1/26/2024 0 Comments Hellpoint progress routeYou even get an alternate attack if you don’t have a shield equipped (which may be the key to defeating a boss), as well as ranged weapon options (which uses Energy). Though you will get painfully staggered if you try to block an attack with not enough stamina. You have your usual light and strong attacks, dodging, shields, and stamina that determines if you’ll be able to still attack, dodge, or run. If you’re familiar with Dark Souls, you’ll already be familiar with how Hellpoint works and plays. ![]() It becomes pretty obvious early on that you also weren’t the first Spawn, as you can see piles and piles of bodies littering Irid Nova, and it’s still up in the air whether you’ll be the last. Though, he insists that you’re not being forced to do this. With you being created by The Author, you are immune and he has tasked you with gathering information (or lore as the game will track it and I’ve heard it determines the ending you’ll get) and bringing your findings to him. While the story here is one you’ll slowly find out as you progress and explore, you know that you came after some sort of cataclusmic event that caused damn near everyone to die or lose their mind, as well as attracting various entities that caused Irid Novo, the space station Hellpoint takes place, to become as dangerous as it is now and fall from the glory you’re told that it had. You come into Hellpoint as a new artificially made human, or “Spawn”, that was brought to life by someone named The Author. Well, looks like it’s time for my first souls-like with Hellpoint, where I was drawn due to the dark, sci-fi aesthetic. I went further than the beginning, trust me it took me a long time to get past the beginning, but eventually stopped half because Eileen got killed and I wanted her to stay alive (well, and I feel like I should restart whenever I return to it) and I got busy with school. ![]() And then, when I finally got a PS4, I picked up Bloodborne and I fell in love. My entry point was with Dark Souls 2, which I now know wasn’t a good choice since it’s considered the worst (at least I didn’t get the Scholar of the First Sin version), but I didn’t get too far. I definitely overestimate my skills though. ![]() Maybe it’s just the overwhelmingly positive reception it has or that I love the look of them. To be honest, I’m not that good at Souls games, but I can’t help myself from wanting to play them.
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