Ghost Slayer
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Jim also mentioned PS4 technical problem. Don't know if "complete technical mess" is right word because darkx10 said DS3 was at least on par with BB in term of technical.
Dark Souls III Review Thread
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Jim also mentioned PS4 technical problem. Don't know if "complete technical mess" is right word because darkx10 said DS3 was at least on par with BB in term of technical.
Cause some people really enjoyed Bloodborne's fresher take on the already-well-explored combat formula and different art direction and general focus?
That's definitely the case for me.
Relaxed Muscle
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No sorry Polygon, I'm not joining you. You're wrong.
Jim Sterling also mentioned frame rate drops on PS4, From are not really good at all the technical aspect :/
DoubleTake
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If its BB level thats great. That game has wonderful individual level design. I dont think anything they do will be able to top Dark Souls 1's overall world design though, and im okay with that.
There are many shortcuts as far I've seen.
I think Dark Souls 1 being able to go into undead burg / catacombs / new londo / drake valley / blighttown depth area from the starting bonfire cursed the series since so many people now think everything else pales in comparison.
Fucking Master Key!
Did you give Bloodborne a shot? That game is all about speed.
The aggregate differences are so minor at this point that it shouldn't really matter. If it was like 10 points lower you could make a good case.
Already Torn
Banned
The review actually mentions that it's basically the opposite of DS2 in world design.
Yeah, that Master Key stuff is why I don't think the first game will ever be truly topped. This is a wortht sequel though from what I've played.
plasmawave
Banned
They must have played the game offline. It's a glitch that's fixed with Ver 1.02 patch.
RaySpencer
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Your phone cant copy and paste? how old and terrible is it? haha
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tbh it didn't even matter that much in ds1, and I lovely DS1. You weren't running from blightown to area X, minus to open the route
you always fast travel :/
I dunno, feels more important in concept than it actually is to gameplay.
Talking on phone? Maybe just doesn't want the extra effort? ¯\_(ツ
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Complicated
Banned
Cause Bloodborne is much more forgiving and hack and slashy, so more people were able to get into it.
Still nowhere near ready to do my review, but hoping to have it sometime this week. We (EGM) are a more console-focused outlet, and we just got console builds of the game late last week. Plus, I've never felt like the Souls games are the kind of thing you should rush through in order to review. I'm playing it the way I would if I weren't reviewing it, which is the way anyone reading my review would want to play it.
The one thing I'd say at this point is, on a technical level, this is a Souls game. Any longtime fans of the series should know what to expect from that.
I never, ever fast travelled in Dark Souls. I absolutely always ran from one place to another.
The one thing I'd say at this point is, on a technical level, this is a Souls game. Any longtime fans of the series should know what to expect from that.
I never, ever fast travelled in Dark Souls. I absolutely always ran from one place to another.
Crimsonclaw111
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Where did you find it for $60 deluxe? Digital or retail? I'd like the $60 deluxe edition via Steam if possible.
Same reviewer gave DS2 a 9 for reference.
I'm really surprised by some of the critiques by my fellow reviewers. I don't see how the game doesn't have enough hidden or secret areas--this game is more opaque than even Bloodborne in that regard IMO.
My biggest issue with the game is it's more a love letter to all the Soulsborne than sequel. It caters to nostalgia for Dark Souls 1 and Demon's Souls A LOT. Some people love that, and it is cool. Personally though I think it takes away from the personality of the game.
EDIT: apparently even though my review is in the OP... I never to clarify that I reviewed it. lol
My biggest issue with the game is it's more a love letter to all the Soulsborne than sequel. It caters to nostalgia for Dark Souls 1 and Demon's Souls A LOT. Some people love that, and it is cool. Personally though I think it takes away from the personality of the game.
EDIT: apparently even though my review is in the OP... I never to clarify that I reviewed it. lol
RaySpencer
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Friend of sorts?
But I will redirect you to BernardoOne in BST, he's selling deluxe for $63, same difference.
Magic Mushroom
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Well, BB felt fresh. Completely new setting and lore, a different design philosophy focused on agression and offense and new mechanics like the dash, gun parry, transforming weapons, regain, instant heal and charge attacks.
I think that's why Miyazaki calls it a day for DS for now. Too much familiarity creeping in.
Sword Of Doom
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Do we really want to go there? Review threads....
IAmAnAgnostic
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So they prefer the level and world design from Dark souls 2 over 1 and 3? I would think that is a rare opinion, and different to mine as well.
It's not an exclusive.
usp84
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Correct all it takes is a few points to change the aggregate score.
Also Demon's Souls was 89, Dark souls 1 89, Dark souls 2 91 and Bloodborne 92 in metacritic so it a high 80 score seems to be how these games score
Already Torn
Banned
Which speaks for itself in all honesty.
Crimsonclaw111
Member
Ah never mind then, I'll just keep my regular preorder. Thanks though!
Lower than I hoped but expected. The formula being almost the same with the technical problems seems to drag the meta down quite a bit.
Chalice dungeons are not mandatory tho.
Because BB is a great game that does many things better than DS?
Chalice dungeons are not mandatory tho.
Because BB is a great game that does many things better than DS?
Because reviewers found the game to be worse on average.
Sounds like a case of series fatigue hitting them pretty hard
orthodoxy1095
Banned
Bloodborne comparisons? "Souls fatigue" hypothesizing?
Oh my, this review thread is already shaping up to be a doozy.
Oh my, this review thread is already shaping up to be a doozy.
DoubleTake
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The core began so solid from Demons and they havent truly fucked it up (came close with 2 imo) so they cant knock it. Souls design is just rock solid.
Ghost Slayer
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I smell DS3 vs Bloodborne metacritic score in this thread.
Ds2 is probably my favourite of the soulsborne games but even I prefer the ds1/bloodborne shortcut level design lol.
So ignore that review? Gotcha. Anyone that says the world design was better in 2 than 1 is mental.
On console? It's going to be bad. Playable, but bad.
Audioboxer
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I'm thoroughly enjoying it. Feels 'fresh' coming off Bloodborne.
The XB1 performance is trash though, so many FPS dips. From really need to get a locked 30 on consoles. Their next title whatever it is should have longer in the oven than a year to get their tech sorted. I think it's fair game to start docking them points for tech issues after how much money the Souls series has now poured into their studio.
The XB1 performance is trash though, so many FPS dips. From really need to get a locked 30 on consoles. Their next title whatever it is should have longer in the oven than a year to get their tech sorted. I think it's fair game to start docking them points for tech issues after how much money the Souls series has now poured into their studio.
Ghost Slayer
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It's still a part of the game. Hence why I said overall
Except the part where you *have* to warp into the Anor Londo section. Anor Londo is completely segregated from the Undead Burg/Forest/Izalith/Catacombs/Blighttown loop.
thekiddfran
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Well it would make sense. 2 games from the same dev released a a year apart with the practically the same gameplay mechanics on the same engine
Welp it doesn't sound like it does a good job of keeping even that.
Yep. Comparing aggregates of 5 pretty similar games that were also reviewed so similarly seems rather pointless. All it tells you is "this is a quality game." If you were seeing scores below 80 then there's something up, but at this high of a level it's all pretty much the same thing.