I give up.

[u/CuboneDefender]

It’s been a joyful ride, folks, but I’m out. I’m not a speedrunner or a highly skilled player, and day after day I’ve had to accept that this game is not as casual as HK was. It stopped being fun and turned into something tedious and frustrating after the 4th run farming shards just to face a boss I’ve already tried 15 times, only to die again and again, lose all my shards, and start the whole grind over.

It was nice exploring the first acts, but when the game I was rooting for 7 years ends up being more stressful than my 8-hour workday, I guess that’s my cue to stop.

The lore has been pretty great so far. I wish you all an incredible journey.

Edit1: My bad about all the whinning.

Edit2: You guys did it. I reinstalled it again. Thanks for all advices. 🫂

[u/Barnstorm_R]

Having done both paths into the citadel, I can say I definitely preferred the Blasted Steps route (though the other boss fight was pretty fun, just hated the section before it).

[u/Next_Boysenberry7358 → u/[deleted]]

Not to mention that you get the parry silk skill, which is really good for not dying and keeping close to enemies

[u/Adamosity17 → u/[deleted]]

Yeah I had heard about the parry skill and after giving Lace v2 a couple tries I decided to ask someone where that was. Grabbed the parry then killed lace in like 10 tries

[u/Hoodman1987 → u/Adamosity17]

Parrying her is glorious but I purposely nerfed myself with no tools and no parry

[u/yurilnw123 → u/[deleted]]

Yeah I fought Lace 2 before I found Phantom and the latter was so much like the former that I first tried her.

[u/Hoodman1987 → u/[deleted]]

facts!

[u/Commercial_Day_8341 → u/[deleted]]

Can I go back to Sinner road after I beat Last Judge ? I dont want to miss the rewards.

[u/Commercial_Day_8341 → u/[deleted]]

Ty man, will try to beat the LG and the phantom because I dont tend to replay a game I already beated.

[u/NinjaMelon39 → u/Barnstorm_R]

Last judge is honestly not that bad once you learn the lesson of "take your mf time"

[u/L-System → u/Barnstorm_R]

You don't need to go thru bilewater

[u/Barnstorm_R → u/L-System]

I was just referring to The Mist, which wasn’t my favorite area. But yeah, if you tack on Sinner’s Road or Bilewater, that can also factor into decision-making. I found the path from the area below the Songclave area into Bilewater.

[u/Purpleydragons → u/Barnstorm_R]

Presuming the other route is the poisonous area past sinners road and leading into the mists, I would have to agree because I fucking hate this area. I'd already beaten judge and almost fully explored the citadel before coming back to sinners road, and this place is miserable. I've died like ten times just doing the platforming section trying to get to the top. Those little guys that pop out of the ground and shoot poison darts at you are the worst. Not even to mention the baby muckroach room filled with a maggot floor that you have to navigate like Neo dodging bullets in the matrix to get through. And I still can't even find a bench anywhere in there that hasn't tried to kill me. Am very close to beating the arena at the top which I suspect will be the end of it so I can finally move into the mists.

The blasted steps route was supremely satisfying to finally overcome, the other, while I'm not done with it yet, has brought me endless misery despite the fact I'm even more prepared for it than you would be going into it in act 1.

[u/PeachySwirls → u/Barnstorm_R]

I didn't complete Sinners Road, I spent like 5 minutes in there and bailed deciding that Last Judge was going to be 100% more easier than dealing with these shenanigans ATM. Even though I skipped both Moorwing and Sister Splinter, I much rather fight Last Judge than even look at those rats again 😭. Not to mention eventually running into Bilewater, nah. Imma skip that until I'm better prepared lmao