From Software Dark Souls 3

[Night Goat]

Meh, had no problem with the crystal hedgehog or Iudex, but that black goo mini-boss or whater in Lothric is fucking insane, it moves so fast I cant even see what's going on. In fact the whole game is too damn fast!

It's easily killed with

Spoiler

firebombs

 

[praetor]

What do you guys think about having to teleport to the hub again to level up? I find it quite annoying tbh

it's beyond retarded, nothing more than cheap fanservice, and the game is full of it

and it feels more like a sped up and arcadey DeS than DaS1. i am not happy, although it's exactly what i expected.

art is very good to excellent, and the level design is really good. world design is very slightly better than DaS2 vanilla so far, but nowhere near DaS1. it's an okay game, i expect it to be better than DaS2 vanilla (even though the mechanics are much much weaker), but worse than SotFS (although this is expected to get some DLCs as well so... but you can't fix subpar gameplay. eh)

 

[sullynathan]

that steam rating.

praetor why do you keep saying the mechanics are weaker than DS2?

 

[Perkel]

Didn't play much yet but your objections praetor are music to my ears considering you love that piece of shiit called ds2.


Edit: at first i started at 2500×1400 but game dropped to 30s. I heard that console peasants are playing it sub 30 in most places...

 

[sullynathan]

so PS4 or PC? PC master race is complaining about crashes

 

[toro]

Well, this barely feels like a Souls game. There's no weight behind anything. Arcade Souls is what I would call it so far.

50% true.

 

[toro]

So, I played for 4 hours. Killed Iudex and Vordt. I hope this is not spoiling anyone.

It runs great: 2560 x 1440, 60fps no slowdowns on 980 Ti. But to be honest, it should play nice on this board. Anyway, visually is stunning.

Technically the only complain I have are the controls: keys stop responding after a while. I have no idea what they changed but I know in DaS1/2 I didn't roll except when I wanted to. In this one, it happens to roll twice or three times without actually pressing space for another roll. Fucked up. Or maybe my keyboard is.

And now for the real stuff. Combat doesn't feel like Bloodborne which is huge thing for me. However it's faster than DaS2 therefore adjustment is needed.

My only complain is that with some types of mobs, if you miss the first attack then your are fucked. The combat is simply more vicious than what we have before.

The world design is good. Not on the same level as DaS1 but few things can be on the same level. However each location has multiple paths once you get over the linear unlock sequence.

No more trash mobs. Each mob has a unique attack pattern and it gets interesting when a stupid mob parries you or he suddenly has one more move in his possession.

Another thing: good weapons on start. I already got Uchigatana but the fucking Axe is a beast (physical + dark). All my plans went out the window, I will use the weapon with the highest damage.

I don't know how to go to another world. I need to take a break.

 

[Lord Romulus]

Cleared 6 bosses, at the catacombs right now. Really loving it so far, especially how everything is balanced. Bonfires are well spaced apart, you don't get amazing weapons or armor in easy to reach early areas (that I know of at least). Loot in general is a lot more rare, you won't be running around with a dozen broken swords and rags anymore. The stronger elite enemies especially are very varied in their movesets and actually fun to fight, like the Lothric knights, fat church ladies, and cathedral knights. In most other Souls games, the elite mooks were just slow moving damage sponges with 2 second wind-ups to their attacks that anybody could easily get behind or roll away from.

 

[Perkel]

Yeah i didn't play much yet but i instantly noticed difference in mobs.

Also i noticed that enemies deal waaay more damage that before even with my plank shield most of damage goes through.

I also like the fact that shield apperently has now way more delay if this is the new standard then this should more people shield free

 

[made]

so PS4 or PC? PC master race is complaining about crashes

PS4 obviously. PCs are only for doing your tax refunds and posting on forums.

 

[sullynathan]

you guys are just teasing me. One month till I will pirate or maybe this Wednesday.

 

[Mystary!]

So the Deep Battle Axe was fixed loot? I also got it, but I figured it might've been something that was based on what weapon you were using or starting class, I was already using a battle axe since I started as warrior.
Been two-handing from the start which is unusual for me as I'm somewhat of a blockaholic. I tend to suck at dodging but it feels like they made it way too easy in this game with that ridiculous range and speed.
And I like that it doesn't lock you into a roll attack direction like DSII, that was fucking horrible.

 

[Villagkouras]

Playing with an A6 3670k @ 2.9 ghz and a Radeon 260x and I get over 40fps with a combination of settings. Can't complain.

 

[Mystary!]

I have gtx 760, on max I got 40-60 depending on location or direction I was facing. That's unplayable for me, so I just dropped everything to low and now it's steady 60 (it even looks better aswell...)

 

[Morgoth]

Dark Souls: The Force Unleashed

 

[Makabb]

 

[Multidirectional]

I was getting constant crashing until I capped fps to 30. Graphics style is really boring so far, I prefer the more colorful approach of DSII SOTFS. Doesn't help that I cannot use 4x or even 3x DSR with this so lots of really ugly shimmering everywhere.

 

[praetor]

Didn't play much yet but your objections praetor are music to my ears considering you love that piece of shiit called ds2.

that's because you're a filthy casual who can't read (let alone comprehend). i am on record saying that DaS2 vanilla is not good. but the much improved mechanics were undeniable, and only a butthurt irrational mentally-challenged fanboy like you would even try to say otherwise. everything, from movement speed to backstab mechanics, from weapon movesets to parry/riposte was at least one order of magnitude better in DaS2 than DaS1, and now DaS3 is closer to that piece of garbage (mechanically, when compared to the other games in the series) that was DeS than the infinitely superior DaS2.

but you probably need the superfast and far, cheap rolls to beat the game 'cause you're a casual scrub. you need the ability to stunlock with ease because you suck at the game. you need instant estus chugs because you'd cry yourself to sleep if you had to actually think when to heal... that's the nature of men idiots

not to mention that you're one of those moronic muhyazaki fanboys and praise the stupid shit he does 10 times worse in DaS3 (or BB) than it was in DaS2. you're nothing more than a little hypocrite, a typical irrational fanboy

 

[sullynathan]

I see that co-op is still fine

 

[Multidirectional]

Didn't play much yet but your objections praetor are music to my ears considering you love that piece of shiit called ds2.

that's because you're a filthy casual who can't read (let alone comprehend). i am on record saying that DaS2 vanilla is not good. but the much improved mechanics were undeniable, and only a butthurt irrational mentally-challenged fanboy like you would even try to say otherwise. everything, from movement speed to backstab mechanics, from weapon movesets to parry/riposte was at least one order of magnitude better in DaS2 than DaS1, and now DaS3 is closer to that piece of garbage (mechanically, when compared to the other games in the series) that was DeS than the infinitely superior DaS2.

but you probably need the superfast and far, cheap rolls to beat the game 'cause you're a casual scrub. you need the ability to stunlock with ease because you suck at the game. you need instant estus chugs because you'd cry yourself to sleep if you had to actually think when to heal... that's the nature of men idiots

not to mention that you're one of those moronic muhyazaki fanboys and praise the stupid shit he does 10 times worse in DaS3 (or BB) than it was in DaS2. you're nothing more than a little hypocrite, a typical irrational fanboy

You know I'm starting to think that DS2 SOTFS might end up being my favorite in series overall. Way too early to say for sure about DSIII but something definitely feels off about the combat from little I played.

 

[sullynathan]

Nah, DSIII will be better

 

[Makabb]

don't forget ds 3 dlcs

 

[Hobo Elf]

Wow, didn't realize that today was the soft release for DaS3. Now I'll just wait for the hard release that comes with all the bug fixes and DLC.

 

[cvv]

Nah, DSIII will be better

If it's true they're planning more DLCs for this than even DS2 and if those are done by Miyazaki than it's almost certain DS3 is gonna be the very best thing from FromSoft yet.

So the Deep Battle Axe was fixed loot?

It's always in the mimic chest a short way from the first Lothric bonfire. Great weapon although seems to me the basic bitch hollows are very resistant to dark so it's doing barely any more damage than my Longsword. It absolutely molests the knights tho.

 

[Cowboy Moment]

The combat feels kind of...jittery? I don't know. Feels like it's all about getting the jump on enemies, where if you hit them once, you stunlock them to death. But if you don't hit them first, they have all sorts of weird attack patterns designed to punish you for letting them attack - the mutants being a prime example of this, there's just no way to read their movements on the fly.

It's certainly a move in a completely different direction than DaS2, which was all about deliberate actions in a relatively slow-paced environment.