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Dark Souls III Gamescom Demo Impressions + Footage
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TheBlackMarvel
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For the most part they're still doable, you just have to be very careful. The only one I haven't done offline is the Ivory Crown one, that's a fucking nightmare.
GreyOcelot
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Not sure about DS1, but DS2 dlc can be solo'd...it's hard, but it can be done
Yup, and the best thing about the new Estus Flask icon is that as you drink from the flask the icon visibly depletes, as opposed to full/empty like it was in previous games.
The only one I wasn't able to complete on my own was the Ivory King co-op area, as has been mentioned already. It's utterly awful, but luckily completely optional. None of the DLC co-op areas are mandatory and the rewards you get for completing them aren't worth the hassle of doing them solo.
Backfoggen
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It's so low res and crummy looking!
Like something out of a 90s adventure game
It does when you zoom in a hundred times.
Cyborg
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It's so low res and crummy looking!
Like something out of a 90s adventure game
I wouldn't buy the game.
And I dont think that you got to Anor Londo that quick. Which was the original point. The Master Key doesnt really speed things up that much. But good for you.
TheBlackMarvel
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I mean, sure if you think that skipping massive chunks of the game doesn't speed things up, more power to you. But as I've been saying this whole time, it is entirely possible to get the Lordvessel well before half the game is complete.
GreenTornadoX
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I won't have a ps4 by then, since Protein > PS4 and I'd probably find a used ps3 for cheap by then.
Icyflamez96
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Ain't watching no footage
Backfoggen
Banned
Praised be Miyazaki.
Melchiah
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That's good to know. I did co-op the Ihyll chalice, as I just couldn't beat Pthumerian Descendant on my own. I sticked with offline in the main game, as I have no desire to be invaded, and I didn't need help for the bosses. The notes in the online mode were helpful in Ihyll though.
EDIT: On a side note, oddly enough Watchdog was far easier for me than Pthumerian Descendant, even with the health handicap.
Look, I know he's a big reason why the series is popular and as good as it is but I really doubt he's the source of every single detail in the games he directs. That sort of idea could have very well come from one of the other 100 or so people working on the game.
Backfoggen
Banned
It was a joke.
This thread seems a little irritable today.
Honestly I think that these areas are better left untouched offline, only one of the optional bosses is worth fighting through these gauntlets filled to the brim with bullshit ennemies (hey ice ponies)..
Backfoggen
Banned
Why is it always people when someone mentions something? It was me
It's not just the Estus flask it's all icons that were just copy and pasted from DS1 to DS2. They are made for 720p output.
Thankfully it seems that they redo them for DS3. Maybe even have it look good at 4k
Melchiah
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Just watched a video of the Ivory King fight, and it doesn't seem enjoyable/doable on solo. The mob boss fights in BB were my least favorites as well.
theSlacker
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I can't disagree with him, and you, more. I don't think of them as shortcuts for the sake of shortcuts, think of them as connecting together a believable world.
Some might also think/call the BB bosses harder since there are less ways to straight up cheese them like you can with a lot of the hard bosses in the souls games, and there are less options in general. The closest thing too it is abusing parries on bosses that allow it, but even that can be difficult for people. I agree with you that the BB bosses were the easiest in the series for me, but I was also already use to a more dodge and hit style of play so didn't have to change much about how I play.
This one appears to be missing from the OP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVNVu-V26Lc
11 min off-cam in German
11 min off-cam in German
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Deleted member 325805
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The more I watch the footage the more I want to play it, even though I hated DS1. I really get that Bloodborne vibe from D3. A few of the things I didn't like about D1 were fixed in DS2, and DS3 takes it a step closer to being my sort of game.
Did the player in the video you watched have a party of white knights with them? If they didn't, then that's not the intended way of approaching the fight. The after reaching the halfway point of the DLC, the boss door becomes available to you, but a lot of extra routes become unlocked as well. Rather than take the boss on immediately, you're supposed to look through the new sections to find these knights who help you during the initial onslaught of the fight, leaving you to fight the Ivory King alone. While it's possible to skip this part entirely, the fight is much more managable with the knights.
Thanks, I added it.
Playstation Access uploaded their impressions but not even they could get direct feed. If it's anything like Bloodborne's promotion schedule then FROM may release a direct feed of the demo towards the end of Gamescom or shortly after.
Fair enough. There are just so many people that seem to consider him a god that it didn't seem unlikely that someone would say that seriously haha
CrocMother
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You are putting wayyy too much stock in demo footage. One of the previews said that playing aggressively led to quick death. The character ppl used in the demo was intentionally OP
there are no coop parts, im guessing he means sir alonne and fume knight
those are extremely hard bosses from the dlc
Well well well!
I think he's referring to the Gank Squad, Lud & Zallen and the blue smelter demon (and the area leading to him). All of those bosses are in areas designed primarily for co-op (but they are feasible in solo).
It leads to a quick death if you don't know wtf you're doing, like every other Souls-like game
No, the gate connecting yarhar'gal and old Yharnam did serve a purpose. Mainly it allows you to befriend Djura.
It leads to a quick death if you don't know wtf you're doing, like every other Souls-like game
It's a good thing I know what I'm doing
What's funny is that I was terrible and hated the game when I first started and used a shield. Everything changed when I found Zwei and dropped the shield.CrocMother
Banned
It's a good thing I know what I'm doing
What I like about the series is that you can use a shield + patience to overcome a deficient in reaction time and controller dexterity. Jeff Green comes to mind. BB was much less forgiving to the slower gamers
AmethystEnd
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Jeff also has a special move he uses sometimes where he keeps the shield up 100% and only puts it down right when he sees an enemy is going to attack. He's such a gentleman
.AlphaDragoon
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Seriously.
I haven't played Souls with a shield on my main build since Demon's. 2-handed katana all day every day.
No there are special areas designed for co-op. It's the areas you could be summoned into in Vanilla DS2 even if you didn't have the DLC.
Probably just for the demo. New weapons are automatically equipped, and they had the inventory screens disabled.
Missed the conversation about shortcuts.
As far as I'm concerned the level design in Bloodborne is definitely the most consistent in the series since Demon's. Central Yharnam, Forbidden Woods and the Nightmare levels stand out to me as some of the best map designs in the series.
The thing is, the inter-connectivity between levels are just....there. Usually a straight funnel leading from one place to another. I remember reading a FROM interview where a dev commented on how they actually connected the areas very late in development and how satisfied they were when they did, which explains it. At least the entire map makes sense for the most part this time unlike DS2.
Dark Souls 1 still has the best interconnected world by far, with interesting and often surprisingly simple but mindblowing ways how it merged its levels together. Seemed like they developed levels with that factor in mind from the beginning, which I hope is the case for this one too.
As far as I'm concerned the level design in Bloodborne is definitely the most consistent in the series since Demon's. Central Yharnam, Forbidden Woods and the Nightmare levels stand out to me as some of the best map designs in the series.
The thing is, the inter-connectivity between levels are just....there. Usually a straight funnel leading from one place to another. I remember reading a FROM interview where a dev commented on how they actually connected the areas very late in development and how satisfied they were when they did, which explains it. At least the entire map makes sense for the most part this time unlike DS2.
Dark Souls 1 still has the best interconnected world by far, with interesting and often surprisingly simple but mindblowing ways how it merged its levels together. Seemed like they developed levels with that factor in mind from the beginning, which I hope is the case for this one too.
Melchiah
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Yes. Here's the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NC9e9nfKHhY
I don't think there's any pointless shortcuts in BB. Going through the backdoor route to Old Yharnam lets you bybass Djura's gunfire, and meet him on friendly terms, which is exactly what I did on NG+.
You can cheese Abhorrent Beast with poison knives and/or bone marrow ash. BMA lets you handle the second phases of Undead Giant and Amygdala from a distance as well. It's also very easy to corner fuck Keeper of the Old Lords with repeated R1 strikes after parry & visceral combo.
It's not that easy to just jump into a Souls game.
At the demo event, the majority of media didn't even beat the dancer.
Namco was not allowing direct feed of the demo. Off-screen from the show or official b-roll is all that's out there right now.
http://worthplaying.com/article/2015/8/6/previews/96887/
ReDelicious
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It's actually not that terribly difficult, and imo one of the most fun and memorable moments of the series for me. I wouldn't worry too much about the DLC difficulty. Is it more difficult than the base game? Yes. But it's still more than doable solo. I've been through it a few times without too much trouble and never summoned help.
Oh and also don't worry about the whole healing/items thing; it's not as bad as you may think it is. It may not be as convenient as Bloodborne, but I wouldn't feel comfortable calling it more "difficult" either.
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