From Software Dark Souls 3

[Murk]

The spoiling and braying of barnyard animals continues.

I'm obviously going to play this shit and going to enjoy it, but I don't think I'll enjoy it as much as DS 1 nor 2... I also don't know if I'll play it as much as ds2.

And ofc, one must await the memes.

 

[Jezal_k23]

Any word on game length or map size? And just how much was ripped off Bloodborne?

 

[Lyric Suite]

Heh, this is pretty good, despite being bombastic as fuck:



This game is 120% more epic than any Souls game!

 

[DJOGamer PT]

If you people are going to also spoil shit, can you at least do it in a SPOILER TAB! Thank you.

That being said, if the levels are on a Dark Souls II DLC and Bloodborne quality - big, complex and elevating the "folding in it else" to a fucking art form - and the enemies + bosses and OST also as great and awesome as in Bloodborne then I am pretty fucking happy, and this will be best Souls game released.

 

[sullynathan]

Heh, this is pretty good, despite being bombastic as fuck:



This game is 120% more epic than any Souls game!

Ever since bloodborne, I've liked music in the souls games. They weren't very good in DS1 & 2 but BB & DS3 have some good ones.

tired of all these steam fags complaining that the game is too easy or some shit.

 

[80Maxwell08]

Heh, this is pretty good, despite being bombastic as fuck:



This game is 120% more epic than any Souls game!

I like that a lot more than the minimalistic approach to their main menus in the past. Hope it stays into the main game.

 

[Bastion]

tired of all these steam fags complaining that the game is too easy or some shit.

You know, just roll with it... I meant deal.

 

[Wolfe]

The soundtrack is great, that main menu theme + Vordt and Abyss Watchers themes are amazing.

 

[sullynathan]

artorias, sir alonne, sif, majula and the ancient dragon had good osts. That's about it, I definitely like BBs music more.

 

[Murk]

pope hat confirmed i look forward to larping as this fegt

fucking lol

Spoiler

Literal Anor Londo with silver knights sniping you spot. hahahaha what the fuck From, this is fucking DS 1.3

THEY WANTED ME TO MAKE IT MORE LIKE DARK SOULS 1

SO I PUT DARK SOULS 1 IN IT

also lol at fat Hussar wings armor haha

 

[Seaking4]

artorias, sir alonne, sif, majula and the ancient dragon had good osts. That's about it, I definitely like BBs music more.

The Artorias music is phenomenal. The sounds of the fight (sword swings, armor fights, Artorias roars, etc.) work so well over it. Especially the way the music isn't loud enough to drown out everything else.

If Artorias didn't have the boring power up, and DS1 had DS2 style Estus flask recovery this would probably the best boss fight in either game. I'm still disappointed that DS3 went back to the DS1 style of Estus recovery. Was good that they removed the items like lifegems but ... that slow estus flask recovery was a subtle but important change in making the game more difficult. It alone made the Fume Knight much much harder than it would have been in DS1. What a shame ...

 

[80Maxwell08]

It doesn't look like anyone here mentioned it yet but if you have an Xbox One you can play the full English version of DS3 now through a bit of a glitch. From what I've read you use a Japanese Xbox Live account to buy it but not install it, switch back to an English account then install it. You probably want to look up a proper guide first though.

 

[sullynathan]

the Japanese early version is "incomplete"

artorias, sir alonne, sif, majula and the ancient dragon had good osts. That's about it, I definitely like BBs music more.

The Artorias music is phenomenal. The sounds of the fight (sword swings, armor fights, Artorias roars, etc.) work so well over it. Especially the way the music isn't loud enough to drown out everything else.

If Artorias didn't have the boring power up, and DS1 had DS2 style Estus flask recovery this would probably the best boss fight in either game. I'm still disappointed that DS3 went back to the DS1 style of Estus recovery. Was good that they removed the items like lifegems but ... that slow estus flask recovery was a subtle but important change in making the game more difficult. It alone made the Fume Knight much much harder than it would have been in DS1. What a shame ...

I like insta-estus. I'm not with the slow healing animation, slow health regen and human effigy not giving health back.

 

[Talby]

Yui is one of the co-directors;

 

[praetor]

I like insta-estus. I'm not with the slow healing animation, slow health regen and human effigy not giving health back.

you like insta estus because you're a casual who summons for bosses on his first playthrough

anyway, slow estus is infinitely superior as it forces you to make careful tactical considerations regarding timing and positioning relative to the current and posssible immediate future of your opponent(s) instead of just "i'm now 3m away, chug chug chug". fast estus is definitely (as are many other things, like nu nexus, nu maiden, the metric fuckton of recycling [which muhyazaki fanboys will defend to the death even though it's 10 times worse than in DaS2 which was criticized to hell for doing the same]...)

 

[sullynathan]

you like insta estus because you're a casual who summons for bosses on his first playthrough

nothing wrong with summons, certainly makes the shitty bosses in DS2 more exciting

 

[Doktor Best]

The shitty bosses were shitty because they were too easy to beat. How could they get more exciting by summoning allies if the difficulty gets toned down massively by it?

Summoning is like cheating. The game is designed for the player to face bosses alone.

 

[sullynathan]

This is a lie. Everyone knows that bosses get more difficult each npc you spawn. Two, most npcs were not equipped to fight most bosses and died quickly.
Only a few like the pyromancer vs mythra dominated the boss. Plus, it is exciting to see the AI fight it out or create more tension.

 

[Kruno]

More players means a larger damage sponge, not a harder boss, just a more tedious one if the other players die within seconds.

 

[Hobo Elf]

The shitty bosses were shitty because they were too easy to beat. How could they get more exciting by summoning allies if the difficulty gets toned down massively by it?

Summoning is like cheating. The game is designed for the player to face bosses alone.

That's the theory, at least. However, the truth is that summoning allies is for hardcore manly men. I never once summoned another player (who wasn't a friend) when playing DaS2 who didn't just suck shit and die within the first few seconds of the boss fight. I'd end up killing beefed up bosses alone which was much harder.

 

[DJOGamer PT]

anyway, slow estus is infinitely superior as it forces you to make careful tactical considerations regarding timing and positioning relative to the current and posssible immediate future of your opponent(s) instead of just "i'm now 3m away, chug chug chug". fast estus is definitely

I disagree on that. I have been replaying Dark Souls 1 and 2 + DLC's to prepare for the third installement. And the way estus is in 1 is much better IMO.

There are some bosses in 2 that just really are a pain to beat due to that super-duper slow animation. For example the Old Drangonslayer, had problems to deal with him just because of that. Almost everytime I died was when I was healing. Even tough I knew very well is entire moveset, and healed in the right time and always behind some cover. I still died during the estus animation because when I was just about to put down the estus he impaled (or sometimes because of shitty DS2 colision detection is spear went trough the walls). The Fume Knight is another good and even more painfull exemple of that shit. It the biggest reason I might have died 50 times to kill the prick.

And since Dark Souls 3 will have alot of those super fast rape bosses, the estus is much better like in 1 or there would ton of buthurt with bosses (and their fights would probably be unfair).

 

[Cromwell]

anyway, slow estus is infinitely superior as it forces you to make careful tactical considerations regarding timing and positioning relative to the current and posssible immediate future of your opponent(s) instead of just "i'm now 3m away, chug chug chug". fast estus is definitely

I disagree on that. I have been replaying Dark Souls 1 and 2 + DLC's to prepare for the third installement. And the way estus is in 1 is much better IMO.

There are some bosses in 2 that just really are a pain to beat due to that super-duper slow animation. For example the Old Drangonslayer, had problems to deal with him just because of that. Almost everytime I died was when I was healing. Even tough I knew very well is entire moveset, and healed in the right time and always behind some cover. I still died during the estus animation because when I was just about to put down the estus he impaled (or sometimes because of shitty DS2 colision detection is spear went trough the walls). The Fume Knight is another good and even more painfull exemple of that shit. It the biggest reason I might have died 50 times to kill the prick.

And since Dark Souls 3 will have alot of those super fast rape bosses, the estus is much better like in 1 or there would ton of buthurt with bosses (and their fights would probably be unfair).

Hu? If you know dragonslayers entire moveset then yu must have noticed there are certain attacks where its absolutely save to drink estus without anything happening to you for example if he uses dark magic and starts floating. I died to him a lot but being able to heal was not my problem. I dont really care if its faster now, makes it easierfor me, but I dont think slow estus was bad if you had to heal you had to find a way to do it.

 

[meanwhileInPoland]

Or you could summon Masterless Glencuck and let him solo boss for you

 

[Murk]

Instant estus is beyond retarded in any online match -- especially since all phantoms can also estus (albeit at reduced values).

I can't tell if estus in 3 is faster than 1, but it _seems_ to be, in which case I fault BB for being the horrid casul artfag decline that it was.

Summoning for bosses adds another dimension that makes shit way easier -- in that one guy can play defensive and distract the boss while the other chugs. Few bosses have a counter to this -- like the Fume Knight -- which make them genuinely fun in a different way when summoning on them.

I hope that lloyd talismans work better at least, cuz otherwise I'm not going to have fun tracking down 1-4 people and waiting for them to chug themselves into retirement

 

[Ivan]

wait so IS estus over time or instant?