A crucial part of exploiting the environment to your gain is learning enemy patterns. That's where embracing death also comes in handy don't take a sudden demise as an opportunity to ring the neck of the controller or toss it across the room in a fit of anger. Remember what it is you got wrong, and perhaps you'll unlock the answer to defeating this particular enemy that's vexing you. Like that old saying goes: insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Equally as applicable to followers of Narcotics Anonymous followers as Bloodborne players. Going in all guns/saws blazin' every time isn't an effective way to play this game. No, much smarter is to hang back, and figure out what bad guy does what. Each of them has certain patterns they follow when walking around, and will attack in a certain way. By keeping an eye on both, you can identify their weaknesses, and then taking them down will be a relative doddle. For how fast-paced the action is, this is actually a game to be played slowly and patiently.
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