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RUMOR: Project Beast (From Software/Sony Japan Studio, PS4) [Port begging = ban]
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FleaKitten
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I have to ask because i am not very familiar with this.
At what point do journalist get to see a sneak peak like this,where the game is in a very early stage , and never allowed to talk about it again?
What purpose does it serve the game maker exactly to show them off behind closed gates?Journalist will obviously get a better look at it at a latter point, so is it to just inform them of its existence in a more elaborate way than just telling them?
At what point do journalist get to see a sneak peak like this,where the game is in a very early stage , and never allowed to talk about it again?
What purpose does it serve the game maker exactly to show them off behind closed gates?Journalist will obviously get a better look at it at a latter point, so is it to just inform them of its existence in a more elaborate way than just telling them?
I really think it's more that any group has enough members to seem as if they speak for GAF, with maybe a few exceptions and that's likely because public opinion actually skews that way such coming down on XB1's DRM.
Mt Heart Attack
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There's more to it as well, as this is very likely the game Miyazaki, creator of Demon's Souls and Dark Souls, is working on, while he only served as an overseer for Dark Souls 2. So one could argue this is the actual big From Software project after Dark Souls.
There already is a souls game that is exclusive so to say "no way" is a bit niave or u just dont want to face the possibility that the next souls game wont br on your platform of choice. The souls series started as a Fromsoftware game that was aided by jp studios.
Pretty much everything is still rumored, so reasonably a wait and see approach is far more sensible.
unfortunately no pc means i won't get to play it but more miyazaki is good for the world i guess
not sure how i would feel about dark souls with guns. if it's like a third person shooter like re4 it might work but if guns are sort of like crossbows in dks i might like it better
not sure how i would feel about dark souls with guns. if it's like a third person shooter like re4 it might work but if guns are sort of like crossbows in dks i might like it better
I don't see this leak as a bad thing.
As much as I want to see reveal live for the first time, I can't help but to think this leak allows the game to have some of the limelight atm. It could be better than sharing with the other megatons in E3. Sure, E3 is the way traditional media communicates to the casual audience but hoarding some of the limelight now isn't all that bad. It's freebies for From Software. Considering none of us has seen the game in motion yet and that will be what we are anticipating during Sony's conference.
As much as I want to see reveal live for the first time, I can't help but to think this leak allows the game to have some of the limelight atm. It could be better than sharing with the other megatons in E3. Sure, E3 is the way traditional media communicates to the casual audience but hoarding some of the limelight now isn't all that bad. It's freebies for From Software. Considering none of us has seen the game in motion yet and that will be what we are anticipating during Sony's conference.
It could be a sequel to Shadow Tower Abyss if it has guns in it, given that the game also had guns in it.
There are lots of reasons, the 'earliest' reason would be pitching for magazine covers. If the reveal was considered for last TGS, Sony could have pitched Game Informer and Edge last summer about it.
DarkLordMalik
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DemonNite has been MIA since this leak. Something is not right 
He was last seen online just a few minutes ago. I doubt if he will comment on this thread though.
He was last seen online just a few minutes ago. I doubt if he will comment on this thread though.
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Psycho_Mantis
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Thread was made like a day ago. Insane. I don't think I've seen a thread explode so quickly.
TLG + a trailer for this and I'm done. DONE
DemonNite has been MIA since this leak. Something is not right
He was last seen online just a few minutes ago. I doubt if he will comment on this thread though.
ninjas?
They're saving the Megaton for E3. Vita F2P exclusive.
How in the hell that can be a mod? Especially so early considering DS2 PC release, It looks like a totally new game.
It could literally be anything, it was posted on 4chan.
Of course, I didn't know it had been confirmed that they were helping develop it.
i've seen the rejected art he did for the game and it's quite bad really. I'd like to know if the concept art he did were his own designs, or if he was just responsible for creating final quality art for the asset creators to work from.
Facism
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That thirst for Souls is real.
Imagine Beast Souls in the same world as Demon's Souls but built like Dark Souls exclusively happening in the land the broken Arch Stone lead to.
So wet.
Also, that dog needs the magic of the cloud to make him look pretty again.
Angry Fork
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As much as this may sound like sacrilege I hope this game has an easy mode or something. I don't have the time to grind through 10 hours of a game just to reach the 2nd/3rd level. I've always wanted to enjoy the atmosphere of Demons/Dark souls and have fun with it but never could because of the constant trial and error. There's nothing wrong with giving these people an extra option to give enemies less health/power or something.
It can't be a mod... it can't be a coincidence that many of the DemonNite teases contained the word "beast" as someone pointed out before. Unless someone caught all his teases and based this screens on them but that's super unlikely
That said, I haven't been so hyped in a loooooong time!
That said, I haven't been so hyped in a loooooong time!
Still, looking at the leaked screens, I dont see how its possible that would be a mod. Theres totally diferent enemie sand overall art style. As I said, it seems to early for such big mods appearing already.
Im sure theres have been real leaks in 4Chan, I remember some legit Sonic games leaks there.
You could just summon people. Summon is basically easy mode in Dark Souls.
thunder_snail
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It can't be a mod because:
1) It takes a while for a game to be modded unless it's based on widely known and mod friendly engine such as ones being used on Elder Scrolls and Fallout games.
2) Most games don't allow complete modding like that (new areas, new meshes+textures)
3) Creating new areas + new enemies + player character to the level shown in the screen shots would take A LONG time. Even for highly moddable games. It'd be easier to photoshop images than creating a mod for DS2 of that extent.
There have also been a ton of false leaks on 4chan. It could be something from just about any engine from a person that has enough time. It could also be a leak from another game or a game that From is co-developing or any other number of things.
Similarly, if the person wanted to lend credence to the leak, why not just leak the trailer? If it is in fact a trailer as everyone is claiming right now, it would be far easier to prove the leak with that.
BananaSprinkles
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Well nothing about this game, including it's existence, has been confirmed as far as I can tell. It's just the rumor of it's existence comes packaged with SCE helping to develop the game and games co-developed by SCE are always exclusive.
Persona RS
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I think Sony owns the Demon's Souls IP.
Sure, i agree that It could be another From game or a cancelled game or whatever. I just see imposible of this being just a mod like that post said.
That post seems like a lot of bullshit.
Either they're modding the PS4 version (and learned how to mod a PS4 already) or they're modding the PC version, which that is a lot of work to get done over the span of one week, especially implementing textures, models, and designing all of these new characters and learning how to put those in the newly released game.
Basically, that sounds like a crock of crap.
Psycho_Mantis
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I think all know where it came from, lets not discuss it -___-
People who are saying this is a mod.......have you played DkS2? Just lol
FairXchange
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Yeah right, it's not a freakin' mod for a game that just come out last week on PC. The worst it is is a mock up, and I don't think it's that either. It's some early screens of a next gen Dark Souls until proven otherwise.
demosthenes
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Don't buy it. Demon had been hinting at this for months. Others here have confirmed it's real.
I think it's a reasonable request, but it would be more difficult to balance than just reducing their health and increasing yours, the difficult comes more in just having patience. I guess the easier thing would be just make everyone aggro way way slower, but that might not be fun at all.
Those games are the tension, without it I don't know what's really left.
The title first said Software/Japan Studio. Some people apparently thought that it meant "made by Software (a Japan studio)" instead of "made by Software and Sony's Japan Studio".
I think someone said early in the thread that the leaker watched the trailer on some private industry stream or something. If that's the case he wouldn't have the actual video to share, he just managed to grab these screens while watching the stream.
Sounds like you need to just summon some people for easy mode help. Souls games aren't a grind as you're always learning new things and progressing. And yes there is a problem with adding in easy modes for Souls games, removing the difficulty just makes the game trivial, one hitting enemies and never dying isn't fun.
DarkLordMalik
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Regarding the discussion about it being a mod, that was my first thought as well.
Now as to why some insiders like Verendus and BruceLeeRoy confirmed it, it could be simply chalked to the fact that they only heard the code name "Project Beast" which definitely is some real deal, but never saw the game in action until these screens. So once they saw it being leaked, they confirmed its existence.
Of course, this being an actual mod seems far fetched for sure.
Now as to why some insiders like Verendus and BruceLeeRoy confirmed it, it could be simply chalked to the fact that they only heard the code name "Project Beast" which definitely is some real deal, but never saw the game in action until these screens. So once they saw it being leaked, they confirmed its existence.
Of course, this being an actual mod seems far fetched for sure.
immortal-joe
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Still struggling to believe this. How the fuck did Sony pull this off? Where will the Soul's series go from here?
funkystudent
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If its a mod wouldn't we have a link or footage of the mod itself?
Unless this prankster made the mod for the soul reason of fooling people with these screens which would be its own kind of crazy
It seems really unlikely that any industry veteran (which I assume anybody who has access to a stream such as that would be) would not be recording it for purposes of taking notes.
They aren't pictures from a phone, and the mouse plainly indicates these were from a computer.
Stone Ocean
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There's no way in hell that would be a mod, regardless of insider confirmation.
PC version of 2 has been out for what, two weeks? And someone would basically create new, high quality looking assets just for a fake? Please.
PC version of 2 has been out for what, two weeks? And someone would basically create new, high quality looking assets just for a fake? Please.
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