Dark Souls 3

2smiggy · 04-02-2016 11:01am

official footage showing the thief class , also the bow and arrows. it's spoiler free, probably old footage they are just releasing to get us all excited !!

heebusjeebus · 04-02-2016 11:07am

The bow and arrow is nice and fast but I think this move is weapon art as it depletes the mana bar.

The game looks great though. The Bloodborne engine lends itself well to the art style.

K.O.Kiki · 04-02-2016 11:38am

heebusjeebus wrote: »

The bow and arrow is nice and fast but I think this move is weapon art as it depletes the mana bar.

The game looks great though. The Bloodborne engine lends itself well to the art style.

That bow-shooting is some ugly animation, surely that's not final?

heebusjeebus · 04-02-2016 11:39am

Only a month from release so it's fairly final I'd say.

strelok · 04-02-2016 5:10pm

that whole area looked awful, gamecube level ****. gameplay looked fantastic though and every other location shown so far has looked incredible so just have to hope they didn't do a dark souls 2 on it

2smiggy · 05-02-2016 3:00pm

strelok wrote: »

that whole area looked awful, gamecube level ****. gameplay looked fantastic though and every other location shown so far has looked incredible so just have to hope they didn't do a dark souls 2 on it

i think i read on neogaf that the footage is from a very early build , that they were just releasing as a teaser really !

Mickeroo · 05-02-2016 3:08pm

All Souls games have sub par graphics and animations, ultimately though who cares as long as they keep up the standard of the gameplay we've come to expect.

Xenji · 05-02-2016 3:42pm

Mickeroo wrote: »

All Souls games have sub par graphics and animations, ultimately though who cares as long as they keep up the standard of the gameplay we've come to expect.

It is part of the charm of the games.

sweetie · 05-02-2016 3:48pm

Mickeroo wrote: »

All Souls games have sub par graphics and animations, ultimately though who cares as long as they keep up the standard of the gameplay we've come to expect.

I would say inconsistent would be a better description, some parts look great, some much less so!

heebusjeebus · 05-02-2016 3:49pm

Xenji wrote: »

It is part of the charm of the games.

Speaking of charm, I played blighttown on PC for the first time recently. Was glorious after struggling though it on the PS3 for years!

Kirby · 05-02-2016 9:26pm

Clearly after 4 souls games, it's obvious animation isn't their thing. It's below the industry standard. But they are getting better every game. Incremental improvements which is good.

I'm hoping for better boss design personally. Challenging without being cheap is a line they have struggled to walk at times. I'm hoping for more than "dodge for 15 seconds, R2 during his big swing, dodge for 15 seconds" from this one.

strelok · 05-02-2016 10:34pm

Kirby wrote: »

Clearly after 4 souls games, it's obvious animation isn't their thing. It's below the industry standard. But they are getting better every game. Incremental improvements which is good.

I'm hoping for better boss design personally. Challenging without being cheap is a line they have struggled to walk at times. I'm hoping for more than "dodge for 15 seconds, R2 during his big swing, dodge for 15 seconds" from this one.

if the dancer of the frigid valley is anything to go by they've put a bit of attention into the boss fights for DS3

Icaras · 07-02-2016 3:50pm

strelok wrote: »

if the dancer of the frigid valley is anything to go by they've put a bit of attention into the boss fights for DS3

I hope so, this is one area that really annoys me, the get a really cool lloking boos and then the camera goes crazy when you are fighting them, especially dragons and tall enemies.

strelok · 08-02-2016 9:36pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zDZYrIUgKE

YouSavedMyLife · 09-02-2016 1:55am

Anyone else hoping we get some concrete evidence that all the games are linked somehow? Maybe not so much Demons Souls and Bloodborne but the Dark Souls series atleast. As a lore nerd i want a big revelation linking all 3 games to the same world/area and give us all closure on the series as a whole, rather than them just being 3 games that are set in very very similar worlds. That would just be boring and somewhat disapointing..

J. Marston · 09-02-2016 3:01am

Some fairly strong evidence in that cinematic that they are all linked...

Giant Lord in DS2

Giant Lord in DS3

Plus the trailer mentions DS1 stuff like the Lords of Cinder (Gwyn was a Lord of Cinder, are there more?), linking the fire, bells tolling, the Abyss.

strelok · 09-02-2016 7:22am

i'm not thrilled about the multiple lords of cinder aspect. lord of cinder was such a fitting term for gwyn at the end, it feels so cheap to just throw it around to any old fart who sacrifices themselves to the flame.

i'd love for them to go into further detail on the dark soul but i haven't seen any mention of humanity so far in any DS3 stuff so i doubt they're going to.

mrkiscool2 · 10-02-2016 4:26pm

strelok wrote: »

i'm not thrilled about the multiple lords of cinder aspect. lord of cinder was such a fitting term for gwyn at the end, it feels so cheap to just throw it around to any old fart who sacrifices themselves to the flame.

i'd love for them to go into further detail on the dark soul but i haven't seen any mention of humanity so far in any DS3 stuff so i doubt they're going to.

By the weird lore of Dark Souls, Gwyn was the first one to sacrifice himself to the flame, so was a lord of cinder. By extension, anyone else who has done that was also a lord of cinder. So, it makes sense that there are a few lords of cinder, as it seems this is going to be the case. I don't think it makes it more cheap, I think it makes it a lot more interesting, as well as changing the humanity mechanic and not being an undead is also going to be interesting!

Mickeroo · 10-02-2016 4:44pm

YouSavedMyLife wrote: »

Anyone else hoping we get some concrete evidence that all the games are linked somehow? Maybe not so much Demons Souls and Bloodborne but the Dark Souls series atleast. As a lore nerd i want a big revelation linking all 3 games to the same world/area and give us all closure on the series as a whole, rather than them just being 3 games that are set in very very similar worlds. That would just be boring and somewhat disapointing..

Well this one is set in Lordran again so there's something concrete right there, there was plenty of hints in the second game of them being linked too but nothing too explicit.

Zero-Cool · 10-02-2016 9:53pm

From are giving someone 10 grand for explaining the Dark Souls lore of 1 and 2 so new players can understand what's going on. They are picking a winner this month but some people already have their entries on youtube.

I always liked the lore vids from vandti (sp).

strelok · 10-02-2016 9:54pm

*vaati

epicnamebro is another good one too. i kind of prefer vaatis videos and interpretation but i hate the tone of voice he puts on during his videos, so damn cheesy

J. Marston · 10-02-2016 10:34pm

Mickeroo wrote: »

Well this one is set in Lordran again so there's something concrete right there, there was plenty of hints in the second game of them being linked too but nothing too explicit.

Lothric, isn't it?

YouSavedMyLife · 10-02-2016 11:09pm

J. Marston wrote: »

Lothric, isn't it?

Yeah its Lothric judging from the trailer.

Multiple Lords of Cinder would kind of make sense since the player character from Dark1 would kill Gwyn and sacrifice himself to the flame, thus becoming a lord of cinder? Or could there be lots of lands where people sacrifice themselves to the flame becoming Lords of Cinder and Lordran + Gwyn is just one of them...

strelok · 10-02-2016 11:12pm

multiple lands requires kind of a massive retcon though, there is one flame according to dark souls.

and even with challengers coming to fight and supplant the player character from dark souls 1.... who are the bosses he has to fight? we've killed everybody

do millions of undead just saunter on down into the kiln of the first flame whenever they feel like it and have a pop at the champ?

mrkiscool2 · 10-02-2016 11:48pm

strelok wrote: »

multiple lands requires kind of a massive retcon though, there is one flame according to dark souls.

and even with challengers coming to fight and supplant the player character from dark souls 1.... who are the bosses he has to fight? we've killed everybody

do millions of undead just saunter on down into the kiln of the first flame whenever they feel like it and have a pop at the champ?

It's a lore thing. You were the chosen undead in DS1, so you were the only one that was ever destined to make it that far. Many others tried (most of the NPC's hollow in DS1, or died and help you out from a different timeline when they were trying to get through Lordran) but all failed, apart from your character.

Also, giving yourself to the flame gives people humanity back for a time, but doesn't actually stop the curse happening again. It will continue to happen until the undead chooses not to rekindle the fire, but then someone will come to do it anyway. So it's just futility.

Mickeroo · 11-02-2016 12:00am

I must have misheard.

Kiith · 11-02-2016 10:05am

Think i'll do a full playthrough of the first two games before this comes out. Been ages since i played the first, and never actually managed to finish the 2nd.

heebusjeebus · 11-02-2016 10:11am

Kiith wrote: »

Think i'll do a full playthrough of the first two games before this comes out. Been ages since i played the first, and never actually managed to finish the 2nd.

DS 2 is a lot easier I found, once you pumped enough souls into the iframe stat (cant remember it off the top of my head).
The DLC in 2 was some of the best level design from both games.

I've just finished Demon's Souls, 5 years after first buying it. Glad I've got all the Soulsborne games finished before DS3 comes out.

noodler · 11-02-2016 3:41pm

I forgot all about preordering.

I really wanted a metal case!

Dunder Mifflin · 12-02-2016 4:19pm

I cannot bloody wait for this game to come out.

Dark Souls 3

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