Vagabond has decent vigor and strength, while the Samurai prioritises higher dexterity, endurance and strength.
Hero would seem to be the obvious starting choice for pure melee builds.
An intriguing bunch for sure…
After the intro you’re deposited in the appropriately named Chapel of Anticipation.
Before retreading those steps though, there’s an opportunity for some exploration.
Further down that path there’s Castle Morne.
There’s also a hidden site of grace behind the castle where some tougher enemies are guarding treasure.
It’ll be fascinating to see if and how Fia’s story deepens as the game progresses.
Journeying into the woods near the meadow are some absolutely gigantic bears.
It isn’t - there are several wandering around the woods and all are stacked and utterly deadly.
So, we did what any under-leveled player with a serious time restriction would do and ran away.
Pulling its lever sent us underground - very, very far underground.
So far, in fact, that we began to wonder if the lift would ever stop.
But it did, and deposited us in a gorgeous purple and blue-hued landscape beneath the Siofra River.
We know a potential FromSoft boss arena when we see one.
Back on the surface, there were a few other things we discovered.
Far to the south, we found a place called the Tower of Return.
This is Leyndell, the royal capital.
That golem will be defeated another day.
There’s another boss at the foot of one of the many golden trees scattered about Limgrave.
And that’s frightening in itself, given how danger lurks everywhere, even in the least expected places.
Will you risk it all to open that chest, not knowing if it may mean your sudden doom?
Great and terrible freedom.
