#Bloodborne enemies funny series#

Either via the hotel's dedicated weaponsmith or one of the game's numerous Stargazer fast travel points, you can swap around the blade or handle of one of the game's many weapons of 30 types with a seemingly infinite number of uniquely crafted combinations - more than 100 according to the developer. Most notably at the forefront, is weapon assembly. After unlocking your home base at Hotel Krat, you'll get access to an increasing number of ways to optimise your build of weapons, character stats, and even your mechanical Legion Arm for tons of creative experimentation as much as you like. What players may become even more enamoured with, though, is the numerous layers that have been added via the crafting system and build customisation. The alternative 30FPS-targeting Quality-centred mode does make for some visual enhancements like upgraded reflections and shadows along with a higher native resolution, but unless you've got access to a 120Hz display to utilise the optional High Frame Rate feature, the sluggish-by-comparison movement of enemies and Pinocchio himself does little else besides take away part of the experience.

#Bloodborne enemies funny series#

That's even more so in the game's ideal Performance-centred mode on PS5 and Xbox Series X, aiming for 60FPS and 2160p upscaled resolution.

Getting used to fighting off murderous mechanical butlers, policemen and attack dogs can be tricky at first, but you'll appreciate the fantastically smooth sword swings as you get used to it - even if you've never played a Soulslike before. You can guard and still lose a bit of health, but a Perfect Guard executed at the right moment will block all damage and further charge your Fable Arts meter which you can spend to use the special attacks tied to your weapon.Īlthough, even if you think you've mastered the timings of one particular enemy before you try a Perfect Guard, that cheeky puppet might carry out a slowed attack to throw you off and follow up with a strike from a different direction. You can dodge, yes - but mistiming might result in a brutally punishing smash as you get hit and lose HP.

After having you pick one of three classes and weapon styles to fit your own style, you'll quickly get acquainted with the fact that fighting enemies in this type of game is initially challenging for the faint-hearted, but oh-so-satisfying to master.Īs well as steadily introducing new enemy types as you play, some of which are interesting surprises for even more diversity, you'll be met with even base enemies with peculiar attack patterns which you regularly need to strategies your 'guard, dodge, attack'-style gameplay. Those after a typical Soulslike gameplay, however, definitely won't be disappointed with Lies of P's combat. Culminating with the gorgeously drab, gothic-like environments laden with blood, destruction, and corpses, is the still-underlying sleek but shimmering metropolis of what Krat once was.Īs you walk through its early areas noticing Pinocchio and his surroundings glistening in the pouring rain, hearing the creaks and bustlings of a fallen industrial city overtaken by mechanical monsters and disease, it's easy to appreciate each stage's own characteristics and features which prevent your curiosity from ever being sated. Initially thrown into the world to explore with little-to-no story context at the start if you're going in blind, Lies of P in its early hours relies on its hard-hitting combat, elegantly sinister world, and tidbits of lore dropped along the way - building up intrigue as you start to meet its slowly expanding cast of characters.Įven before getting hit by the first ferocious puppet out for blood, what's equally striking is the look of Krat altogether.