I wouldn't really disagree with any of that, mainly cause the only Souls game I've played is Bloodborne (which is just a better game and I've said that throughout), but I have for the most part really enjoyed this. It's not the all time great it's been made out to be, however purely from the context of someone who hasn't played a Souls game before, the person you were directly addressing, it's a great entry point that they will likely really enjoy and not find bland or dull like you're suggesting.
I wouldn't really disagree with any of that, mainly cause the only Souls game I've played is Bloodborne (which is just a better game and I've said that throughout), but I have for the most part really enjoyed this. It's not the all time great it's been made out to be, however purely from the context of someone who hasn't played a Souls game before, the person you were directly addressing, it's a great entry point that they will likely really enjoy and not find bland or dull like you're suggesting.
The overwhelming feedback, especially from newcomers, has been extremely positive, which is why I don't think it's fair for a Souls veteran to put off someone that hasn't played any Souls game before, now shoo
No.
This kind of game is not for M/KB at all
He never said any of that
He never said any of that
I can take the former (if they're like the God of War Valkyrie battles for example) , but I fear I'm too much of a whingy bitch for the latter
Yeah I can agree on the issues with poise (and add arcane's broken scaling too), but I don't understand the issue with iframes and ladders? DS2's issue with the former was tied to the silly adaptability mechanism which they've fortunately binned since. As for the samey locales - well its a dark souls game in all but name. There's only so many dark fantasy tropes with medieval castles, spooky catacombs and and ancient lost cities they can play around with. It's a lot easier to make things fresh with BB/Sekiro considering the radically different settings, but I feel like they've done a decent job creating a distinction (albeit familiar one) with the areas.
I concur, I'm having a hard enough tine using the Xbox controller much less the damn kb/mouse.No.
This kind of game is not for M/KB at all
This is the big one for me. There are some seriously convoluted quests that spawn across the whole game where characters appear in not very obvious locations and I'm like "wait, who are you again, what happened?". It's fecking impossible to keep track of. I even have a document open on my other screen where I try to but it's still a nightmare
Some sort of basic quest log that notes where characters went or what they said to you would have really helped, it almost feels stupid to me not including one at all. At the moment it feels pretty much impossible to do a lot of quests in the game without using some sort of guide.It's E. Honda's butt slam.
I'm not sure you completely disagree with me
Though the bias in the builds is clear. Same is it is through all the souls games, they've all had a clear build and path that is king. The beauty of these and why I do ultimately prefer the souls over BB/Sekiro is that the alternative choices, whilst more challenging overall, is the choice to play differently.
Maybe we disagree on the emotion we get out of it despite the assessment then! I personally love it. Would give it a 9 and not a 10 because of the few issues, but a patch could easily clear those up and bump it up (BOTW issues I'm interested to see if they fix for the 2nd or if they just liked how it was).Yep for sure. Its stubbornness not putting it in. As it is you basically just have to pump out the side quests in one go following a guide online by just fast traveling around rather than organically doing it. Just tedious really.This is the big one for me. There are some seriously convoluted quests that spawn across the whole game where characters appear in not very obvious locations and I'm like "wait, who are you again, what happened?". It's fecking impossible to keep track of. I even have a document open on my other screen where I try to but it's still a nightmare
The daft thing is I actually saw reviews that said it was a good thing they had to have documents open to write stuff down themselves to keep track of. How the feck is that a good thing you nutters?
Sorcery is always easy mode I guess, but i do feel like it isn't as OP in this one? I dunno. Definitely not as fun. I started and switched off, and have a lot more fun being close combat and engaging than sticking back and spamming spells. I don't feel like the game pushes it though which is nice. Anyone can pick it, but there's loads of interesting and fun ways to play outside of spells. And certain bosses really aren't suited for sorcery while others obviously you get a huge advantage.
The daft thing is I actually saw reviews that said it was a good thing they had to have documents open to write stuff down themselves to keep track of. How the feck is that a good thing you nutters?
True!Yup! Beat Demons Souls, Dark Souls 1/2/3, Bloodborne and the DLC's all multiple times and Sekiro literally couldn't beat one of the last fights against the Owl or whatever and eventually gave up on it. It might just be nostalgia IMO. There are of course some fantastic bosses among all the games, but I don't think that's any different in this one. Bloodborne and Sekiro definitely have the biggest variety of bosses though, but they're still great in these.
Dragon spells I think are more with faith with some in arcane, they seem decent but I haven't tried those. You can definitely go the buff route, they do have spells where you heal surrounding people and buff everyone including yourself, but generally it's still made for you to join the attacking as apart from the one fight, summons are limited. Though the mimic summon looks ridiculously good.
Weirdly, although it's better on both fronts and better graphically I feel DS was a bit of a let down (never played the original) and an inferior experience to ER. Still a solid 8 out of 10 but it's level design was quite poor at times. Elden Ring, for me, is a far meatier game and holds my interest a lot more.
).Oh for sure. Just more the combat and movement I thought was so smooth. Demons souls was their first big one I think so there were definitely some aspects that they fixed in the later games, but the remake was just a remake.
Whoever made the demons souls remake just needs to do the same thing with Dark Souls 1 and Bloodborne.
I'll try to keep an eye if I notice stuff! But for me mostly I haven't felt faux difficulty because of faulty or delayed mechanics or anything. Maybe just ignored it.I always play light/fast, it's perhaps why I notice it more in this. But it's due to a number of things, like the poise/stagger being either borked or exaggerated, the hit reg boxes being ridiculously oversized (again I think that's deliberate for faux difficulty, but it may be bugged) but in general the delay on button presses (especially dodge) seems to be at DS2 levels of weird and that's on all 3 systems. DS3/BB and sekiro are all far smoother with all those things. It's not right at all, it's definitely off.
But yeah, I should try some magic to see if it interests me more. At the moment I'm either going twinblade or twin daggers and neither is particularly interesting me, even the katanas seem lacklustre (but I think that's from playing DS3 over and over
All the soulsborne games are like that. I like to play them first without help/offline, but you do miss out on a lot so I don't advise it generally.
Returnal was a challenge but over 30+ years of gaming I've never hit a brick wall like Margit20 hours, level 34, 6 flasks of crimson tears, jellyfish ashes, Lordsworn Greatsword+4, strength 36...sorcerer rogier assisting.....50 attempts, maybe more....and can't beat Margit. Absolutely brutal. Might need to uninstall for my own mental health
And then when you bite the bullet you'll realise I'm right.
Or be your usual stubborn self and pretend you love this
