Groovelord Neato posted:

The lamest possible complaint I could imagine for this game especially after watching that trailer a dozen times.

Groovelord Neato posted:

Ulio posted:

Lol same, I have a horrible track record for games I get crazy hyped for(Cyberpunk/Anthem). I was hyped for Sekiro and that delivered so I'll still trust Fromsoft.

Btw Miyazaki in the Japanese Famitsu interview said the game is easier than Sekiro and difficulty is closer to DS3 just cause you have so much options. Also he is implying you can swap weapon artes to any weapon so you can get like the dagger shadow step while wielding an axe? Not sure if he means exactly that but I guess we will get more info on Bandai's stream tomorrow.

Also this is their biggest game and you can't ride horses in Co-op but can roam the open world.

punished milkman posted:

excited for elden ring to join the extremely small roster of “great open world games. i think that list is basically just botw and death stranding right now

skasion posted:

Sekiro has the somewhat unfortunate quality that fights take longer the worse and the more scared you are, to the point where not being aggressive enough can basically condemn you fight some enemies forever (or until you figure out what the game wants)

Communist Thoughts posted:

2019 was a hell of a year

Bananasaurus Rex posted:

I remember when that annoying streamer dsp, notorious for being terrible at these games and blaming the controls, beat isshin his first try. Think he just brute forced it by spamming the axe and got extremely lucky lol

Bananasaurus Rex posted:

https://youtu.be/XSRJGXUMBCs

Was sorta misrembering. Starts at about 40 minutes. It was actually his 4th time fighting isshin proper (he dies to genichiro a couple time too). But he beat isshin the first time he got to isshins 2nd form with the spear. He actually played it quite well! Got a couple of mikiri counters. Then the third form he just ignored the lightning and spammed axe lol

Cowcaster posted:

i've been calling elden ring "hakuchi 4"

acyclicity posted:

Yeah, I never understood the complaint that DS2 has too many armored knight bosses. Those are the most fun to fight. Ivory King, Fume Knight, and Sir Alonne are all pretty good.

acyclicity posted:

Fair enough, though I also liked The Pursuer (the first time, at least) and the Velstadt fights. Don't get me wrong, DS2 has some of the laziest boss design in the series. I just don't think that's due to the abundance of humanoid knights. It's mostly because of stuff like "Hey, let's make the player fight two copies of the boss they already fought earlier" or "Here's a worse version of a Dark Souls 1 boss" or (my personal favorite) "Literally a Room Full of Rats: The Boss".

codo27 posted:

Fairly confident thats scottish

codo27 posted:

I keep getting the feeling that a lot of the game might feel a little too familiar? By which I mean, not terribly original when held up against previous FROM games. I hope I'm wrong.

Something I think about now and then, do you think a RPG like this but with a contemporary setting would be possible? I guess it would have to be mostly guns for weapons then wouldn't it? I suppose you could point to Shenmue which I've never played, but something with a lot of combat like a Souls games, can you even envision it? Its something I've always thought would be cool to see.

Zedsdeadbaby posted:

I kinda have to question the depth of that, he admitted he hasn't done any work on Elden Ring in years. He even went so far as to confuse it for a direct Dark Souls sequel.

deep dish peat moss posted:

I'm going to be devastated if this turns out to just be Ubisoft Open World Game: Dark Souls Edition

Tuxedo Catfish posted:

if you're good enough at Souls games that you can complete them solo and never need help you've basically "aged out" of the intended experience. they're supposed to be brutally unfair and then become manageable when you work together. having two helpers and then an enemy loving with you is totally in that spirit

codo27 posted:

Keep yearning. I borrowed my brothers PS4 and I just cant get into it mainly because it feels like shoving this thing into my eyes

Mesadoram posted:

The game play in DS3 feels great, but gently caress I dreaded PvP in that game. Not because I didn't enjoy it, but because it took for-loving-ever. Oh the invader is losing? Good thing they have 12 estus flasks to heal up. Oh, they are out of flasks? They will just run away for the next 10 minutes.

PvP in DS2 felt the most interesting to me. There was great weapon variety and the limited healing was great. DS1 was super memorable and charming, loved the poo poo out of that game.

Son of Thunderbeast posted:

This is what I'm hoping for

Vikar Jerome posted:

leaked trailer his voice actor was in the leaked vid doing the whole narration. ohhhhhh you tragic thing

Brandfarlig posted:

Isn't quickstep already confirmed because we know basically all weapon arts from DS3 are in? Seems like one of the most important inclusions.

Might actually be good this time too, was never impressed by it in either PvE or PvP.

Bananasaurus Rex posted:

idk if that's real, i didn't see a poison swamp

Aidan_702 posted:

I am going to do what I always do on my first playthrough which is pick the most melee class possible and forget every button other than attack and dodge and make the game much more difficult than it needs to be, but it will also be the most sweaty try-hard and rewarding journey.

roomtone posted:

what are these screens from?

Volte posted:

People don't like Darkroot Garden?

Leon Sumbitches posted:

Any ideas if there's a day/night cycle? The map says "early day" in the lower right corner, would potentially be interesting although it precludes some state changes due to player actions (looking at you Bloodborne blood moon).