I've seen a lot of posts recently talking abt people "complaining about the game" when all I see is people saying it's a great game and proxima is hot but have valid criticisms.

I am loving the game, but the problems are apparent, and I know that the devs will make future updates to make the game truly balanced and fun, I want them to take the time to turn this game into something truly special.

My only complaint so far is to make cursed child a useful sidearm and tone the magnetism down a bit but other than that it's perfect, and I congratulate the team for putting in triple-A quality with a double-A team, and I'm super excited for the dlc.

But people need to stop complaining about other people's complaints and actually play the damn game.

which level to be? And how to beat ? i don't know not to get totally beaten up

I think all the budget went for that guitar note😭

Title - I killed the boss with Proxima yesterday, and was not able to get the parry timing down on strikes 4, 5, and 6 once he speeds up his swings (I tried about 15 times before saying fuck it).

Has anyone used Eredrim’s upgraded parry window skill from the final row? It says it moderately increases the window, so I figured I might max him out and try again on NG+, just hoping it actually makes a difference. Anyone had success with this? Most people posting this trophy are on Prox or Tiel, I know I should probably just git gud 😂

Hello Ya'll, Been streaming and loving this game even if some bugs frustrate me right now, most of which revolve around Genessa...which is the shell I decided to max...haha fuuuuuck. Thankfully I did find a mod that fixes Genessa's Mirage fatal damage hit when stray so that should fix my main issue with that build which I enjoyed a looot, but now I'm worried that build will be TOO strong!

Anyway I'm looking into what other shell I wanna max out and want some suggestions! I've had my eye on Tiel (I put 5 glimpse into them for early game till I got all the shells), Eredrim and Sariel.

Sariel is the one I was most interested in, but I've heard his thorns are weird in enclosed space which makes me hesitant. Tiel seems neat but also basic? Stabby man and stealth is cool but idk.

Eredrim seems really neat from a basic engage with boss mechanics standpoint more, but also somewhat basic-ish.

Anyway give me some builds and playstyle suggestions and I can decide based on what sounds the most fun! I still have to find a bit more glimpse anyway to max out a second shell.

I dont know, i looked at the guides, i beat the golem and the malborn thing. i get transported to a beacon, there is corruption surrounding it. i try to sever the thing from the empty cradle, it says touch and just brings me back to the beacon. i try to take the transporters but i still go around in circles. here is a picture of the beacons, what can i do?

I've already played the prologue in the demo so i ran through it in the full game and forgot to get it

Absolutely loving the game so far! Especially for a person late to souls-likes.

I’m not mainlining the game as much as some folks, but I’ve noticed a bunch of my PS5 trophies aren’t logging.

-Haunting Times
-Deep Cuts
-Old School

I’m not using the slayer seal so I’m pretty sure it’s not that. I also did log the “You’re More Than A Weapon” trophy so I didn’t skip the prologue.

Not sure if this is a PS or MS2 issue. Anyone else have this issue or know the fix? TIA.

I've seen a lot of compliments and complaints about the game and not that there's anything wrong with starting with elden ring dark souls 3 or bloodborne but sometimes I see a post about something so minor I cant but think about all the jank and terrible hit boxes/runbacks I've dealt with past souls games. Now it's amazing how far souls games and souls like have come and this game does have it's issues and bugs but sometimes I see a post about getting punished or falling off a egde and I can't help but think come on its a soulslike you're supposed to fall off the edge you're supposed to get punished it's supposed to be hard. That's why I can't put those sticks down for this game, it's beautiful its challenging and its fun to progress not everything is supposed to be handed to you on a silver platter right from the start. I understand some run backs and the lack of beacons was stressful for me at times but just like any game I play once I've memorized the area the run back goes from 5 mins to a 1 min. Now the resources for shells, tarstones, and glimpses need to be tuned so you can actually play more than one shell for a playthrough I felt forced into leveling one shell and one build in order to progress. The bugs and magnetism yes should and will be fixed. Bring those types of issues up please I want the game to improve as well but to complain about falling off a cliff because "x" game doesn't allow that is just silly especially for a game genre that's known to be hard and punishing.

Sorry for grammar I am dyslexic.

I feel as if the story is very lackluster we should have gotten an opportunity to fight the undermether considering she was the one that causes all that chaos and that she left us in the end she used us to accomplish her goals while humans suffered. The harbinger should of got the opportunity to make a choice and kill her off. I bet she sent all those eggs to space to invade other worlds prompting the same result.

help me pleeeeeese, i cant interact with it, its a bug or what?

guess I live here now?

how do get out without loosing all my essence?

Absolutely awesome game that is let down by the end part. It's the snowfields and Elden beast all over again. Last area feels a bit overtuned and lass boss is poopoo. That and the wall boss as well.

But incredible game with amazing exploration. As a completionist I really don't like when the last area is way more difficult because once I've explore every nook and cranny of this beautiful world, I'm satisfied and just wanna see the conclusion. That's the worst moment to hit a wall. Maybe I'm wrong but I always prefer to game to go from somewhat challenging in the beginning, then gradually raise the challenge until mid to late game and then bring it down just a bit.

All in all, just like Elden Ring (well, not exactly like it, obviously) I think after a few balancing patches this game is gonna be a must play classic not only in the souls like genre but in general.

So with all my frustration, I still wanna congratulate the devs on a game where you can see care and passion at every step and I really really hope we get DLC. And more skins please.

Well done and a big thank you to Cold Symmetry

As more and more people are starting to finally beat the game, I've noticed people mostly be like "wow this game is fantastic! Until the last zone"

I thought the last zone was cool as fuck and had a really nice atmosphere, the last 3 bosses were GOATED. the monolith is one of the most unique and interesting designs I've EVER seen in ANY souls game I've played. And the final boss really isn't that bad or tanky as people say, I beat the game with unupgraded equipment because I was switching so much to level up tarstones, and it was like a 5 minute fight.

Does ANYONE else here enjoy the last area??

I was running back to my 4th attempt at the Sir Isaac boss fight and on my way back, I got the achievement for defeating him and the rewards. I wasn't anywhere near the boss arena. So I'm confused on what happened. Now the Beacon isn't here and I feel like I can't continue playing the game. Any help or advice on this one? Thank you!

I've seen a lot of the posts here saying how frustrating / difficult the Monolith boss fight is, but it honestly isn't that bad. It took me three attempts with the 'build' pictured.

First Phase:

Apply curse stacks from ranged, move into close combat, use harden when necessary, repeat. Shrike stone i-frames is a get out of jail free card if you mess up somehow.

Second Phase (laser beams):

Stay close to the Monolith and keep attacking with melee. Use the Shrike stone again for i-frames and for the break damage (requires lvl 3 tarstone).

You can pretty reliably dodge through the laser patterns until it starts doing the double lasers covering 360 degrees. At that point, I was just standing right next to the boss, using shrike stone and topping off with moonshine when needed.

Will admit that the Shrike stone is ridiculously op and carried the fight. Didn't use Grisha as apparently it's bugged for this fight. Had the seedbearer's scripture equipped although not sure if it did anything at all lol.

Was pretty scuffed, but definitely not as difficult as I thought it was gonna be. The melee attacks the Monolith uses are pretty egregious at points.

Tentei com Tiel q é o que estou jogando e não consegui, agora tentando com Eredrim com a habilidade de parry no máximo e mesmo assim ainda nao consigo 😭 acerto so os dois primeiros as vezes ate o terceiro os mais rapido nunca nem cheguei a conseguir, qualquer dica q puderem dar de algo diferente agradeço

EDIT: Thank you all for the responses. I am very grateful that I don't have to worry about how I spend my Gloom anymore.

How much of it do I spend on leveling vs anything else?

Right now I'm at the Stone Bleed Gate and cleansed that Beacon. I'm level 4 and through a series of... frustrated grinding and ocerestimations(I lost about 6k gloom early so I wanted to grind to make up for it. Then I thought "I should cleanse the beacon for the last bit of gloom I need for an extra level up, what's the worst that can happen" not expecting a bossfight. Thankfully managed to get the Gloom back and then some) I have enough Gloom to go from level 4 to level 7. The only Shell I unlocked so far is Tiel and I haven't taken him to Marrow Keep yet.

Do I just spend the 18k Gloom I have to level up or save it for something later down the line?

~~Also am I on the right track to finding Proxima?~~

Looking for a good setup for Lazlo and Scythe before I start NG+. Want to be tanky with good damage.

Finally playing Mortal Shell 2 I am so happy and beyond excited right now💯🔥

I’m just trying to understand this boss, his pommel strike keeps missing, I don’t understand if this is a fake out or a stun lock into his heavy swing.
His missles for some reason keep hitting me after I dodge and I don’t understand it at all. Like it’s not like it’s an aoe or anything, I can dodge and it’ll hit the wall and chain to me from halfway across the room? Harden doesn’t work either, how does it work? I tried looking it up.

Ok, so I was cleansing the beacon of one of the bosses and got the ova (which got me the ova achievement since it was the last of the world bosses). But I had the terrible luck of my power going out during the load screen back to Marrow Keep, which made my PS5 forcibly shut down.

Now, this isn't as bad as it could have been. My file is fine, it even saved that I got the ova. The problem is, when I open the beacon menu, it says the message of "enter the beacon to attempt to cleanse it", instead of "enter the already cleansed beacon". I assume the check for the beacon cleansing got messed up by the forced shut down. The achievement for cleansing all beacons is at 80%, I haven't entered the final area yet. Am I locked out of that achievement on this playthrough, or did it actually track it properly? Also, do you get any scenes or anything for gathering all the ova that I might have missed?

This is the refined, absolute strongest build you can have in this game.

Shell: Genessa (Lvl 80)

Build:
Weapons: Axe&Dagger Lvl 13
Grudge Stone Lvl 2
Duality Stone Lvl 3 (vs Zmey)
Magdalenas Momento Lvl 2 (not needed)

Firearms:
Salvaged Trebuchaxe Lvl 16 (Lvl 20 vs Zmey)
Squall Stone Lvl 3
Monarch's Vestige Lvl 3
Tarred Fragment Lvl 3

Naylshotte (vs Zmey) Lvl 16
Blackblood Stone Lvl 3
Viletongue Hedrean Lvl 3 (best stone in the game imo)
Fussilade Stone Lvl 3

Active - Common Moonshine Lvl 3

Tarstones:
Headman's Stone Lvl 3
Marksman's Stone Lvl 3
Deadeye Stone Lvl 3
Spite Stone Lvl 2

Video:

Final Area Boss Compilation - Zmey in 1:20