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[Omegasquash]

I want it inside of me, and then to play out all over my face.

That looked good, considering the BB influence in there.

 

[Durante]

I don't participate much in the Souls threads, as I like to play them solitary and figure everything out on my own, but I feel like I'm in the minority in that DSII had my by far the best boss lineup in the series.

People hate humanoid enemies, even though they often have the more varied and interesting movesets compared to the non-human ones (in all Souls games, actually).

Dark 2 had a great palette now that I think of it

Absolutely. And it did that without the somewhat excessive color grading DS1 used.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

aww yea major Berserk vibes
IM REALLY FEELIN IT!

Not every dark fantasy is berserk.

 

[ZangBa]

Looks cool. Judging by the way he was rolling, the controls will be like DS1 while locked on. :<

 

[Newtype-001]

Does Sony have a conference?

Imagine they announce BB expansion, imagine it releases on 2015...

OH MY GOD!!

*dies from hype*

Nah no conference at gamescom they're skipping for Paris Games week but the next conference from them will be in September at pre-TGS

 

[KeRaSh]

Love the Bloodborne imfluence! Day one for sure.

 

[Zocano]

lol@ this

I'm honestly surprised more people don't agree. Unless you are really hung up on horrible video compression, the lighting in that old footage is profoundly better.

 

[Molemitts]

It's a Souls game so I'm gonna get it. I hope it's good. I was super excited for Bloodborne, but I'm not feeling this as much. I'm sure it will be great, though.

I know this is meant to be a turning point in the series, right? I'd love to see them wrap up the Dark Souls 1 and 2 lore and take us to a whole new separate setting in the next game. Cyber Punk Souls or something.

 

[Marioloko]

You lite the bonfire
http://i.imgur.com/AGMI7lz.gifv

 

[Relaxed Muscle]

People hate humanoid enemies, even though they often have the more varied and interesting movesets compared to the non-human ones (in all Souls games, actually).

You should really play bloodborne.

You are for a surprise.

 

[Zocano]

You should really play bloodborne.

You are for a surprise.

The best bosses were still the humanoid ones.

I'm really loving the two bosses shown off in the trailer, the tall lanky one especially.

 

[bidguy]

they said people attending gamescom can play this right ? so we should get some demo videos soon

 

[Fuz]

DO WANT.

People hate humanoid enemies, even though they often have the more varied and interesting movesets compared to the non-human ones (in all Souls games, actually).

I don't, they're my favourites. People are weird.

 

[nero2082]

only lacks YOU DIED LIKE A BITCH sentence below

 

[unity of the void]

YASSS get it gurls

 

[BossLackey]

I don't participate much in the Souls threads, as I like to play them solitary and figure everything out on my own, but I feel like I'm in the minority in that DSII had my by far the best boss lineup in the series.

..........are you serious?

 

[Leon Raycloud]

Not every dark fantasy is berserk.

Yeah that's right but even miyazaki admited that this is berserk as fuck.

 

[Creamium]

The creature and boss design is such a step up from DkS II...

Dat Miyazaki effect

You lite the bonfire
http://i.imgur.com/AGMI7lz.gifv

Yeah this bit interested me. Does this imply that we'll be able to make our own bonfires now?

 

[Relaxed Muscle]

The best bosses were still the humanoid ones.

I'm really loving the two bosses shown off in the trailer, the tall lanky one especially.

I still believe that the most exciting fight in BB is watchdog.

In any case, BB has the best non-humanoid bosses in the series.

 

[TheOctodad]

Bloodborne was my first journey into a FROM Software game. I'm hooked now, can't wait.

 

[Mr Git]

Looks incredible. I'll be getting this.

 

[Vitten]

People can rejoice and finally use 1000 arrows to kill bosses from afar.Or snipe a bunch of enemies with bows. People can finally save or waste colossal amounts of time not wanting to fight a hard enemy with range. All is fair-play in these games so do what suits you. I really don't see a shortage of play styles coming for this one.

You always had that option in every previous Souls game. Demon's Souls is notorious for its many cheap outs: even the hardest boss has a zero effort solution and you can simply sprint passed every mob.

 

[V-Faction]

YO, you like candles?

YO, you like dark corridors?

YO, you like twisted weapons of metal?

Daak. Soles. Tree: Die, Die Again

 

[DJIzana]

Mmmm gimme now!!!

 

[WhiskerFrisker]

Yes!! It looks incredible. The designs look so scary and it screams atmosphere. This will be day Zero.

 

[semiconscious]

It looks really great, but I have to admit that there were some points in there that specifically reminded me of Bloodborne more than Dark Souls.

'some'? that'd be more like 'quite a few' for me ...

 

[Zocano]

..........are you serious?

I remember trying to make a top ten bosses in the series list and 4 of them were from Dark Souls 2 (3 from Demon's, 2 from Bloodborne, 1 from Dark Souls 1 iirc).

 

[Sou Da]

Were any of the 'weapon styles' demonstrated clearly here?

 

[anexanhume]

Looks great. I'm fully sold on DS after playing BB.

 

[Memento]

Jesus Chirst, Miyazaki-sama is a motherfucking genius in enemy design. I love you senpai.

 

[Turkoop]

 

[Adaren]

I don't think people hate humanoid enemies. I think they just didn't like DS2's boss selection, and a large part of that was the bosses feeling same-y.

But people don't hate humanoid bosses for being humanoid. Bloodborne's a clear indication of that.

 

[Lulubop]

You should really play bloodborne.

You are for a surprise.

is he?

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Yeah that's right but even miyazaki admited that this is berserk as fuck.

Outside of grotesque creatures this trailer didn't show me anything that's particularly berserk but I guess I'll wait and see.

 

[Cyborg]

It looks really great, but I have to admit that there were some points in there that specifically reminded me of Bloodborne more than Dark Souls.

I agree

 

[Srey Plaughtered]

Absolutely. And it did that without the somewhat excessive color grading DS1 used.

Yeah. I can see why it had a backlash but it just had a very different Art direction, people

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and of course me

had a hard time accepting that I guess.

 

[DevilFox]

How does it work, Sony put the money to make something fresh and cool and then FS make a sequel called Dark Souls?
Let's say I'm interested. Not excited as I just played Bloodborne and this would be the 5th "Souls game" in 5-6 years, but interested.

 

[PolishQ]

Were any of the 'weapon styles' demonstrated clearly here?

Yeah, the spinny attack at 1:31.

 

[Relaxed Muscle]

is he?

Watchdog, dude, fucking watchdog.

Ebrietas is damn fun, too.

BB has amazing boss selection, all around, is the living proof non-humanoid bosses can be lots of fun at the level of some of the best humanoids. A souls game didn't have such good non-human bosses since Flamelurker.

I expect DkS3 to keep that legacy.

 

[Loakum]

More enemies for my character "Alucard" to conquer:

 

[Sou Da]

Yeah, the spinny attack at 1:31.

Yeah I see it now. Really want to know what they're doing for polearms this time around.

 

[Sumio Mondo]

It looks really great, but I have to admit that there were some points in there that specifically reminded me of Bloodborne more than Dark Souls.

Agreed. But if they're honestly taking the best parts of Dark Souls and Bloodborne and putting them together for DkS3...oh wow, yes fucking please!

 

[Parsnip]

Yeah this bit interested me. Does this imply that we'll be able to make our own bonfires now?

Wasn't the deal that you create summon or invading spots with bodies, not bonfires.
I forget.

 

[Wagram]

I don't participate much in the Souls threads, as I like to play them solitary and figure everything out on my own, but I feel like I'm in the minority in that DSII had my by far the best boss lineup in the series.

Dark Souls 2 is a ridiculously good game, but I have to disagree here. I've felt as if the bosses have been mostly downhill since Demon's Souls. There are notable exceptions like

Spoiler

Arotorias, Fume Knight, Sinh, Ornstein & Smough, etc.

I thought Demon's did it best because most bosses had some sort of mechanic that needed to be understood.

It seems most bosses now are wait for opening and then attack. Whereas I really enjoyed the

Spoiler

Old Hero from Demon's because he was blind, but used hearing as his source to attack.

 

[Cyborg]

I want it inside of me, and then to play out all over my face.

That looked good, considering the BB influence in there.

What does your post even mean? Do you suggest BB looked bad?

 

[David Incorporated Esq.]

I remember trying to make a top ten bosses in the series list and 4 of them were from Dark Souls 2 (3 from Demon's, 2 from Bloodborne, 1 from Dark Souls 1 iirc).

I can barely remember DS2 bosses now. But then again I only did one playthrough.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

More enemies for my character "Alucard" to conquer:

Whoa that spells dracula backwards that's crazy how'd you come up with such a name?

 

[Kysen]

Good they brought over BBs combat speed.

 

[Doomsayer]

Dark Souls lore with Bloodborne combat? Fuck.

I honestly tried DS and was never ever to get into it, but this looks like it takes the best of both worlds. In... so in.

 

[TheSpaceBetween]

..........are you serious?

Yes. In other news, I didn't like the Last of Us or Silent Hill 2, and think Drake's Fortune is the best Uncharted, and that Metroid Fusion is better than Super Metroid.

Opinions, how do they work?