Well, after about 50 hours almost with this game I'm really trying to make it last by not playing all that much, but a few hours a day...I'm trying to make it last because there is only ever one first playthrough, once is all over, I'll ever be unfamiliar with the locations again. Once that's gone one of the very best things about this game is gone.. "THE DREAD" The dread of whats around the next corner and room.... I love it but I dont LOOOOVE it.
They REALLY need to put some damn patches out to fix loading and online... PVP and COOP... smh. The Bell system is just plain bad. Really don't understand why having the sign system just worked in the past soul games... I fined this game to be the most dumbed-down game in the series and also the easiest..and the shortest. Also Im really disappointed in the Chalice Dungeons I just thought they would be more random with more variety and more locations and even though there is stuff in them not in the main game.. I guess I just let the words randomize dungeons go to far in my head.
AND the LOADING -____- Im sorry but its 2015 with a console with 8gb of DDr5 ram come the fuck ON... the loading is just plain embarrassing and FROM should feel bad... they should of got Sonys help on the matter... it's not acceptable. It just says to me that they really didn't try or just didn't know how to fully use the PS4s potential. I really hope the ""future patch" for the loading will help it some and not just put item info pics on the loading screens...which if that is what they do. They should have been there day one... Whats the use of all that ram if they dont use it...
Difficulty
Hardest to least
DemS
DS1
DS2
Bloodborne...
My favorite
DS2>>>>>>>>>>BB>>>>DS>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>DemS.
They really just didn't take much of a chance with this and I guess its because its the first game in a new IP but still they really should have done more with it. Having 3 games under their belt, alot of the problems this game has, were in the latter games its like they didn't learn anything from their mistakes..
The game is gorgeous but sooo fucking drab, I'm a fan of saturation and color and this game only has 3 colors (gray, black and red) only a few different locations and variety in set pieces. Less armor, less weapons, and less items less everything.
Hidetaka Miyazaki just played it way to safe with this game.. I understand why.. its a new IP and he wanted it to do good... which it will but still.. DS2 is hated around here and I understand it only because he didn't make it, but for me it expanded on everything the first two games did and made it better. Yes, of course like every game ever made it has faults.. the lag and the hit boxes where not soo good, thankfully the hit boxes in BB are really good, the fast paced fighting in this game is fucking wonderful, definitely one of the best things about the game. Also the level design is amazing... and yes DS2 lacked in that area.
Maybe once the dlc comes out and they finally patch it after two months once everyone has beaten it 5 times... smh.. I'm still loving this game its my first Miyazaki game I really enjoyed and Im trying to make it last until I beat the final few bosses and it completely stops making any since lore/story wise.. I definitely sound like I'm shitting on the game but I indeed love it and will play it for a few playthroughs more. but I just expected more.. Everyone here at gaf just shits and shits on the """"B team""""" and to me DS2 is the Terminator 2 of the series... I know they helped with this game also... probably everyone at FROM worked on this game. I just expected with 3 games under FROMs belt this literally should have been to most ambitious and insanely deep game they've ever made.. But they just played it safe so BB2 or BB3 could be that....
I personally hope B team makes DS3 on the side and BB2 is made by Miyazaki and hopefully he will really show what can be done with souls like games..