Learning when you can successfully charge and deal bigger damage is key to getting through these matches.īeing in that Bloodthirst state also lets you use a more powerful, single strike that depletes its timer immediately. Not only that, but in this Bloodthirst state you heal a percentage of the damage dealt.
It’s more beneficial to charge your attack, which dashes you forward and does both more damage and quickens your swing for a limited time. You have a basic light attack, which does minimal damage and (defying expectations) comes out a bit slow. That flexibility in approach is welcome, but in beating it my way I couldn’t help but feel more accomplished.Ĭhipping away at this first roadblock had the added effect of better acclimating me to Eldest Souls. Instead I tried, and tried, and tried again. I also could have changed my offensive skills (more on that later) to alter my approach. I was very wrong, and proceeded to die nearly one hundred times to that one boss.įor clarity, anyone put off by the Sisyphian nature of my own attempts will be happy to know that I could have left to take on a different boss instead at any point. After taking on the two bosses immediately before it with a handful of tries each, I thought I had the game figured out. The first god I faced off with was an orb of fire and water that could split in two, rotating through telegraphed but no less potent attacks. Each of the encounters was a test of patience and active learning, often becoming an entirely different challenge halfway through a health bar. Far from it, the reason I sank hours and so many digital casualties into Eldest Souls was the fights. It’s not just the visuals that sell this one, though. It’s one thing to create designs and animations for a boss, but to extend that to their attacks and tells while seldom seeming incomprehensible or “cheap” from a player perspective is repeatedly impressive. Most impressively is that its artistry compliments the gameplay where it matters most. Regardless of the bleakness of those starting areas, the pixel art Eldest Souls so proudly touts is gorgeous through and through. Fittingly, the environments are primarily muted and medieval before giving way to more varied and vibrant locales.
The immediately known is you are a Crusader wielding a sword of pure obsidian (from the moon) and it’s on your cloaked shoulders to slay the old gods of your world. What narrative the game delivers is implied and discovered either through scraps of text strewn about or via conversations with various NPCs. Don’t mistake “stripped down” to mean it’s light or superficial, though, as Fallen Flag Studio have crafted something all their own through a gush of blood and gorgeous pixels. FromSoftware’s work has had a notable and lasting impact across gaming but rather than some mechanics or a memetic comparison, Eldest aims to replicate the Soulsborne experience in its own stripped down way. I’m going to get the obvious out of the way now – Eldest Souls is (openly, proudly) inspired by Dark Souls and other games of its well-worn cloth.
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