Hideous Snake
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The demo will allow players to experience the first few hours of the game, and save data and progress can be carried over to the full game when it launches.
looks amazing will try
Article: Blades of Fire is currently being developed by MercurySteam, the studio behind Castlevania: Lords of Shadow and Metroid Dread. Some of the founding members also worked on Severance: Blade of Darkness.
Blades of Fire is a third-person action-adventure video game. Players assume control of a warrior named Aran de Lira, who wields an ancient hammer allowing him to forge various weapons.
The game is set in an interconnected world with various alternate paths and hidden locations. When fighting enemies, players can choose how to place and position their weapons from two directions (the right and the left). They can also target an enemy's head or torso, and use slashing, stabbing, and blunt techniques to deal damage.
Blocking incoming attacks regenerates stamina, while parrying can break an enemy's defense, providing a window for players to deal large amount of damage. Each weapon will eventually degrade, and they can be repaired at anvil checkpoints, or be broken down into crafting materials.
Throughout the game, Aran will be accompanied by Adso, a young scholar who will provide players with useful combat tips and assist in solving puzzles.*
In the Forge, players can modify their weapons extensively and alter their physical properties such as weapon length, shape of the blade, and the materials used for crafting. This, in turn, will alter their performance such as durability, penetration and edge quality.
If Aran is defeated in battle, players will respawn at the nearest anvil checkpoint. All enemies in the area will also respawn. The weapon Aran is last using, however, will be dropped at the location of his most-recent death.
Yeah its ass but I don't mind it as long as I have the option to turn it off*Fuck this trend of npc companions giving you tips and solving puzzles for you. I might be retarded, but I don't like being treated as such.![]()
There's sort of "gameplay" in this trailer, unlike the GTA6 one.how does that look amazing. they showed nothing of how the game plays.
We can but hope they include that option.Yeah its ass but I don't mind it as long as I have the option to turn it off
how does that look amazing. they showed nothing of how the game plays.
The demo will allow players to experience the first few hours of the game, and save data and progress can be carried over to the full game when it launches.
Crafting is a giant part of this game. You're basically a blacksmith that also fights. You manually shape the blade's edge and are constantly tweaking your weapon. And it can only be repaired a few times before you have to toss it, so its designed to keep you engaged with the weapon creation system instead of sticking to one weapon.I was interested until I read the bold parts. To hell with stamina in action games, and to hell with crafting outside of builder games.
Imagine having developed Lords of shadow, 2 good Metroid games, Space Lords (art-direction was sick) and Jericho only to come out with a generic looking game as this...
It might play well but, I just can't with this abhorrent art direction.
More like a spiritual successor to this:Is this related to the Capcom RPGs?
well, ive gone blind into this solely expecting that mercury steam will deliver, but my expectations got crushed. I knew from the first trailers that it had kinda a over shoulder (or close) 3rd person style combat system, but that this is actually a soulslike? omg. At worst i expected more something like God of War Reboot style but in AA scale. This feels so boring and all i wanted was a fun hack n slash with a good story. Im pretty sure they advertised it explicitly as an Action Adventure too. Also, the music is once again so mid just like in Metroid Dread.
Really thankful that there was a Demo.
- Combat and movement is inspired by Souls, just a different spin on itSoulslike? Lol are you serious? This game is not a soulslike
I am playing the demo and I am having a blast. This is a very well done game with surprisingly high production value. The combat is really good, it has impact and its satisfying. The story is interesting too
Good first impressions so far, lets see how long the demo is
Its a shame that the game is exclusive to the epic store but the publisher is 505 games so yeah I am not surprised
Yes and full on 60 fps too. Good engine. Gives that blocky high fantasy look.The image quality is really good on the PS5 Pro
Is the demo only on ps5 or pc aswell?
I'm not one of those people that cry in anguish when it has to use another store unless it's the dogshit microsoft gamepass store.PC too but its exclusive to epic store unfortunately. That being said the demo runs incredibly well and it looks really good
I'm not one of those people that cry in anguish when it has to use another store unless it's the dogshit microsoft gamepass store.
Nothing about this is generic and not a soulslike. souls games wish they had a deep and engaging combat system like this gameSoulslike generic game #2876, great...
directional based melee combat