This is the only one I’ve found via spoils but still, much better than the 0 we had in base game. Hoping they can come in other elements too. We can finally use the enchanted counter core skill without relying on a mage or grimoire!
I think Jubei might be one of the best human bosses in the series. His first phase is really fun to fight, especially if you’re a katana main. And his second phase keeps you on your toes.
Now to get his armor. Does it drop from him?
Just finished the beta and gotta say, it’s a big improvement over the first game. I always thought the first game had great ideas (the shell system is very unique) but they just weren’t able to do everything they wanted to yet. So when I heard a 2nd game was coming I was actually looking forward to it to see what improved.
And I gotta say it’s really fun. The shell system is improved, the game encourages players to be aggressive in combat, the parry feels great (I love parrying in any game), and overall it seems like they knew exactly what they wanted to do with the game and set out to accomplish it.
Can’t wait to dive In Monday and speedrun to the mommy Proxima shell.
I just, wasn’t expecting to vibe so hard with it. The music combined with the atmosphere of the trek towards the destination was really good. Hoping to hear more great tracks in the full release.
I just had this thought while I’m clearing bounties with my NG+11 character that has all powers maxed, and man oh man would I be turning my pants brown if I had to face against this! Not only would you have to deal with their martial prowess with weapons and such, but then you gotta deal with all the powers they just pull from their ass.
Just for some examples: they can sense your life essence so there’s quite literally no hiding from them, can turn invisible at will, remove all oxygen from your area, burn you to death, freeze you solid, summon another version of you to kill you, reanimate your dead homie to kill you, create clones of themselves, emit a solar explosion, and to top it all off, they’re doing this all while seemingly moving at light speed (phase time).
This would be the most scuffed “battle” in human history. Ain’t no amount of credits worth ts.
I’ve done the quest twice already, with newer characters that haven’t completed The Vulture quest yet. So imagine my surprise when I do it with a character who spared the vulture, and he comes in and puts a bullet in the syndicate member who ambushes me! Mans basically took a plea deal to help me out for an early parole.
Then when I go to the villa to take out everyone on the outside as per usual, turns out ole Cephas here already got to work and took em all out. I of course let him take the kill shot on the boss, and let him get revenge on weyland because he honestly had it coming. It makes sense that he’d appear in another quest since his is the first one they created like a year ago, but I still wasn’t expecting it. Ima make sure to always spare him so weyland can die.
The fact that if we have the robotics perk we can just make him try to divide by zero and it fuckin breaks him had me laughing when I did it. Bro thought he was the “superior being” till he was given a literally impossible task 😂 at least he calls me captain now, as he should.
Next time he steps out of line he’s getting disassembled and reassembled as a bidet on my ship.
I have no mods affecting stealth perks. Once again this proves that the reason something in this game is “bad” for some people is because they simply didn’t invest in it.
I won’t spoil anything here (and neither should anyone else), but for those who know, I was not expecting to find all that.
That might be the only boss in this game that I beat on the first try. Once I saw that she would only stick to the wall I traveled out of Pharloom and went on a one way trip to Pogo City. Combine that with throwing knives and flintslate and her heart was as good as mine.
It’s a very simple mission: kill spacers, go to space, kill more, come back, kill even more. However I love all the characters in it. From saving the private whose cornered, to then saving the lieutenant and his sergeant, and how flabbergasted they are that we took down all of them ourselves, and then we gotta go give Captain Myeong (wife) some backup dealing with even more spacers. The fact that the UC and freestar are enemies yet they’re able to put differences aside is honorable and really shows that people are more than just their uniform.
My favorite part is the end, where Myeong is telling Torres to never compromise on his principles no matter what leadership suggests. As someone who’s served in the military, that statement truly is good advice. At some point you’re gonna wear that uniform for the last time, and what kind of person you are after that happens matters so much more than your military service ever will.
That’s pretty much it. I really wish they were reoccurring characters that you could visit. I know about the random encounter with Myeong that can happen, but I wish there was more. Overall, 9/10 side quest, would’ve been 10/10 if we could romance Myeong.
I’m truly a force to be reckoned with.
Talking about the Phantom fight of course. She kept on parrying like the Lace fight, and I guess Hornet having seen this before was like “I understand it now” and proceeded to parry the HELL outta phantom, delivering the killing blow! Taking down someone with their own technique will always be peak for me in any media, and Silksong definitely delivered with that encounter.
I tried playing the original HK about 3 different times but for whatever reason I play it for like an hour and immediately lose interest (I truly don’t know why, I wish I could tell ya) and whenever Silksong released I told myself “alright ima play this one!” Then I just…didn’t. Again I don’t know why.
Fast forward to about 4 days ago and gahDAMN this game is good!! I’m in act 2 now and I cannot put this game down, I’m always wanting to play more even when I play something else. I love metroidvanias (blasphemous is one of my favorites) and I’m mad at myself for not giving this series a proper shot. Please forgive me for my sins I wasn’t familiar with Team Cherrys game 🙏🏾🙏🏾
Hornet as a character is so cool (she’s a boss in the first game right? Love when games do that)! She’s so formal with everyone yet you can tell she doesn’t take shit from anyone and won’t hesitate to slime someone out if need be (I was NOT expecting her to just snap that dudes neck that had her stuff 😭) then when that other thief tried to cop a feel at her pockets, she just nonchalantly backhands him.
The combat is fun but it definitely took me a long time to really get the hang of it. It didn’t really open up for me till I got movement abilities. Seems like positioning and truly reading your opponent is really important in this game, especially since we start out pretty weak. The bosses have been good so far (except beastfly, he can burn in hell) and even when I hit a wall during a fight, the solution is always really simple: slow down a bit!
Overall, I’m really enjoying this and will also give the first game a proper shot afterwards. I definitely see why this game gets the praise it gets. Do any of yall OGs have any tips for a new(ish) player?
In case this comes as a surprise to anyone, yes Tusk Toss can hit enemies behind you. I recommend keeping one charged up while you’re doing another special move or finisher.
Just like how in all the promotional art for Warfarer shows them with all their weapons on their person, I was a tad bit disappointed when that wasn’t the case in game. Now I’m pretty sure it’s for clipping purposes and all that because imagine trying to render 6 or more different weapons on their character. That would be a nightmare for the dev team. So maybe they could limit it to 3 weapon types max?
Just something I thought about when I was taking a look at all the dlc armor screenshots. I still want the weapons summoned to the player thru that “arisen magic” stuff (and the scar glowing during it is such a cool detail) but it would be really cool if we could see everything we have equipped too, strictly as an optional toggle please.
Work’s been whoopin my ass this past week so I’m barely having time to play. But even then I still load up DD2 and play for even 30 minutes before heading to bed (been getting off work at 3am past couple days lmao).
This games atmosphere is just something else man. One of the few games where I don’t use fast travel often because I love walking thru the environment even if I’ve seen it 100s of times already. I love it when my pawn points out a statue she’s seen many times before, going up to it, and just staring off in it’s direction and taking it all in. I’ve played many open world games in my life but none have given me such a strong “sense of adventure” like DD2 has. I only wish the game was harder because the combat is so damn fun.
Im really glad this game exists, flaws and all. This game definitely ain’t for everyone but honestly who cares? I’m absolutely the games target audience and that’s what matters to me. Here’s hoping Dark Arisen is a banger like how it was for the first game.