Was gifted this game from a co-worker who is a major Souls fan. Gotta say its pretty overwhelming and I can see why people dig these games. I appreciate the challenge and I always feel like I know why I died and what I need to avoid or do better next time.

I've been going with a Samauri dual Katana build with a couple bleed-type Ashes of War and it seems like its working pretty good so far. I'm definitely struggling with some of the bosses though. Can't seem to finish off Godrick in the first castle dungeon no matter what I do. And trying to farm stones in the Crystal caves was a rude awakening as it seems like the enemies in there are downright immune to my weapons (picked up a club/hammer type of weapon and its amazing the difference in damage).

Really cool game and I can't believe how big the world feels.

Yeah. I haven't gone down the path of any sort of magic. Probably worth my while to get a few basic spells for things like this.

Finally starting to feel like I'm making some progress. Raya Lucaria seemed insurmountable when I first started it but after working on leveling up my weapons things just started to melt. I think it took me around 10 tries on the final boss and she was dead. I have a feeling my damage output was significantly more than what it should be for doing that dungeon. Same with Radahan. Basically just rode around on my horse, clicked all the summons when I could and picked him off using arrows from horseback.

It really feels like the game is opening up now. All sorts of new areas to travel to (had no idea there was an entire underground world). Samurai + dual Katanas and that blood slash pretty much one-shots every minor enemy along the way. And deals a huge chunk of damage to lots of the bosses I've dealt with.

Now I'm struggling on this dual Gargoyle boss in the underground city. They just melt my wolf ash summons and then poison the crap out of me whenever I manage to get close for a swipe. Might have to do some re-strategizing on these guys haha. Probably also need to get the Mimic Tear summons first before I go back and die to them.

Definitely the same for me. Seems like once I finished the Adademy I was strong enough to take on a bunch of stuff.

Stuck on the Twin Gargoyles and the 'red guy' that progresses Ranni's quest at the moment but I probably just need to level up a little bit more and find the correct ashes for each fight.