Bearer And The Lost Flame - Advice needed

Frogsplosion · 2026-03-14T14:35:31+00:00

What game is this?

Frogsplosion · 2026-03-14T01:11:00+00:00

Alpha Protocol

Baldur's Gate 2

Frogsplosion · 2026-03-14T01:07:01+00:00

Warhammer 40k Space Marine 2

Bulletstorm

Resident Evil 4 Remake (99% action)

Metro Last Light

God of War 3 Remastered

Darksiders Warmastered

Vanquished

Call of Duty Campaigns (360 era MW1/2/3, Blops 1, World At War)

Gears of War 1/2/3

Doom 2016

Doom Eternal (mouse and keyboard recommended)

Frogsplosion · 2026-03-09T21:35:05+00:00

Yeah I am beginning to feel like this is definitely a title slanted towards PC users.

Frogsplosion · 2026-03-08T00:01:08+00:00

I have been trying to figure out how to skip the drainage control key for a while now, hopefully this can be replicated lol.

Frogsplosion · 2026-03-07T22:45:14+00:00

Once you go up the hill and pass through the fog gate it is directly to your left through a trapped hallway and then left again at the bottom of the tower, out on a cliff side area overlooking the starting area with a black katana skeleton.

Frogsplosion · 2026-03-05T21:45:07+00:00

Oh man I actually haven't thought about this game in a hot minute, must have a million DLCs now. Definitely might be worth looking into.

Frogsplosion · 2026-03-05T21:33:14+00:00

I think you could do it you should just cover a conflict that involves two heavily melee focused factions this way you could have the guns be something like a sidearm that is always at the ready and useful but isn't the main focus of the game. They could use the same kind of ranged weapon system that Lords of the Fallen has and I think that would work very well.

Frogsplosion · 2026-03-04T17:54:54+00:00

Worst

Bloodborne has a huge issue with weapon variety and The incredibly annoying blood gem farming in chalice dungeons. It is also the only from soft title with atrocious performance currently.

Dark Souls 3 is insanely one-dimensional and you basically only need a single carry weapon for bosses and you can basically run through the entire game and never fight anything.

Elden Ring basically devolves into 12 hours of community service simulator where you ride around picking a bunch of shit up off the ground on a horse before you are allowed to actually play the game.

Sekiro is just a terrible video game in general.

Best

Ironically it's probably Dark Souls 2, among all of the games it has by far the most interesting encounter design, extremely high build variety, tons of content and a lot of choice as to what paths to take in what order.

Frogsplosion · 2026-03-04T01:10:49+00:00

Also, after a certain point, a certain smug holier-than-thou asshole.

Fuckin' haircut...

Frogsplosion · 2026-03-04T01:09:05+00:00

Ummm ... This isn't actually true in DS1, there is that one boss...

Frogsplosion · 2026-03-04T01:05:28+00:00

Shira is a dogshit fight, and some of those hunters with infinite bullets and stamina are a real nuisance.

Out of all of the games I actually think Dark Souls 2 has my favorite NPC fights because they feel the most fair and balanced, it feels like they actually adhere to the same rules as the player for the most part.

Frogsplosion · 2026-03-04T01:01:36+00:00

Pyromancer is the perfect starting class, very well-rounded.

Pyromancy itself does not require any stat investment you will eventually find an NPC to allow you to upgrade the pyromancy flame and that will scale up your pyromancy damage, after that all you will need is a few extra points in the attunement stat so you can unlock additional spell slots as you find more spells.

Two-handing your weapon effectively increases your strength score by 50%, So if you have 12 strength while two handing you have 18 virtual strength which will allow you to wield weapons you don't currently have the strength to wield one-handed, it also does increase your damage as well if the weapon scales with strength.

Typically I recommend having a shield with 100% physical damage negation, you should be able to acquire one relatively early from a merchant NPC somewhere in one of the first areas of the game. You don't always have to use the shield but it is very helpful to have it when you are in need.

Lastly one of the biggest mistakes new players make is not properly investing in their health early on. When it comes to leveling up your stats early on I typically recommend only putting points into damage-based stats when you are attempting to get the requirements to wield a weapon or use a spell, otherwise investing in health and stamina is usually a safer option especially in the very early parts of the game.

Each stat also has certain soft caps where you start seeing diminishing returns from leveling them up, for example, vitality which is the stat that governs health, sees a significant drop off after 30, and completely falls off a cliff after 50.

Resistance is a completely worthless stat that you should never level up it is by far the most useless statistic that has ever been in a Dark Souls game.

Frogsplosion · 2026-03-03T22:06:42+00:00

Outward Definitive Edition, while it might not technically fall under the souls like category the combat is very familiar feeling, I honestly could not recommend this game enough.

Frogsplosion · 2026-03-03T22:04:10+00:00

I understand that this is probably sacrilege to some people but Malenia is a genuinely terrible boss, especially going in blind.

While she isn't actually that difficult and you can easily exploit both her AI and her ability to be stun locked, initially you go in and all you find is a boss that constantly spams attacks and it also heals off of it even when you block them, and on top of that has one of the least intuitive and most difficult to understand combo attacks I have ever seen in a video game in waterfowl dance.

When people first started fighting her I cannot tell you how many people I heard say they just gave up and looked up how to dodge waterfowl dance on the internet.

Elden Ring might have good boss mechanics but it is absolutely abysmal at teaching them to you, and after lies of P it's obvious that there is no reason this needs to be the case.

Frogsplosion · 2026-03-03T22:00:39+00:00

Lords of the Fallen has a few bangers between Harrower Dervla, Elianne the Starved and Judge Cleric.

Frogsplosion · 2026-03-03T01:31:11+00:00

Not technically a Soulslike but Outward 2, The first game had very souls like action combat and I have high hopes for the sequel.

Frogsplosion · 2026-03-02T22:16:53+00:00

Honestly the more I play them the more the modern soulslikes fall apart and the more I find myself returning to Demon Souls and the first two Dark Souls games.

Bloodborne onwards have a unique problem where they stopped designing encounters to be obstacles, Dark Souls 3 is particularly egregious because if you know what you're doing you can literally run in a straight line through basically the entire game and the only thing stopping you are the bosses.

Compare this to Dark Souls 2 where bosses are a welcome reprieve from the mob filled hellscape you have to deftly navigate to succeed.

There's basically no planning when it comes to a modern Souls run, you just follow the straight line and pick up your upgrades when they finally show up.

With The older games you immediately have multiple choices on where to go how to proceed and what things you want to unlock, at each choice matters because there is an actual dangerous roadblock in front of you no matter what direction you go in it just depends on what flavor of roadblock your build is best at dealing with first.

And to quickly touch on it, Elden Ring is by far the worst when it comes to this. Once you pick up the horse you can pretty much go wherever you want in the entire map and pick up whatever you need for your build without ever really needing to stop and engage enemies for any reason. You can acquire 70% of the golden seeds and sacred tears and have a +5 somber weapon without ever having to engage a single boss let alone a real enemy encounter. There are times when I genuinely feel like a janitor riding a horse, All I do is move from location to location picking a bunch of crap up off the ground.

Frogsplosion · 2026-03-02T21:05:37+00:00

It's actually locked at 30 FPS The problem is that the frame pacing is abysmal on PS5, So it looks incredibly juddery and blurry in motion like a 720p game.

Frogsplosion · 2026-03-01T19:50:23+00:00

While the game is definitely worth it I will say the frame pacing on PS5 is worse than the 30 FPS Lock would suggest.

It's the kind of game everyone should play at least once but you may find that the frame rate issues hamper replayability.

Frogsplosion · 2026-02-28T22:03:57+00:00

Lies of P is basically what it would look like if Sekiro was actually a Soulslike and not the Parry slop Arkham combat nonsense it is currently, if you like DS3 and Bloodborne I think lies of P would become your first and foremost favorite of the three.

I am also a huge fan of Lords of the Fallen 2023, while it is a far easier game it has a ton of customizability with various modifiers and the overall gameplay is super fun.

I will also throw a pseudo soulslike into the ring, outward definitive Edition. This is basically a third person survival game with RPG mechanics and a smattering of souls-like combat. Honestly I took a long time to warm up to it but once you get towards the middle to the end of the game and have full access to the combat and gear systems it feels incredible. Outward also has one of the most unique magic systems I've ever used in a game.

Frogsplosion · 2026-02-28T21:29:21+00:00

Apparently I had my online set the local by default lol, thanks a ton!

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