Posted September 01, 2017
I've bought and tried it, and it's just like you said, Panaias. At first combat seemed difficult because I overestimated the AI and tried to hit the opponents while running and dodging, but once I found out you don't have to be as frantic about it, it became very easy. And saving anywhere works, too.
I'm a bit at a loss now with the first boss fight though. I did the main tasks, even explored a bit ahead on my own and grinded a bit on the side, but when I first met the boss I was only lvl 4 with a short sword and hardly did any damage to him while quicky losing my own hp with every misstep. I checked some threads online and people were saying one should come back at lvl 10 or higher with a long sword, but the thing is, there doesn't really seem to be anything else to do but run through the same screens over and over again and defeat the ever respawning monsters to grind xp. It's not some lethal high level quest or anything, it's the first boss from the very first quest ... I'm not sure if I'm missing anything, I searched the maps several times and grinded to lvl 7 or so, bought a long sword, and now the boss seems doable but still very tedious. Are you really supposed to grind that much? (Playing on Normal difficulty, btw.)
EDIT: Correction - I was actually still lvl 4, not 7. So the first time I met the boss when doing what the game told me to do, I was only lvl 2 or 3. Now I leveled up to 5 and bought a middle shield, and that made a HUGE difference. All of a sudden, the boss battle was trivial, and I killed the boss with three hits. Pretty weird design ...
I'm a bit at a loss now with the first boss fight though. I did the main tasks, even explored a bit ahead on my own and grinded a bit on the side, but when I first met the boss I was only lvl 4 with a short sword and hardly did any damage to him while quicky losing my own hp with every misstep. I checked some threads online and people were saying one should come back at lvl 10 or higher with a long sword, but the thing is, there doesn't really seem to be anything else to do but run through the same screens over and over again and defeat the ever respawning monsters to grind xp. It's not some lethal high level quest or anything, it's the first boss from the very first quest ... I'm not sure if I'm missing anything, I searched the maps several times and grinded to lvl 7 or so, bought a long sword, and now the boss seems doable but still very tedious. Are you really supposed to grind that much? (Playing on Normal difficulty, btw.)
EDIT: Correction - I was actually still lvl 4, not 7. So the first time I met the boss when doing what the game told me to do, I was only lvl 2 or 3. Now I leveled up to 5 and bought a middle shield, and that made a HUGE difference. All of a sudden, the boss battle was trivial, and I killed the boss with three hits. Pretty weird design ...
Post edited September 01, 2017 by Leroux