Yes, it is worth it. If you are struggling, check out the official strategy guide. Not only it is superbly made with tons of good inforamation, it has a "free" theme that is stunningly good.
/r/huntersbell is a good place to find cooperators who will help you.
In addition, you will get better and better at the game thus deaths will be rarer and you will learn to not mind so much.
Unfortunately the interview was in the Future Press strategy guide (here's a link to the book's Amazon page) so to my knowledge there isn't an online interview to link to. The images that Estaim posted appear to be from the guide.
http://www.amazon.com/Bloodborne-Collectors-Edition-Strategy-Guide/dp/3869930691
that's official guide if I'm not mistaken.
And you will deal more damage with paper obviously, but for example against Amelia it's pretty much doubling damage but against him it's like 20-ish% boost. Perfectly useful but it's not a game changer
You might be interested in the collector's edition strategy guide, then. Supposed to feature tons of art, a Bestiary, lore index, etc.
I'm personally going to buy the collectors and then just buy FuturePress' Bloodborne Guide since it'll work out a bit cheaper than buying just Nightmare edition. This way, I'll have 2 books full of Bloodborne information and art.
The wiki and the guide book are great resources if you are like me, a fifth casual. The latter even has a cool PS4 theme.
You can do it: git gud.
If I managed, then you should have no problems whatsoever.
/r/huntersbell can give you some help too.
The real wiki is a fantastic trove of information. It is accurate.
The Bloodborne Collectors Edition Strategy Guide is clearly the best thing and is really nice to look at. It comes with a nice PS4 theme. Sadly, the DLC one is now out of print and goes to silly money.
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Title | Bloodborne, Let's Talk Lore #19: The Fishing Hamlet (w/ Jerks Sans Frontieres) |
Description | See below for navigation timestamps, links, and references: 0:01:20 – Intro ends 0:02:10 – Valtr, Beast Eater? 0:06:30 – Adeline 0:09:00 – Lumenwood Gardens 0:11:20 – Lady Maria of the Astral Clock Tower 0:19:15 – Rare Gehrman dialogue 0:27:50 – Fishing Hamlet 0:55:15 – Brador, Church Assassin 1:10:25 – Parasite Farm 1:28:00 – Orphan of Kos 1:42:00 – Gehrman’s suffering 1:47:20 – Whale worship and Kos 1:50:00 – The Great Ones as “sympathetic in spirit” 1:58:20 – The Surgery Altar 2:04:38 – Menstrual blood debunked? 2:08:00 – Temporally-distinct Grand Cathedrals 2:11:57 – Bloodletting explained in depth 2:28:30 – Who are the Church Servants/Giants? 2:33:40 – Maria’s picture frame 2:40:31 – Do Great Ones have genders? 2:52:25 – “Fear the Thirst for Blood” vs. “Seek the Old Blood” Bloodborne, Let’s Talk Lore series playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZ17Wuu7rVt7ytbFGwAHZSzq2kZKqRlfw Supplemental NPC dialogue courtesy MoonlightButterfly: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI_QectaF7CrE7iIzq-7G1g/ Aegon of Astora. “Bloodborne Cinematic Lore: Gehrman, the First Hunter”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DWE_vle6HE JSF’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCutDYNaok6TxG_bTE26YJmQ Aegon of Astora. “Bloodborne: The Old Hunters (SPOILERS): That sounded awfully familiar ...”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tmS1BDflCE Jerks Sans Frontieres. “Addendum: Accurate Astral Clock Face”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_eVlDQFSIY Wikimedia Commons. “Prague Astronomical Clock Face”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Czech-2013-Prague-Astronomical_clock_face.jpg Redgrave. “The Little Things in Yharnam: Oedon”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjpcKIQyK5I Wikimedia Commons. “Bishop Fish”: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bishop-fish.png Monster Brains. “Thing That Drifted Ashore (Scanlation)”: http://monsterbrains.blogspot.ca/2010/12/junji-ito-thing-that-drifted-ashore.html Junji Ito Wiki. “Thing That Drifted Ashore”: http://junjiitomanga.wikia.com/wiki/The_Thing_That_Drifted_Ashore Adamkranz. “A Closer Look at Later Areas”: https://www.reddit.com/r/bloodborne/comments/3vke54/dlc_spoilers_a_closer_look_at_later_areas/ Redgrave. “The Little Things in Yharnam: The Hunter’s Origin”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUqtL-MS76I U.S. National Library of Medicine. “Johannes de Ketham - Fasiculo de Medicina”: https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/horse/ast_ketham_p06.html Wikimedia Commons. “Points used in bloodletting”: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Feldtbuch_der_Wundartzney,_newlich_getruckt_Wellcome_L0031659.jpg Redgrave. "The Paleblood Hunt (Definitive Edition)": https://www.reddit.com/r/bloodborne/comments/3vaq4r/the_paleblood_hunt_finalized_and_revised_with/ https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JL5acskAT_2t062HILImBkV8eXAwaqOj611mSjK-vZ8/edit Future Press. “Bloodborne Collector’s Edition Strategy Guide” (non-affiliate link): http://www.amazon.com/Bloodborne-Collectors-Edition-Strategy-Guide/dp/3869930691 Future Press. “Bloodborne The Old Hunters Collector's Edition Guide” (non-affiliate link): http://www.amazon.com/Bloodborne-Hunters-Collectors-Edition-Guide/dp/3869930721/ |
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Despite Amazon saying the reprint of the Collector's Guide will be release on April 30th, Lobosjr has stated it's at the beginning of May, FYI.
Here are the Amazon Smile links:
https://www.amazon.com/Bloodborne-Collectors-Strategy-Guide-Future/dp/3869930691 is the main game walkthrough...
There is a strategy guide http://www.amazon.com/Bloodborne-Collectors-Edition-Strategy-Guide/dp/3869930691
And also wiki site http://bloodborne.wiki.fextralife.com/Bloodborne+Wiki
Only advice....don't quit. And welcome aboard, hunter.
Is it this one? Thread made me want a copy.
I am currently in same spot, but a bit earlier in the game, and I too was thinking of rolling a new character. I was planning of running an arcane build since there was a very in-depth guide posted recently. I also bought the Collectors Edition Guide and it was well worth the money with loads of tips and ways to progress the story, quests, etc, so I suggest getting that. It has everything you need and the design + artwork is amazing (plus you get a spiffy PS4 theme to use!).
Probably this one.
Mine is preparing to ship as I type, this page says in stock http://www.amazon.com/Bloodborne-Collectors-Strategy-Guide-Future/dp/3869930691/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1429809391&sr=1-1&keywords=bloodborne
For lore check out epic name bro on YouTube. If you want a book preorder the strategy guide
Edit: YouTube link for ENB: https://m.youtube.com/user/EpicNameBro
And guide: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bloodborne-Collectors-Edition-Strategy-Guide/dp/3869930691
Or you could just buy him the official guide which looks pretty bad ass and probably has more comprehensive information and interesting lore points.