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[Yoshichan]

"Dark Souls Clone" surely tickles my interest... on other hand I don't have much faith in the industry to deliver a product like DS.

Is the battle system an "awesome dude simulator" like Shadow of Mordor or something more... substantial?

Plenty of depth. From the info I've gathered, this game seems to be like a slower Souls. You've got plenty of risk reward situations and there's punishments involved although not as strict as Souls.

 

[JJD]

The purported size is what's required before you can play the game while it continues downloading in the background. Sony ought to make that clearer.

I don't think that's true. The Evil Within shows 34.6, that's the size of the whole game, Alien Isolation 17.3, Driveclub 14.7, Mordor 26, etc.

They are showing the size of the full game on all those titles. Why it would be different with Lords of the Fallen?

 

[Yoshichan]

When I start playing games that I immediately see has lots of game depth, I instantly try to figure out everything before I even start to progress the game. Here's a list of things I'm going to be cleaning out of my depth-backlog as soon as I reach my first enemy that I can force-respawn.

- i-frames on fat/medium/light roll
- i-frames on fat/medium/light jump
- framerate, tearing (PS4)
- multiplier cap (does it exceed 2.0?)
- hit cancel animations and frame delays per weapon type
- timing on parries (how strict it is, compared to Demon's, Dark 1 and Dark 2)
- delay required before being able to backstab

If someone comes up with anything else they'd like me to try out, I'll gladly help out.

 

[xclaw]

Live stream is up again.

http://www.twitch.tv/lotfgame

 

[Rich!]

I am really really hyped in a cautious way.

Hope it turns out good.

 

[JaseC]

I don't think that's true. The Evil Within shows 34.6, that's the size of the whole game, Alien Isolation 17.3, Driveclub 14.7, Mordor 26, etc.

They are showing the size of the full game on all those titles. Why it would be different with Lords of the Fallen?

Probably a mistake, then. People were seeing ~3GB for Driveclub. Maybe pre-release titles show the download required for play and post-release ones the full size? That'd be a weird way to go about things, though.

 

[ironcreed]

I have been excited for it since the reveal. I am quite anxious to play another take on the Souls formula. And despite having a bunch to play and look forward to already, I will still likely have it on day 1 along with Sunset Overdrive.

 

[AkelisRain]

Are they playing on Xbox one? Wondering if it is going to look this good on consoles.

 

[PoweredBySoy]

You hardly need to wait long. Like half a day at most. Just long enough to read some quick impressions first.

Oh god no. That's still well within the "GOTY!" honeymoon period. I'm not too worried - I'll just preorder it.

 

[Alcoholikaust]

Are they playing on Xbox one? Wondering if it is going to look this good on consoles.

think this is PC*


the ps4 footage earlier this week looked great-smooth no frame dips like the poorly captured early footage

 

[Violater]

I really hope this game is good as I have nothing else to buy this year.
Well maybe FarCry

 

[E92 M3]

Plenty of depth. From the info I've gathered, this game seems to be like a slower Souls. You've got plenty of risk reward situations and there's punishments involved although not as strict as Souls.

That does sound rather tantalizing....

 

[Wheelatron]

Any word of a demo? Would love to get my hands on the preview build the youtubers are getting

 

[Lux R7]

Killing enemies gives you an XP and item multiplier (x1,02, x1,03 etc for each monster). This keeps going up (we don't know the cap yet) until you decide to level up - or if you die of course. The huge risk reward gameplay is excellent.

well that sounds amazing to me.
Thank u sir!

 

[UnrealEck]

Any word of a demo? Would love to get my hands on the preview build the youtubers are getting

They just said no on the stream.

 

[Portugeezer]

The only hype I have seen is that it looks like Dark Souls.

 

[PoweredBySoy]

The Steam store page mentions "partial controller support". Anyone know what that's supposed to mean?

 

[DudeWithNoName]

Plenty of depth. From the info I've gathered, this game seems to be like a slower Souls. You've got plenty of risk reward situations and there's punishments involved although not as strict as Souls.

This is right up my alley. Souls frustrates the hell out of me. So much so that I've not finished either of the ones I've played.

 

[UnrealEck]

"Will this game be 60 FPS on consoles?"

Dev 1: "I don't think so..."
Dev 2: "No."

 

[aravuus]

The Steam store page mentions "partial controller support". Anyone know what that's supposed to mean?

 

[TheKingOfPain]

So, they just said after NG++ the games basically ends.

 

[CyberPunked]

It means it has controller support.

 

[aravuus]

It means it has controller support.

That is indeed what it means

 

[seabass0]

LobosJr (known for his Dark Souls challenge runs), just uploaded a 5 hour gameplay vid on his youtube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNCXprgI9A8

Naturally, he's approaching it from a Souls players' perspective, and he seems to enjoy it. I think it's looking pretty great.

 

[IblisGinjo]

From today, Livestream and live Q&A session with the dev team 01:48min:http://www.twitch.tv/lotfgame/b/578758991

 

[Gurrry]

Cant wait for this game! HYPE IS REAL

 

[nasos_333]

I dont see anything that relates to Souls games, they miss nearly everything that makes Souls titles so cool, like the purpose, story, atmosphere, unique art, hard combat etc

This seems like a good action title, among the many others like it and i hate the art so far (besides the cool video)

The hype is about zero right now for me

I still focus all my powers to find time to play Dark Souls 2, so all my hype is spent there

 

[JayEH]

5 hours of gameplay. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNCXprgI9A8


Nvm, beaten.

 

[Psychoward]

5 hours of gameplay. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNCXprgI9A8


Nvm, beaten.

The reason they give for not being able to customize the character is because it's a very story-driven game? Uh huh...

 

[Danomeon]

Despite the gameplay looking like a late-to-the-party Dark Souls with a less consistent atmosphere and less creative enemy design, I am ready enough to play a next-gen hack-and-slasher type game that I will play this if the reviews turn out favorable.

Admittedly, however, Bloodborne and Dragon Age being on the horizon lessens my hype for any given next-gen fantasy game. I would have bought this outright were it earlier in the generation, I almost bought that game from the Mars: War Logs people out of a need for some next-gen RPG.

 

[BPoole]

So, they just said after NG++ the games basically ends.

I actually don't have a problem with this. The enemy scaling in Dark Souls 2 is so stupid. After NG++ I pretty much had to use the best weapons in the game and any hit I took would do an absurd amount of damage. I even used a trainer and put my guy to max level and enemies just have way too much health that makes things far too tedious for a game I've already beaten. Most of the new items from the DLCs weren't even viable to use anymore since they're so weak after NG++

 

[Gurrry]

So after telling myself I wouldnt, I decided to watch the lobos video...

The devs need to crank up dat damage. Everything about the game is amazing... I need it in my veins. But so far, watching him play with the warrior class, the enemies are doing no damage to him at all.

Thats all they need to do for me to be happy. Turn up the enemies attack frequency, and their damage.

 

[Shredderi]

So after telling myself I wouldnt, I decided to watch the lobos video...

The devs need to crank up dat damage. Everything about the game is amazing... I need it in my veins. But so far, watching him play with the warrior class, the enemies are doing no damage to him at all.

Thats all they need to do for me to be happy. Turn up the enemies attack frequency, and their damage.

Do we know if the game has difficulty settings?

 

[JohnGrimm]

LobosJr (known for his Dark Souls challenge runs), just uploaded a 5 hour gameplay vid on his youtube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNCXprgI9A8

Naturally, he's approaching it from a Souls players' perspective, and he seems to enjoy it. I think it's looking pretty great.

Looks so good. Glad I stumbled onto this thread since I almost forgot this game was a thing. Let alone a thing that comes out in less than 2 weeks.

 

[Undead Bokun]

Not sure if this is the right topic for this but has it been stated if the soundtrack that is included with the Limited Edition(aka first print) is a physical disc or download code? One of the pics I saw showed a physical disc but you never can tell these days.

 

[JudgmentJay]

So after telling myself I wouldnt, I decided to watch the lobos video...

The devs need to crank up dat damage. Everything about the game is amazing... I need it in my veins. But so far, watching him play with the warrior class, the enemies are doing no damage to him at all.

Thats all they need to do for me to be happy. Turn up the enemies attack frequency, and their damage.

I thought the same, but I saw some later areas later in the dev stream and it seemed much tougher. I assume it's just a much gentler difficulty curve compared to Souls. Also, the rogue seems much more susceptible to damage... another reason to pick it! Still, I wouldn't expect it to be too challenging if you're a Souls veteran.

Do we know if the game has difficulty settings?

It does not.

 

[Rhaknar]

jumped around a bit in that 5 hour video, game looks good, definately doing that dark souls thing (or trying to). is there any sort of mage class?

 

[E92 M3]

jumped around a bit in that 5 hour video, game looks good, definately doing that dark souls thing (or trying to). is there any sort of mage class?

There is a mage class.

 

[Witchfinder General]

Hopefully the Mage class will be as fun as throwing lightning spears in DS2 was.

 

[Benzychenz]

I can't get over the main character design, especially how they keep plastering him everywhere as if he's supposed to be appealing.

 

[Nuke Soda]

I have no hype for this game because my hype-ometer is broken, my three most awaited games this year ranged from terrible to okay. The hype is most certainly not with me at the moment.

 

[Freeman]

This game being really good would be a great surprise.

If you are going to copy something Dark Souls isn't far from being the best choice.

 

[Sendero]

LobosJr (known for his Dark Souls challenge runs), just uploaded a 5 hour gameplay vid on his youtube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNCXprgI9A8

Naturally, he's approaching it from a Souls players' perspective, and he seems to enjoy it. I think it's looking pretty great.

Not bad. The video did give me a better perspective of what to expect of the game, and I kind of liked it. Interesting leveling risk/reward system.

It still does look quite uninspired in the graphical designs (pretty light effects though), and those "lore records" felt extremely boring, but I can see myself playing this game. But likely next year, once bugs have been fixed and the inevitable balancing patches have been deployed.

 

[marianitten]

Looks cools. Some things about the video:

• He said that it was a Demo build. So I hope that the damage was lowered, because if not, is super easy.
• There is a lot of decision making, that's cool. I hope that affect the story in the future.

 

[atr0cious]

It looks really good, but is anyone else put off by the lack of flinch animations? The character is just wailing on people, and they only really pretend to notice if its some form of crit hit or explosion, really takes me out of the game, and adds to the overall floaty feeling.

 

[JumpJeff84]

Hope the frame rate on consoles is smooth

 

[Ghazi]

Just watched a bit of it, looks like Dark Souls without the jank. Hope it turns out good, though. The dude got hit by a huge sword by a boss and just flinched slightly with damage numbers coming out of him, that looks stupid and is kinda dumb. I liked that part of Dark Souls, made combat more challenging, looks baby mode easy now.

 

[ilikecandy]

It looks like the trophy/achievement list has been released.

http://www.xboxachievements.com/game/lords-of-the-fallen/achievements/

 

[Maffis]

Just watched a bit of it, looks like Dark Souls without the jank. Hope it turns out good, though. The dude got hit by a huge sword by a boss and just flinched slightly with damage numbers coming out of him, that looks stupid and is kinda dumb. I liked that part of Dark Souls, made combat more challenging, looks baby mode easy now.

Yeah for some reason Warrior starts with way too much armor and poise. He can literally just swing through people's attacks with little to no downside. I hope that gets fixed or there is no point to play a rogue who can die in 2 hits from the first boss.