jumps and/or make falls only do big chunks of damage rather than kill you outright. Additionally, the recovery time on getting up from knockdown seems messed up. Seemingly got caught in enemy attack loops a few times.
By the way, is the enemy on the tutorial screen for the dash move in the game?
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Not sure if this has been mentioned already, but I ran into a game breaking bug 12 hours in that rolled back my level to 0. So my health bar, healing flasks, damage output etc. are back to their starting values. I'm so bummed because this game has been so good, but unless they can resolve this issue, it's going to be hard to restart this from the beginning, especially in fear of running into the bug again.
That sounds terrible , but also seems rare? I hope you can report the bug to the developers, if you're feeling like it.
Just beat it at about 85% completion with what I assume was the bad ending. Final boss wasn't that bad... took me maybe 20-30 mins to beat him. Not sure if I'll bother with all the collectables. The game was a mixed bag for me. The art, music, story, and overall vibe of the game was really awesome, and most the boss fights were really well done and extremely fun. However the level design, world design, movement, combat mechanics and general enemy encounters left something to be desired.
It's been reported to the devs on Steam. From the looks of it, it is rare-ish? But enough people have reported it for the devs to take notice, all they've said is that they're looking for solutions.
Just finished the game with 100%. A really great game! Probably sank like 30 hours into it. Now i will see if i will take the time to rack up the last trophies. Not using any health flasks on any of the bosses might be difficult for me, especially on the last boss.
Speaking of trophies, is the Perfect Riposte trophy bugged? I press the block function at the right time, giving a counter attack. I've done this a lot more than 5 times (which the trophy description says is needed), still it havnt popped. Or am i doing something wrong?
Speaking of trophies, is the Perfect Riposte trophy bugged? I press the block function at the right time, giving a counter attack. I've done this a lot more than 5 times (which the trophy description says is needed), still it havnt popped. Or am i doing something wrong?
I'm sitting at like 80% completion roughly right now and getting around the world is excruciating sometimes. The fast travel mirror spacing is...something else. I would've much preferred if they had structured this like Odallus, Metroidvania but level and map based.
PS: I rage quit when I did, what I had assumed, was that chalice quest of killing those three enemies and after all that wasted time "nothing happened". Google it and oh yeah, you arbitrarily can't use fast travel and nothing hints at that that I'm aware of. Just fucking whatever at that point.
PS: I rage quit when I did, what I had assumed, was that chalice quest of killing those three enemies and after all that wasted time "nothing happened". Google it and oh yeah, you arbitrarily can't use fast travel and nothing hints at that that I'm aware of. Just fucking whatever at that point.
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Decided to start playing this (currently at 48%) and there is something really weird going on with the controls: some actions feel really off, like there is some kind of input lag mixed with questionable hitboxes. Its like the character gets stuck to the ground, and it is a bit jarring.
Other than that, i'm enjoying it.
The pixel art is really well done.
Other than that, i'm enjoying it.
The pixel art is really well done.
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There's actually a powered up version of the counter attack called the Righteous Riposte, which you can do by tapping the attack button just as your counter attack connects with the enemy. I didn't know this until I looked into it after I had completed 100%.
Can anyone tell me what the small red swirls in the air mean? I see them at random places and it looks like you can interact with them, but I have zero clue with what.
I feel like I'm playing this wrong since I feel like I'm a good way in the game, but still overall clueless on things.
I feel like I'm playing this wrong since I feel like I'm a good way in the game, but still overall clueless on things.
You have to activate them by equipping the Blood Perpetuated in Sand relic, which is located through the locked door near the very start of the game, and the key is for sale in one of the early store locations.
thank you very much, so of course, I would miss something so early
I have like four later areas that I wasn't able to advance because of that lol
Finished this over the weekend with Ending A and roughly 95% completion.
Over time I warmed up to a lot of the idiosyncrasies but there are just as many that bothered me more and more as I played. The platforming is nowhere near as polished as it needs to be, the exploration and mobility around the world is as tedious as it gets, and the game has so many bugs and technical issues that seem like they should've been fixed well before release but somehow weren't. Falling through platforms, being stuck to them and forced to reload, crashes to desktop, freezing, major slowdown in a couple significant bossfights, dying despite having health left, and wonky collision and hitbox issues abound. The decision not to give iframes on recovery is bizarre as well but small potatoes in the scheme of things.
There's loads of room for improvement and the developers have been commenting on steam reviews stating they're taking all these criticisms to heart so I'm optimistic that it can end up in a better place in the long run, but I'm not very impressed with where the game's currently at. Kinda walked away feeling it was a middle of the road metroidvania carried hard by gorgeous art, strong atmosphere and a few great boss fights (Quirce, Charred Visage, Crisanta). Hopefully in the future I can say it's a great one.
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Over time I warmed up to a lot of the idiosyncrasies but there are just as many that bothered me more and more as I played. The platforming is nowhere near as polished as it needs to be, the exploration and mobility around the world is as tedious as it gets, and the game has so many bugs and technical issues that seem like they should've been fixed well before release but somehow weren't. Falling through platforms, being stuck to them and forced to reload, crashes to desktop, freezing, major slowdown in a couple significant bossfights, dying despite having health left, and wonky collision and hitbox issues abound. The decision not to give iframes on recovery is bizarre as well but small potatoes in the scheme of things.
There's loads of room for improvement and the developers have been commenting on steam reviews stating they're taking all these criticisms to heart so I'm optimistic that it can end up in a better place in the long run, but I'm not very impressed with where the game's currently at. Kinda walked away feeling it was a middle of the road metroidvania carried hard by gorgeous art, strong atmosphere and a few great boss fights (Quirce, Charred Visage, Crisanta). Hopefully in the future I can say it's a great one.
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Oh, and Crisanta's voice acting is terrible. A lot of the voice acting in the game is pretty bad but I burst out laughing when she started talking the first time. The stonefaced seriousness of the game is completely at odds with how goofy she sounds and whatever tension they were going for was completely lost on me in both the preamble to her fight and the post-game voiceover.
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It does tell you when you use fast travel. I didnt notice it at first (either i died and that also resets the challenge, i simply didnt pay enough attention, or it bugged out), but then i used fast travel again, there is a message that says something like "fast travel resetted the chalice". I think if you click on one on the action buttons right when you get out of the fast travel, the message disappear at once, so its easy to miss it.
EDIT: I checked my earlier capture of it (the message flashed kinda fast, so i made a capture of it to check it again), and its possible that the message is just on screen for about a second or so regardless of what you press. Heres what the message says at least:
Oh, i didnt know that. I'll check into it. Thanks!
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The red platforms aren't required to beat the game, I think. They mostly lead to items or are just helpful additions (like extra cover on some spike traps).