re: Wuchang: Fallen feathers 76% Meta No story spoilers

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just got to this boss and I can see why so many people hit a wall there, but for most people it's likely because they refuse to change tactics.

I tried this boss about 8-10 times and was getting absolutely chewed up, could barely get it to half way. It gets much harder at the 50% mark.

I then customized my gear and my build specifically to counter what the boss does in the fight and the next attempt got it down to like 10% and then beat it the attempt after.

I'm sure with enough time and practice I could have done it with my default build and gear, but I'm pretty sure they intend for you to counter them.

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I just beat her. Super fun fight. I've been alternating between Axe and Longsword, so I used Longsword and put fire on it and it obliterated her. I found trying to stay away from her to bait her into that one attack that you can counter was my best bet.

For me I just switched to a spell based build real fast. She's extremely easy to dodge but very difficult to attack. So all I did was just dodge her to gain might charges and hurl spells at her, made the fight very easy.

Another thing I mentioned earlier as a problem with recent souls like, the game thus far is doing well at is keeping up the difficulty scaling. I have a much larger arsenal of weapons, skills, spells, etc. and am good at the combat but the game isn't letting me steamroll it. I'm probably 60% done if I had to guess and I still die out in the world regularly, despite having a lot of skill points and tools at my disposal.

I'm in the final endgame areas right now. Def. a hard arse game, the large trash mobs in the final area will chew you up 1 on 1. Having a lot of health and heals really doesn't help, they hit super hard and fast and you almost always die with heals in the bank.

The bosses that are sorta large Dark Souls esque monsters I handle with ease. The humanoids you have to duel are usually very hard. They are extremely aggressive and have insanely long combos and a huge variety ofthem. Getting hit once can be a death sentence as it starts this doom loop it's often times impossible to get out of. You pretty much have to memorize the most deadly combos and dodge them perfectly.

The trouble maker boss everyone complains about makes a reappearance and is insanely hard. She's thankfully optional and I believe beating her is necessary to unlock a different ending. There area apparently multiple good and bad endings. She's probably this game's equivalent of Malenia. Bitch is absolutely relentless.

I haven't kept track of which ones or how many, but on some bosses you can summon an NPC ally to fight with you if you like, but I haven't done that at all as I'm one of those purists in these games and view that as an absolute last resort if you happen to be hard stuck. I don't think it effects anything (although some NPC's have commented on me doing it without them so maybe it does).

Id rate it quite good. The term soulslike is overused but it's definitely a souls like. Anyone a fan of the genre will appreciate it because it's very well made and executed.

The pros are the world, lots of exploration and surprises, and danger. Very old school in that way. The boss fights are also good. I had at least 5 fights I really had to put in a bunch of attempts and really had to bring by A game for, which as a very experienced souls player is way more than usual.

The variety of weapons is also really good, they all feel viable and are vastly different and are a matter of preference.

The might system also encourages you to actually use ur spells too, which was nice as you don't have to invest in them for them to be useful.

The cons are all minor. The performance isn't optimal, occasionally small stutters for no discernable reason.

The story isn't particularly told well or compelling. They wanted it to be mysterious but I think most people will just completely ignore it as it is sorta incomprehensible.

The facial animation of the protagonist is basically non existent. Kind of uncanny valley as she has dead eyes and a thousand yard stare. Surprisingly the voice acting is quite good though.

The madness system was an interesting idea but isn't executed well. It's supposed to be this double edged sword, a system you need to manage and incorporate into your build. But as implemented you can basically ignore it as it has no real impact on anything except at full madness. In general madness is almost strictly better. It's just not flushed out well.

So ya it doesn't bring anything ground breaking to the table but it's an excellent non-Fromsoft Souls game.

Playing it sooner rather than later may be wise too if you want challenge, seems they already promised nerfs to things people complaining about. To me the difficulty is the primary draw, you gut that you just have blandness.

Thanks for the in depth reply. I’m probably about 5-6 hours in. I’m really enjoying it so far. Not much problems with performance on ps5 pro. I really really love how freely the game lets you experiment

I’m at this fight against this woman and she’s beating the shite out of me. I think I need to switch up my tactics and find out what kind of armor can best mitigate her attacks

Got it 2nd try after using your suggestion. Thanks

Wish there was a way to track bosses and see if you’re missing any optional

Mind listing them? Just took out the Bear boss. Was struggling till I equipped the Beast amulet then smoked him first time

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My stalker downvoter is literally a no lifer loser rofl. He got to this post within 2 minutes. It seems draco also did something to earn their sadistic ire. Weird hes a good poster, but dont be sad think about how they must refresh this board all day everyday to ensure they stalk us

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Link would be great. I know! It’s very strange whoever it is