Those swords later shattered upon a successful counter, briefly tripling damage and providing me a moment of solace in the chaos. Going up against Hyem, a frostbitten armored warrior with the power to slow my dashing, I found myself suiting up with a defensive ability that spawned swords of light with each bloodburst attack. I loved this freedom because it consistently surprised me with what combinations were viable. Mercifully, you can completely respec your character any time between fights. Equippable “shards” gained from defeated bosses can also give you extra abilities or buffs depending on how you slot them for further customization. What results is a nearly nonstop dance of dodging and exchanging desperate blows.Ī skill tree lets you specialize your combat style between three branching options as you progress: Windslide, which focuses on movement and speed, Berserk, which improves your damage output, and Counter, which buffs your defensive options. To that end, Eldest Souls very much encourages an in-your-face play style, with charged and bloodburst attacks replenishing small fragments of health, much like Bloodborne. There are no enemies to fight outside of its 10 bosses, so you’re never more than a few hits from death. With your giant obsidian sword, you can use a basic swing, a dash, a charge attack, and a powerful “bloodburst” attack that drains your charge. Also depending on which one you choose the bard guy before the final boss will have different dialog and you get a different ending cutscene.Switching influences, Eldest Souls’ combat takes more inspiration from Bloodborne than it does Dark Souls, with a quicker pace and emphasis on aggression. They're all pretty good items I think, would be cool if you got to keep them. The frost skull thing requires Hyem's essence and gives you the Blessed Trueice Prism which revives you once per fight with 15% HP.The cultist guy requires Eos essence and gives you the Kindled Heard of Fire, which stores up 35 healing and deals 250% of that as damage when fully charged.The tree guy in the forest requires the Warden of Purity's essence and gives you the Hunters Blessing, taking 30 damage in 0.5 seconds heals you for 25% HP with a 45s CD.The Crow requires Azikel's essence gives you an Abyssal Eye which stores damage you take and releases it at 150% every 15 seconds.You can pick one of 4 places to use the empty vessel per run. Not sure what you mean, you do get to choose.

Originally posted by DrachenLord LP:And you don't even get to choose which one you do.

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