That sounds REALLY AWESOME, even better than i expected!
God lord, 7 days...until PC release T_T
Dark Souls III Review Thread
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That sounds REALLY AWESOME, even better than i expected!
God lord, 7 days...until PC release T_T
mickcenary
Member
Yep. Very much interchangeable. I'm sure you love the shit out of DeS? Maybe even more so than the others? That first Souls game gets put on an entirely different pedestal. They're just that sort of experience.
I've just read the Edge review and they are the only ones mentioning "Miyazaki playing with the players" since the first third of the game is very familiar. But then "he will show what's in his hand, and hit you in the head with it. Minutes later, he'll break your heart with it. If this is to be the final Dark Souls game – and it certainly feels like it could be – it's one heck of a way to run out a contract."
Imp the Dimp
Member
DaS > DeS = Bloodborne >>>>> DaS2
Pretty standard ranking I'm afraid. I did not like DaS2 and adored Bloodborne so I'm definitely still accessible for good FROM content.
Yeah, it's not just german mags (are we ignoring opinions based on nationality now anyway?) Polygon, Jimquisition and RPS's Adam Smith have all said similar things, and argued them well.
I'm reserving my judgement till I play by myself but sadly I'm already bracing myself for short and basic souls game exploration wise that on the other hand has probably the most polished combat and good bosses.
Oh well, it is what it is :/
DragoonKain
Neighbours from Hell
I've never gotten into this series as much as I've wanted to. For veteran players, is this a good time to end the series, or do you feel like the series could use new entries?
This.
Game is good. Already finished it thrice now so I will take a break for a week.
I feel for dark souls specifically it's a good time.
But I doubt this will be the last souls-esque game, FROM have been talking about doing a sci fi styled soul-esque for awhile.
Either way, spin offs like bloodborne is good because it'll give them much more freedom with messing with mechanics, like how BB was heavily focused on aggression.
Manmademan
Member
ToH was DLC designed for hardcore fans that had already mastered Bloodborne proper and were looking for additional challenge. It would be totally inaccessible to design a game that hard from the ground up for the base dark souls 3 game.
It's implausible to think From would even consider that for DS3. If you're looking for that kind of difficulty it won't show up until DLC.
Did they? I thought it was only wishful thinking from fans.
BTW, i played the Soulsborne saga in this order:
DeS->DS1->DS2
In general, as a game, DeS is the weakest of all of them in my opinion, but i have better memories of DeS than DS2.
And btw, DS2 is a great game, better than the 90% of the games out there, only that is not as good as the first one, calling shit to DS2 is out of the place.
Is like comparing Return of the Jedi with Empire Strikes Back.
DeS->DS1->DS2
In general, as a game, DeS is the weakest of all of them in my opinion, but i have better memories of DeS than DS2.
And btw, DS2 is a great game, better than the 90% of the games out there, only that is not as good as the first one, calling shit to DS2 is out of the place.
Is like comparing Return of the Jedi with Empire Strikes Back.
I definitely remember them mentioning that they considered it, but was very much an offhand remark from what I recall
Emedan
Member
Certainly, I can come up with several but as we've already established this is not the place for that discussion. I'd happily PM you these if you'd like.
I don't want to shit this thread up anymore than I've already have
I'm happy to see the favorable reviews and I feel IGN's 9.5 is warranted.
I've played a decent chunk of the game via the JP version downloaded from the JP PSN marketplace.
I was tired of not understanding so I decided to cut my play at about halfway (I THINK!) and am waiting to play the regular version with everyone else.
In any case, what i'll say is the game to me does truly feel like the real successor to Souls 1. I'm not here to shit on Souls 2, because I did enjoy Souls 2 and indeed enjoyed it more than I enjoy most games out there. It just felt "different". Souls 3 is back to feeling like Souls 1 again.. And it has a lot of stuff directly targeted towards fans of the first game. Serious throughput between 1 and 3. People who adored Souls 1 will, I dare say, have multiple heart attacks over the course of 3.
Please remain unspoiled for fullest effect.
Just a random though -- I think Souls 3 is probably the hardest game of any Soulsborne. Enemies have never been smarter or more aggressive.
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This is as far as I played. It was so purty I uploaded a gif of it.
LOCATION SPOILER (you see a nice vista) but no specific enemy/story/character spoiler. You only see a location and no specific enemies or characters.
http://gfycat.com/LargeDecimalEasteuropeanshepherd
LOCATION SPOILER
I'll say that that's not an artificial backdrop. YOu can cross that bridge and go into that place. It's all real
I've played a decent chunk of the game via the JP version downloaded from the JP PSN marketplace.
I was tired of not understanding so I decided to cut my play at about halfway (I THINK!) and am waiting to play the regular version with everyone else.
In any case, what i'll say is the game to me does truly feel like the real successor to Souls 1. I'm not here to shit on Souls 2, because I did enjoy Souls 2 and indeed enjoyed it more than I enjoy most games out there. It just felt "different". Souls 3 is back to feeling like Souls 1 again.. And it has a lot of stuff directly targeted towards fans of the first game. Serious throughput between 1 and 3. People who adored Souls 1 will, I dare say, have multiple heart attacks over the course of 3.
Please remain unspoiled for fullest effect.
Just a random though -- I think Souls 3 is probably the hardest game of any Soulsborne. Enemies have never been smarter or more aggressive.
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This is as far as I played. It was so purty I uploaded a gif of it.
LOCATION SPOILER (you see a nice vista) but no specific enemy/story/character spoiler. You only see a location and no specific enemies or characters.
http://gfycat.com/LargeDecimalEasteuropeanshepherd
LOCATION SPOILER
I'll say that that's not an artificial backdrop. YOu can cross that bridge and go into that place. It's all real
damn that is some one big Bloodborne influence right there.
Don't remember tha t happening...
Mostly just fans clamoring for a Sci-fi Souls game.
DieNgamers
Member
For those that have played: Did they at least make pure DEX builds not suck? I've always gone with the super-light, dodge heavy, backup shield just in case, fast weapon route in these games. While Dark Souls 2 may be my least favorite of the 3, it certainly had my favorite build in the series (double Caestus, shirtless, fire on one hand and magic on the other) even though I should have been dumping more points into STR then DEX.
TatteredHat
Member
Nah, it's not really. You'll find out.
Did my first playthrough as a Dex build with Uchigatana, it was pretty solid.
so i've played alot of videogames in my life.. that may be the prettiest thing i've ever seen. great gif
Bl@de
Member
hahah ups. Just read "we may change the score upon release" and didn't scroll any further (because somehow I thought they will release the score after reviewing multiplayer). Luibl is just too easy to predict when it comes to Souls. But that's okay. He is right after all.
Pure Dex doesn't suck, but keep in mind that Pure Dex doesn't mean No-Shield. The state requirements for shields are more in line with Dark Souls 1 than Dark Souls 2, so you can probably equip a fantastic shield at no additional stat cost and only a slight hit to your roll distance.
(100% resistance shields require like
11 strength
FYI, this uses Dark Souls 2 mechanics for roll distance, but there is no separate stat for i-frames. We don't know if weight also influences i-frames, however.
There areI hope that helps somewhat.2 hidden areas. I am unclear about the NPCs, since I had to rush to finish the game midway due to RL things, I missed alot regarding the NPCs. I do remember a NPC saying she will be hostile if we meet again in the future cause I did something, so I just killed her right then. I am unsure about certain items being dropped by NPCs.
And for covenant, I didnt get into Dark Souls until late and I had no idea what I was doingSo I never actively involved with the online community for Dark Souls. But some covenants are "summon to this area to defend it", "Sunbro", "invade and kill host".
Why do people keep saying
2
3
maybe 5
iRAWRasaurus
Banned
Cause of the trophies
Cause of the trophies
Right, there are only two that pop trophies but there's a third that is very easily missed (I only found it because I went back to explore again) and furthermore it contains a whole section one can also fail to notice.
Karak
Member
Dex builds work totally fine.
jacksepticeye
Member
I can agree on this. Some regular enemies have kicked my ass way more than usual because I've come to expect the same stuff as from previous games but they can destroy you pretty fast. Especially some late game regular enemies.
I'm noticing a weird balancing issue between enemy power and estus recovery though. If I take a small hit and lose a fraction of health, it's not enough to warrant a heal cos my estus heals a LOT but it's enough to be one shotted by an enemy. I guess you could say it IS worth using then but it feels off to me
I also notice a fair number of late game enemies that are tuned to have a sliver of health after three or four hits from a +10 str-infused long sword with 40 str. I keep throwing knives on me as a result. I think both are intentional tension builders and I'm in favor of it.
The knights in this game are smarter than some of the bosses in earlier games. Punishing both turtling and backstab-fishing.
QuantumZebra
Member
I'm ignoring all the spoilers - this is all I need to see right here.
opticalmace
Member
Are there many spoilers in the GWC review? Want to watch it so bad.
Larger.
One area is so enormous that it basically is two areas in one.
Joelstinton14
Member
I'm starting to get hyped now. I was a bit apprehensive with it being the third title in as many years from FS. But reviews are getting me eager to play this. Also all this talk of power with the PS4K, X1.5 and the NX is doing my nut in, just want to get back to playing games again.
LeeRoyBrown
Banned
I think I'm too burned out after getting platinum in Bloodborne. I'm tempted to buy it but I feel I'm not ready now.
If you are very thorough and a seasoned souls vet, you'll notice somethings up in certain places. But all hidden branches are highly missable of you're plowing through the game.
That sounds great. I'll gladly take my time with this game.
hydrophilic attack
Member
I don't know if it's that simple. There is an argument to be made for putting the review embargo a bit closer to release, even if you're confident in your product. You want all those nice reviews to be fresh in the minds of potential players as the game launches. Especially new players or casual fans, who didn't mark the release date in their calenders months ago, may have forgotten all about the nice reviews if they drop too far ahead of the game's launch.
In my opinion there is no important story. Basically you are in a purgatory, living your own subconscious hell over and over.
It's like a very bad shroom trip.
Of course if you have plenty of time you should't miss it. But if you don't it's not that important.
No. There are more connections to DS1, and there's a good chance most of those are gibberish anyway.
No, even if you skipped it you'd only miss a few references.
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
Where is everybody buying this at on PC?
GMG for $50 really the best deal going?
GMG for $50 really the best deal going?
I think they aren't even trying. DSIII world design is great but clearly they had other things in mind.