Dark Souls III Review Thread
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d00d3n
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They also complain about uninspired environmental art that lacks meaningful differentiation compared with previous souls games. That complaint seems a bit silly to me. I
rithyll
Karak
Member
Correct it doesn't.
on topic:
I realize I had souls fatigue back when I played bloodborne and lazily killed 1/2 bosses half asleep on my first try, and had a moment where I realized it had clicked for me and there wasn't much of a challenge left at all.
Was a really saddening moment, since I hadn't found anything in souls hard since false king allant undergeared, and realized I probably won't for awhile :/
Regardless, that's fatigue in terms of I felt like they release them too fast without enough time to develop new ideas to the series.
Proper "fatigue" of the style is when reviewers go 6.5 I can't stand this bland design
if an opencritic of 88 is fatigue, I redirect everyone to the 89 of DS1 on metacritic.
I realize I had souls fatigue back when I played bloodborne and lazily killed 1/2 bosses half asleep on my first try, and had a moment where I realized it had clicked for me and there wasn't much of a challenge left at all.
Was a really saddening moment, since I hadn't found anything in souls hard since false king allant undergeared, and realized I probably won't for awhile :/
Regardless, that's fatigue in terms of I felt like they release them too fast without enough time to develop new ideas to the series.
Proper "fatigue" of the style is when reviewers go 6.5 I can't stand this bland design
if an opencritic of 88 is fatigue, I redirect everyone to the 89 of DS1 on metacritic.
Already Torn
Banned
The Asylum too
We just got our review copy 2 days ago so there was no time for a review (later this week hopefully), but we still got a few HQ gameplay videos from the beginning of the game:
http://www.gamersyde.com/news_our_ps4_videos_of_dark_souls_3-17730_en.html
http://www.gamersyde.com/news_our_ps4_videos_of_dark_souls_3-17730_en.html
How dare they like a game!
Conscience Falls
Member
Plan to pick-up the English version from the Japenese Xbox store after I wrap assignments and Quantum break this week.
It's not very good but to be honest it's not worse than the other Souls games on console (apart from SotFS I guess), so people should know what they're getting into.
You're right, the only reason why I wasn't sure about PC it's only because of previous Souls PC ports. Plus, Bloodborne on PS4 was pretty fine.
But mod and lower price are already good reason to lean on PC anyway.
So, it's Blighttown all over again. In the end, I loved that place regardless of framerate
johnnydrama
Banned
Why does Metacritic even matter? You guys have seen the trailers, you've seen the videos. Does it look anything short of phenomenal?
Well, if an individual gives Dark Souls 2 a 9 and Dark Souls 3 a 7 then yes, I'd imagine series fatigue would have quite a lot to do with it.
Unless they're so PVP-centric they'd knock 2 points off for that alone, but doesn't look like that's the case.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
It doesn't to me. I know my own taste and I know I will love it and it's pre-ordered without a second thought. I trust From 100%.
Still mildly interesting to see how the press is reacting to it, I guess, but it has zero impact on my decision.
We'll need a pie chart of how many secret areas there are. xD
Seriously though, I'll bet they just missed the secret areas and that's why they think there aren't any. That'd be funny as hell.
I actually liked Eleum Loyce from Dark Souls 2 more than that DS3 area or Cainhurst.
Time to replace my 980 clearly.
johnnydrama
Banned
Pre-ordered it last week, along with QB. This is gonna be a good couple of weeks.
Karak
Member
So, it's Blighttown all over again. In the end, I loved that place regardless of framerate
Yep. And maybe even a bit worse. Its crazy. I went from almost locked 60 and then all of a sudden I thought my PC was backing up data somewhere. It dropped to as low as 12 but mostly around 18 and funny enough changing settings barely gained anything. The spot obviously has some issue thats harming it. I assume we will see a patch or two but that spot might be an issue regardless.
It doesn't matter in that I've already finished the game twice lol. But it's fun to see a game you like being acknowledged.
Well how can you not like it, it has the best Souls char ever :3 (I know you're talking about world design)
It doesn't, or at least it shouldn't. Game is fucking amazing, and that's really all that matters to me.
The separate levels are still quite good to explore.
But if you want the Dark Souls 1 super looping, you'll get none of that.
So they're not exactly contradictory.
Yeah, this game can only be as good as BB for me because of build variety and more content. other than that BB gave me more impressive PVE experience which is the most important part of the souls games for me.
Right, obviously. Painted World being another.
DoubleTake
Member
This seems much more in line with impressions. Dont particulary care but Polygons critique of the level design is pretty weird.
FROM bringing that console Souls experience to the PC. Thank you based Miyazaki.
Yah, you're right, Maldron is the best ever.
(Dark Souls 2 thing -- not a Dark Souls 3 spoiler)
Ivory King is pretty good, too, though
And neither are the vast majority of games.
But Souls fatigue.
Crimsonclaw111
Member
From what I understand it has a lot of frame drops and framepacing issues.
Meant Burnt Ivory King, best souls NPC, 20 times more badass than Gwyn.
edit: didn't see the edit rofl
Karak
Member
As I said in the review I do think its a combination of the location(obviously) but also most likely a bug. The entire location is filled with reflections, shadows, particle effects and smoke. lol
IAmAnAgnostic
Member
It's always nice to discuss things. But from what I have seen DS3 could end up dethroning DS1 as my favorite game of all time, and I am almost 100% certain I will prefer it over DS2. So no, I don't let the reviews change my opinion and it is still getting excellent scores. It is funny though how much of a psychological difference a 88 to 90 score makes.
A lot of the reviews are incorporating Souls fatigue, which makes the scores even more impressive.
Self_Destructive
Member
There's a Souls game for everyone.
I think DS3 is a LOT better than Bloodborne.
Demon's Souls is still the greatest though.
I think DS3 is a LOT better than Bloodborne.
Demon's Souls is still the greatest though.
DoubleTake
Member
As usual for From. I believe Bloodborne was the first AAA game to have a 9 average last year?
Karak
Member
Agreed
iRAWRasaurus
Banned
IMO framerate on PS4 is not that bad. You will notice the FPS drops on certain occusions such as a special normal enemy or a certain specific area as well.
But take what I say with a grain of salt. Since I couldnt notice the framepacing issues in Bloodborne.
nor what CA was and had to look it up
plasmawave
Banned
It's fine. I'm about 90% done with the game and have never encountered something as bad as the Blight Town on the PS4.
Just don't play the game offline til FROM releases 1.02 patch.
Ghost Slayer
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I have mastered tolerating Blightown's experience skill to prepare for this. Miyazaki will be proud of me
This thread is like the previews to the main event, the Uncharted 4 review thread.
generic_username
I switched to an alt account to ditch my embarrassing tag so I could be an embarrassing Naughty Dog fanboy in peace. Ask me anything!
At first I was like this reading this thread.... Some amazing reviews and every Souls fan should be excited
and then I read this
and then I read this