From Software Dark Souls 3

[Hobo Elf]

The DaS2 stress test had Huntsman's Copse, so maybe it'll be another slice of the playable world rather than a simple pvp arena.

 

[StaticSpine]

Played a bit.

Feels the same. Like I replayed Undeadburg or Boletaria. Same enemies: undead, dogs and edgy knights.

The only new stuff I discovered was the stance: L2 instead of parry move made my character take sword in two hands by his right side and I could R1 or R2 with a powerful hit.

 

[Morgoth]

Chatty-free gameplay:

 

[praetor]

yeah... all my suspicions confirmed. (mechanically) crappiest Souls game, on par with DeS (but without the excuse of being the first). definitely not hyped

 

[Old Hans]

all my suspicions are confirmed. I will play this game, and so will praetor!

 

[Night Goat]

I didn't see anything objectionable, aside from the insta-estus that's already been discussed to death. Still looking forward to this.

 

[praetor]

all my suspicions are confirmed. I will play this game, and so will praetor!

of course i will. i'm just not particularly looking forward to it. like, at all

I didn't see anything objectionable, aside from the insta-estus that's already been discussed to death. Still looking forward to this.

you didn't see the easy backstabs, the fast and far rolls with tons of iframes (not that you'd need them with how slow enemies attack and how little tracking they have), the lack of poise (stunlocks galore!), the slo-mo enemies with the usual 3-hit combos you'd have to be blind to get hit?

 

[Higher Animal]

of course i will. i'm just not particularly looking forward to it. like, at all

Seems like now is the window for you to fuck off the thread.

 

[UndetectedButthurt]

 

[Ivan]

that menu music is awesome
real cool that you can see the boss room from the start of the level
healing items should have varying time to heal
generally just for a new adventure

I love playing no shield, melee builds so mastering the dodges here is gonna be fun. or just dance dodging for fun, like in God Hand or Bayonetta

 

[Metro]

Looks okay. Can't really tell much from under half an hour, though.

 

[Night Goat]

you didn't see the easy backstabs, the fast and far rolls with tons of iframes (not that you'd need them with how slow enemies attack and how little tracking they have), the lack of poise (stunlocks galore!), the slo-mo enemies with the usual 3-hit combos you'd have to be blind to get hit?

It's probably the first level, I'm not expecting the enemies to put up any more of a fight than the ones in Undead Burg or Forest of Giants did.

 

[Damned Registrations]

Recall the incredibly useful DaS2 footage, with the turtle enemies, what was probably the coolest boss in the game, and the need for torches if you turned your gamma down so low everything further than 5 feet away was invisible even with a torch.

 

[Ivan]

 

[Ivan]

so good. must be d womyn that did Sir Alonne

 

[toro]

Also 2 hours of gameplay:

 

[DramaticPopcorn]

Fresh memes <8'-)

 

[toro]

Recommended music clip:


Some things:
- Backstabs are not instant therefore all the bullshit about DS1 backstabs is moot.
- You cannot use fire-shrines while mobs are around therm (no more Sinner fire-shrine shit)
- It is possible to summon at least 3 white phantoms (maybe even more). Add 2 red phantoms and you get a circus.
- You can chug estus while invading. This and instant healing means successful invasions will be harder.
- Killing a white phantom while invading will give 2 flasks of Estus.
- Gold pine resin will be active for 10 seconds. No more no less.
- Most weapons are pvp-able: short swords, greatswords and the scimitars are vicious. The axe not so much but I guess it depends on the skill.
- Cannot parry with a shield.

Definitely not good things:
- Backstabbing a huge knight in the ass is stupid.
- The world is cluttered with useless shit. I don't know why it annoys me so much.
- The combat still looks like a bloody mess. Thanks Bloodborne.

Musings:
- Backstabbing should be removed from the game completely. It's a broken mechanic at this point.
- The blood stuff doesn't add anything to the game. It should be toned down or removed completely.
- They should add dismemberment to the game. Or better feedback for your hits.

Edit: Dark Souls 1 world design seems to be back. I guess this is the most positive thing about the game until now.

 

[toro]

The animation starts as soon as you press the key and it takes some time (very short). If an enemy is in backstab range at the end of the animation then the backstab is performed.

The main difference compared to Dark Souls 2 backstab is that you no longer have to position yourself in the back of the enemy and that the angles seems so be wider in the case of DS3.

Well, I think the new mechanic is retarded. But I have to tried it before I'm sure of it.

Edit: The only good thing is that you have a small window of opportunity in which you can dodge an backstab. But on the other hand this will allow rolling in instant backstabs.

Anyway, I don't understand why they changed this. They were alright in Dark Soul 2. You cannot avoid backstab fishing as long as backstabs are available and this hybrid solution is not the solution either.

 

[Makabb]

Looks to me like it's demon souls speed. des 1 and 2 were way slower.

 

[Ivan]

 

[Makabb]

I wish the art was less bloodbornish and more soulish, meaning less victorian and more medieval.

 

[Ivan]

what are you talking about? It looks just like a next-gen Boletaria, DeS

 

[Makabb]

except it does not, the spikey ends look like they've been taken out of BB

 

[Ivan]

you're hinging this on the structures' ends? Ok. It certainly looks more like a besieged castle/kingdom than BB's RE4-villages.

I guess that's prob the reason why i didn't care for Cainhurst. I much prefer exploring the exteriors of these settings than their interiors.