If that’s what the ability upgrade points are called yeah it seems a bit slow, though a bit par for the course for a DMC-like game. If a second playthrough carries that over then I’d be more ok with it, but I’m also too early to tell if that’s something I’m interested in just yet.
I just don't feel like there's enough worth buying. Pragmatically once you master all of the basic skills, the 3 feats you want, and the 6 abilities you want, there's really no need for anymore AP as you can just freely reset and swap your build quickly. I had mastered all my basics before getting the third Eikon, and had mastered 6 abilities shortly after getting the 4th. At this point the only thing thing I need more AP for is if I wanted to unlock/master some of the ultimate abilities as there long cool downs just don't seem worth it most of the time. I've heard some of the later ones giga flare and zatsuken are bonkers, but I'll cross that proverbial bridge when I get there.
Yes just did that quest today too - very dark
It's been posted there well before the post here. ;P
I didn't look at your spoilers, but each of the bosses I've fought required me to change my approach based on their different attack patterns. And the hunts I've done introduced creatures I hadn't fought yet, and even the reused creatures in hunts are stronger and have more/new moves. But yeah, a lot of the basic enemies are often repeated. And they're not as aggressive as I'd want. That's probably my biggest gripe with the game, actually. Still hasn't hurt my overall enjoyment, though.
If the game was like, half as long it wouldn't be a problem. When you're fighting your 5th dragoon mini boss who does nothing different from the last 4 but takes just as long to kill it becomes tedious.
That's completely fair. I guess it just doesn't bother me quite as much. You may not have seen my edit, but I mentioned that God of War (PS4) had a similar issue. Though that didn't really change my enjoyment of that game either.
I think I'm a bit earlier than you (I'm just about to fight Dion I think) but I think it's for two reasons, the smaller mob enemies generally have very detailed re-skins so I can imagine people just don't see them as anything but new (even if they have the same attack animations), and for sub bosses I think people might not complain as much because the story basically acknowledges they're repeats in roundabout ways. Like, it makes sense there's a second Dragoon, and there is the Akashic bosses of earlier enemies.
really? Huh. I feel like the weakest thing about the game's combat is definitely that enemy patterns don't really force you to switch up your moveset / approach at all. Maybe I felt like I needed to switch things up when like, I was getting acquainted to the dodge system in the very beginning of the game. But for the most part you don't ever have to do it. Especially because most unique boss attacks in this game are just another AOE, which really only require the player to dodge or run away.
Yeah, my approach to each boss hasn't been radically different in the sense that it's really all about dodge and punish. However, some of the combos I like certainly don't work against every boss. I just fought one recently that could easily break my combos and counter. So I had to find a different pattern to maximize damage. I'm also a very grounded fighter. But certain bosses have required me to develop better combos for mid-air. Now, having said all this, I don't think enemies generally hit that hard. I suppose I could just plow through and take damage more often. But I personally like trying to find the optimal approach to each situation.
I'm not sure if it is possible but can you replay those through arcade mode or stage replay?Yeah, I looked it up and it seems there are only 4 pieces of Orichalcum in the entire game and they are acquired from S rank hunts. Too bad, I've used 2 of them already, so I won't be able to craft the one item that requires 3 pieces of Orichalcum
Fwiw, that scene is actually about 30% by most estimations.
This was where I stopped last night! Amazing scene and boss fight!
Also just played literally this part! What a fantastic sequence. And the music during that last big boss battle... My God it's so freaking cool
If you think that, just keep playing. Eventually you'll be covered in upgrade points. I built up several thousand over the course of just a few chapters and that's without even dabbling into side quests which grant even more.
No kidding. It's been a while since I've played a game grinning ear to ear for the entire segment of some of these fights. You think one fight is already insane, then they turn it up and increase the absurdity several times over amidst the same boss battle.
