I finished Dark souls 1 more than once with no shield
it wasn't hard at all(only Gwen and 4 kings were exceptions)
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Dark Souls III Gamescom Demo Impressions + Footage
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I finished Dark souls 1 more than once with no shield
it wasn't hard at all(only Gwen and 4 kings were exceptions)
Replace Throwing Knives with Coldblood Dew, and you got Bloodborne.
WhiskerFrisker
Member
Hnnng. Look good.Dancer of the Frigid Valley:
Oh nice, direct feed gameplay?
DarkSoul520
Member
Wow, I was gonna be ok with a few minutes of footage, and then we get 16 minutes worth?
Beautiful.
Beautiful.
No, just impressions.
I tried adding the new screenshots/concept art to the OP, but imgur breaks them after I link them so I'm going to try just making an album - the fextralife article has all the new ss and concept art for now.
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
Bloodborne is great but the king is back baby.
Known about it for awhile, but glad to finally see so much DS3 footage!
Known about it for awhile, but glad to finally see so much DS3 footage!
IMO it looks more like Forza, maybe Pac-Man. Oh wait wrong thread.
Gameplay itself looks great so far. I'm overjoyed to see the return of the Covenant of Sunlight (SUNBROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOS). The boss had a really unique set of animations. The way it moved was just creepy. I love it so much.
Metalingus5150
Member
They also showed Dark Souls 2 at their press conferences instead of Sony but it didn't really amount to having any exclusive content, which is good. I figure it'll be the same for this title.
GribbleGrunger
Dreams in Digital
Bloodborne isn't a Souls game. There have been too many false 'concern' posts in ALL of Sony exclusive threads in my opinion. I stopped even bothering because I knew I would immediately be taken in the same way. Clearly I was right. They've ruined it for even the true fans of these franchises and I find that saddening.
normalmode
Member
A scene from the press event mentioned in some of these hands-on articles.
abaldwin360
Neo Member
I agree. The timed torches stressed me out. Especially in The Gutter.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Did we ever decide if it was Kos or, as some say, Kosm?
Could be. Especially since
there's an unused area below Priscilla on the DS1 game files but it's locked from the game, maybe they can bring it back.
It looks incredibly similar. I'd be disappointed if it wasn't. Not because I need constant connections to DS1 but because it'd feel like they're reusing environments.
DS3 is set in Ariamis
maybe
Maybe it's the "true" Ariamis? Kinda like Hunter's Dream/the workshop.
Wait, they changed the Knight Armor. Heresy.
That isn't the Knight's Armor. It's the Elite Knight armor. Original photo looks like starting Knight armor, and actually looks quite nice.
AlphaDragoon
Member
Wow, noticing some heavy Bloodborne nods in this. The rolls don't look to me like DS1 rolls or Demon's rolls, they look like BB rolls. I'm getting that overall sense of speed that BB had when I look at the movement, which is great to me because I liked that. Even has Bloodborne's font it appears. XD
Dancer of the Frigid Valley:
That appears to be a different boss. Dancer has a flaming sword and a more "Arabian" styled outfit, for lack of a better word. Here's her concept art:
Edit: Or maybe the Dancer transforms after taking a certain amount of damage?
Grant us eyes, JC.
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
They got DS2 to 60 fps on consoles so yeah it probably will be.
You are the dark hero hunting the Lords down.
They better not pass on the opportunity of a Gwyn rematch. And if you parry and try to riposte him, he'll parry you back, that would be so good.
Mr. Poolman
Member
Doubtful.
I know it can't be done due to multi platform series, but it would be really cool DS3 reads your PC's memory on search of older DS save files so you could face down the Chosen Undead and the inmortal death living monarch the Bearer of the Curse.
Like Mass Effect did on the whole series.
But hey! a man can dream right?
Just watched the 16 min. IGN video and oh my LOL at the player bringing the swordsman back to the dragon because he couldn't beat him. Speaking of which, the fire looks really nice. And I'm glad to see the torch back. I hope it actually works when the game comes out.
The first two-handed axeman looks pretty aggressive and hard. And the transformation of that enemy later in the IGN video was pretty awesome. I noticed that the Estus flask icon kind of shows how much Estus is left in your bottle, which is a nice touch. I absolutely LOVED how at the end of the video, the player ended up back at the beginning of the level without tracking back. I still can't believe that this wasn't in Dark Souls II. There was a good variety of enemies and some, like the fat two-handed axeman near the end, seemed like unique mini-bosses. Dark Souls II did not have much of that so hopefully it will me more like previous Souls games in that regard.
Basically, this video was perfect and should dismiss any fears that fans had about this game. It looks like it took everything that was good about Dark Souls II and put it into Dark Souls 1.
I hope Bandai releases direct feed gameplay.
The first two-handed axeman looks pretty aggressive and hard. And the transformation of that enemy later in the IGN video was pretty awesome. I noticed that the Estus flask icon kind of shows how much Estus is left in your bottle, which is a nice touch. I absolutely LOVED how at the end of the video, the player ended up back at the beginning of the level without tracking back. I still can't believe that this wasn't in Dark Souls II. There was a good variety of enemies and some, like the fat two-handed axeman near the end, seemed like unique mini-bosses. Dark Souls II did not have much of that so hopefully it will me more like previous Souls games in that regard.
Basically, this video was perfect and should dismiss any fears that fans had about this game. It looks like it took everything that was good about Dark Souls II and put it into Dark Souls 1.
I hope Bandai releases direct feed gameplay.
mcz117chief
Member
looks like a mix between Bloodborne and Demon's Souls
Ariamis is the person who created the painted world, not the actual place itself. Priscilla even says so should she kill you if you aggro her.
The true painted world then (Prisiclla never killed me).
Darryl M R
Member
I'm excited I played Bloodborne but not Dark Souls. I feel like I would like the atmosphere and lore around Dark Souls more. In terms of game length and world size are Dark Souls game larger than the world of Bloodborne?
Just watched the boss gameplay. The boss design looks awesome. Too bad the player went in with half health and didn't know how to use Estus. It would have been nice to see the boss transform.
I am curious about those sword art online attacks. I keep hearing about them but I don't really understand how they work since I've never played Bloodborne. It would be nice if we could get direct feed gameplay narrated by Miyazaki explaining it.
I just remembered that there was some news about 3 hours of cutscenes or something a while back. Is there any new information on that? Everything looked like usual Dark Souls.
Saw this in the OP and it made me very happy. The knights in Demon's Souls were damn scary, especially the red-eyed ones. The Dark Souls III ones look and sound to be going back to that.
I am curious about those sword art online attacks. I keep hearing about them but I don't really understand how they work since I've never played Bloodborne. It would be nice if we could get direct feed gameplay narrated by Miyazaki explaining it.
I just remembered that there was some news about 3 hours of cutscenes or something a while back. Is there any new information on that? Everything looked like usual Dark Souls.
lol when have we heard that before? oh right dks 2 reveal...
I've been trawling through the DreadedCone/Oroboro video and adding other informative bits from the impressions to the OP, notably DC got to fight the fat knight boss (who is hidden somewhere in the demo) and says fat knight has 3 spells, looking like Soul Spear, Soul Geyser, and other spell that is an AOE magic.
Other points:
+ Backstabs have an extremely narrow window, no more backstabbing from the side on human-sized enemies
+ Throwing knife tracks really tightly and flies fast, tracks strafers but not runners, you MUST react to knives in pvp to dodge them, can hit dogs running around with knives
+ L3 jump option is back
Other points:
+ Backstabs have an extremely narrow window, no more backstabbing from the side on human-sized enemies
+ Throwing knife tracks really tightly and flies fast, tracks strafers but not runners, you MUST react to knives in pvp to dodge them, can hit dogs running around with knives
+ L3 jump option is back
Yes, a bit larger, though I would expect 3 to be about the same as Bloodborne, given the development time.
If you're into the lore, you should start with Dark Souls 1 if you can, try to play it before 3 comes out to get into the world.
Weltall Zero
Member
Dat Miyazaki touch. In my veins. God is this a good time to be a Dark Souls fan.
Snakeheads from Bloodborne on distilled steroids?
I think people may be unaware that he didn't direct Dark Souls 2 and therefore dialed down their expectations for 3.
Snakeheads from Bloodborne on distilled steroids?
I think people may be unaware that he didn't direct Dark Souls 2 and therefore dialed down their expectations for 3.
I love how twisted the landscape is, kind of like the entrance to Shulva in 2, I love it.
Black goop + red glowy eyes, it's all Manus'd up. So I'm gonna guess the Abyss is what it is
Killer Queen
Banned
Kinda reminds me of Tomb of the giants
Thank God. Jumping with O is torture.
I was going to quote myself from the other thread since I hadn't noticed this thread had been posted, but...
Basically this. What the hell is that?
I'm really liking the look of the footage so far!
Basically this. What the hell is that?
I'm really liking the look of the footage so far!
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