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[Borys]

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[Raban]

edit: nvm it's for PS4, pack it up

[archie4208]

Time to become an obnoxious Sony fanboy.

[fistfulofmetal]

maybe this time it'll be a good game unlike dark souls 2

[Raban]

maybe this time it'll be a good game unlike dark souls 2

[magus]

i like how souls is turning from this "EXCITING HARDCORE DARK FANTASY GAME" into madden

[archie4208]

c'mon magoose.  It's the rebirth of King's Field.

Heck, From pumped out KF faster than Souls.

KF1-3 came out in 1994, 1995 and 1996 with KF4 coming out in 2001

DeS came out in 2009, DS1 in late 2011 and DS2 in early 2014

[mjemirzian]

All the E3 reveals getting leaked early I guess?

[Raban]

All the E3 reveals getting leaked early I guess?

MJEM where did you go!? I haven't seen you post in forever

EDIT: Also people in the GAF/4chan thread keep bringing up King's Field but forget that the Souls games actually share way more DNA with the Shadow Tower series. This game having guns just makes me think of Shadow Tower: Abyss, which also used them. Either way, platform exclusives suck balls. I'm not even considering a PS4 until like three years from now, if that.

[Himu]

Get success off one franchise and milk it to oblivion, brehs.

Dark Souls 2 has been out for all of a month, too.

Video game industry

[brob]

from has always been about that full-fat milk life, himu.

[Purple Filth]

if true then i'm there

 

[Himu]

Oh right. Armored Core. They pumped those out like the octomom.

[Joe Molotov]

Get success off one franchise and milk it to oblivion, brehs.

Dark Souls 2 has been out for all of a month, too.

Video game industry

Maybe you'd prefer Dark Souls 2 XL Empires Ultimate Hyper instead?

[brob]

I'm not even considering a PS4 until like three years from now, if that.

u should wait until Ueda-sama graces it with his last masterpiece

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[Himu]

Get success off one franchise and milk it to oblivion, brehs.

Dark Souls 2 has been out for all of a month, too.

Video game industry

Maybe you'd prefer Dark Souls 2 XL Empires Ultimate Hyper instead?

Hell YEAH!

But at least that isn't the only Koei makes! They just put out Toukiden for example. When was the last non-Souls From title?

[Joe Molotov]

Armored Core: Something Something. And that awful Steel Battalion Kinect game.

[demi]

Ninja Blade, duh.

[Himu]

I'm trying to remember if Ninja Blade was that mediocre ninja game Duckroll was stanning in irc.

[Himu]

Get success off one franchise and milk it to oblivion, brehs.

Dark Souls 2 has been out for all of a month, too.

Video game industry

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You went through all that effort? For me?

Awwwww.

[Mr. Gundam]

Get success off one franchise and milk it to oblivion, brehs.

Dark Souls 2 has been out for all of a month, too.

Video game industry

Maybe you'd prefer Dark Souls 2 XL Empires Ultimate Hyper instead?

Hell YEAH!

But at least that isn't the only Koei makes! They just put out Toukiden for example. When was the last non-Souls From title?

FROM made Gundam Unicorn on the PS3, and it was GLORIOUS.



Seriously. One of my favorite games of the generation.

[Himu]

I forgot they made all those mecha games like ACE.

[BobFromPikeCreek]

Oh god just give it to me NOW

[Himu]

I made that smiley for YOU to use months ago

I forgot you made that smiley.

I'm noticing a pattern here.

I forgot the pattern. 

[Himu]

Edit > transform > flip horizontal

[Himu]

Dark skinned person too lazy to do something that's three clicks. Wonderful way to rep the #DSF

[iconoclast]

Great. I wonder if From is going try and release a new Souls every year now that they have two different dev teams working on the series ala CoD. Fine by me as long as they maintain the quality.

[SantaC]

Great. I wonder if From is going try and release a new Souls every year now that they have two different dev teams working on the series ala CoD. Fine by me as long as they maintain the quality.

it's never a good thing to have yearly releases. Sooner or later CoD is going to crash down ala Tony Hawk style.

[fistfulofmetal]

Fine by me as long as they maintain the quality.

they've already dropped the ball 

[Cerveza mas fina]

PS4 brehs

Xbox already lost

[thisismyusername]

Also:

DEEP DOWN

Was anyone really excited about that besides Trollno fanboys/Fighting fans and Nu-Capcom fans?

[Himu]

Also:

DEEP DOWN

Was anyone really excited about that besides Trollno fanboys/Fighting fans and Nu-Capcom fans?

Dark Souls formula with random dungeons fixes one of the series biggest problems. I think an element of unpredictability (beyond invasions) would benefit to the series.

[thisismyusername]

Also:

DEEP DOWN

Was anyone really excited about that besides Trollno fanboys/Fighting fans and Nu-Capcom fans?

Dark Souls formula with random dungeons fixes one of the series biggest problems. I think an element of unpredictability (beyond invasions) would benefit to the series.

PvP in Souls is awful. I blame it on the engine being built for PvE and partially on the fact that From can't balance the magic/melee worth a damn. Just look at the bosses being two-shotted with magic at times. I don't think Deep Down would fix that.

[Himu]

I wasn't talking about PVE. Deep Down works like a rogue like in level structure to my knowledge.

[Purple Filth]

The coolest thing about deep down so far is the time freeze magic casting.

[cool breeze]

Great. I wonder if From is going try and release a new Souls every year now that they have two different dev teams working on the series ala CoD. Fine by me as long as they maintain the quality.

yeah, a concern is that the aesthetic of this isn't wildly different than the Souls series.  otherwise, bring it.

since demon's souls I've been wanting an alien/science fiction themed Souls game that's Giger all over. 

[Purple Filth]

this finally got announced eh

still think it's weird to keep both series going.

so you have legit info or is this your gut feeling being right again.

[Purple Filth]

No, I heard about this one before last year's E3.  It was supposed to be part of the stuff at Sony's big coming out, among a couple other things that got bumped.

Interesting.

How much things were bumped and have any been offically revealed since then (i assume that cancelled Stig game was one) 


Also to answer your second question it might depend on how different this new one is to Demons/Dark Souls before wondering if its worth having both tbh.

[Himu]

Lotta things got bumped because Sony was hurting for schedule time and not all third party titles would get the shine like they wanted. Some of the stuff since last E3 have been announced already.

[Cerveza mas fina]

Hope this has a hub structure like Demon Souls so I can play it in chunks 

[BobFromPikeCreek]

Dark Souls 2 has a hub structure.

[Raban]

Your mom has a hub structure

[thisismyusername]

Dark Souls 2 has a hub structure.

Not really. It's a mix of both. But it kinda does both of them badly.

Honestly, the only reason it has a "hub" feel is because of the "touch the demon inside of me"/level up system from Demon's being back. If it was bonfires to level up most people wouldn't have to travel back to the "hub"/Majula to do anything but buy equipment or repair.

[BobFromPikeCreek]

Dark Souls 2 has a hub structure.

Not really. It's a mix of both. But it kinda does both of them badly.

Honestly, the only reason it has a "hub" feel is because of the "touch the demon inside of me"/level up system from Demon's being back. If it was bonfires to level up most people wouldn't have to travel back to the "hub"/Majula to do anything but buy equipment or repair.

No, Majula is very much a hub. The game is made up of streams of levels that end in a boss, all of which extend out from Majula.

[thisismyusername]

How so? Outside of maybe 3 routes, Majula isn't liked to further levels. I guess you can consider that a "hub" but for me, a "hub" is where you have to continuously go back to a la the Nexus like Demon's Souls to get to the next area.

But that's averted in Dark Souls 2 with the bonfire transport being from the get-go instead of late game. You can avoid Majula outside of having to level yourself or repair equipment/buy stuff from vendors. Once you've gone down those three "hub" paths, you near-never have to go back to the "hub," where in Demon's you had to go back to the hub no matter what to go to the next world/area and buy-stuff/level-up.

[BobFromPikeCreek]

I guess if your definition of a hub requires it being somewhere you frequently visit, then yeah I guess you're right. There's not much incentive outside of popping in to level up your weapons/character. I just mean that, in terms of the game's structure, Majula is very much where everything branches off of.

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[BobFromPikeCreek]

I've never played Demon's Souls btw, so if we're comparing it to that I have no idea.

[archnemesis]

The hub in Demon's Souls is more similar to a Mega Man stage selection screen. You pick which world you want to teleport to. Dark Souls introduced seamless integrations of all areas.

[Cerveza mas fina]

 

[cool breeze]

The hub in Demon's Souls is more similar to a Mega Man stage selection screen. You pick which world you want to teleport to. Dark Souls introduced seamless integrations of all areas.

There's also some weirdness where you progress in one area, go to another area, then come back to that previous area that's now unlocked.  At least I don't think you could run through the first level without doing the others.  Lots of people seem to prefer Demon's Souls' system.

I like Dark Souls' more but wouldn't mind a return to that.

[archnemesis]

Yep, there is a blocked door towards the end of the first world. You need to beat one of the archdemons (end bosses) from one of the other worlds before you can go through it.

[Cerveza mas fina]

How am I a hater, I finished Demon Souls bruv

[BobFromPikeCreek]

It's great, but I wanted to go console-free this gen. This is a dilemma.

[magus]

Yeah, it kind of breaks my plan on going Xbone only this gen - buying one ASAP when it launches in Poland because of Kinect for my kids - but fuck it, Demon's Souls 2 is worth $450.

[demi]

I dont get it

[archie4208]

DS2 has some jank hitboxes.

That guy dodged the boss's grab ability but it still registered. 

[Steve Contra]

Yeah if a giant floating demon stabbed you in the foot with an 8 foot long sword you'd be fucked as well.

[Raban]

god that b-team/A-team bullshit makes me wanna barf. Dude dodges way too early in that .gif, of course he gets blown up. Dark Souls 2 is a fantastic game, and honestly I'm mixed on this being Miyazaki's next project. When I finished it I was hoping they'd take a little break from this kind of game, but now it appears to be full steam ahead. The console-exclusive bit just makes it even easier to not give a shit.

[Cerveza mas fina]

Lol at borys going xbox only

[mjemirzian]

MJEM where did you go!? I haven't seen you post in forever

I'm still around just haven't been gaming a whole lot.

Infamous is pretty fun btw. Not a reason to run out and buy a PS4 but decent for a launch window game.