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[jacksepticeye]

Died 5 mins in haha

 

[Vitor711]

First impression: Best looking PS4 game. It's the second game besides TLoU to wind the PS4 fan all the way up. You can zoom into anything and the texture and shader details don't let up. Small subtle animations and particle effects everywhere. Framerate is practically locked, no tearing.

Second impression: It plays better than it looks. It feels like it's more precise (hitboxes corresponding 1:1 to models) with a higher fidelity than Dark Souls & Demon's Souls.

The art style adds so much. It really does feel more like a direct successor to Dark than Demons. Which I'm totally OK with.

 

[Ferr986]

Holy shit those crows sure are noisy lol

 

[Bravo123]

Loving this game so far!!
Definitely getting a Demons Souls vibe with all the messages and other players ghosts etc.

The atmosphere and sound is top notch.

Another player randomly joined my game and we grouped together till I died from a gunshot ha

 

[Mafro]

Crashed on me

Gonna have dinner then play some more. Big first impression is that I really miss having a shield.

Also, I didn't see any streams of this in Live from Playstation. Is streaming blocked?

 

[Man]

Impression 3: Physics much improved and 'realistic' now. I actually didn't see the destructible objects straight away because they fully blend in with the static background now, looking much more natural.

 

[Sn4ke_911]

Impression 3: Physics much improved and 'realistic' now. I actually didn't see the destructible objects straight away because they fully blend in with the static background now, looking much more natural.

Ragdoll...

 

[Ferr986]

Crashed on me

Gonna have dinner then play some more. Big first impression is that I really miss having a shield.

Also, I didn't see any streams of this in Live from Playstation. Is streaming blocked?

Yes, it is blocked from Live.

 

[Tiops]

lol, people don't give a fuck about the NDA. Can't you get in trouble by breaking it?

 

[Man]

Impression 4: I'm dead. This chubby executioner barely felt my strikes.

Impression 5: Best cloth physics.

 

[FunkyPajamas]

Is anybody streaming this? (can this be streamed, NDA and all?)

 

[Qvoth]

just saw the french player did the counter but on hammer, seems like it's all the same even for different weapons, that's a shame

 

[Man]

Impression 6: We're definitely the bad guy in the eyes of these people: "Away away! Go away beast!" "He's cursed."

 

[CaptainTiptop]

Does the alpha have co-op? How do you actually do it?

 

[jacksepticeye]

I picked the "Agile" character that's dressed like a crow and all the feathers on his clothes moving around look awesome

 

[Ferr986]

Holy shit you can see the

Spoiler

spider

from pretty close in the area where you fight the big hammer dude.

 

[Qvoth]

that french player just died to an opponent with a big axe then can transform as well, maybe an npc? seemed really strong

 

[Psycho_Mantis]

big fat executioner guy is the new red eye knight is what I gathered by looking at some streams. I feel kind of sad seeing everyone play this.

 

[Earl Grey]

this game is easy my ass, I just get owned by almost everything over and over again and I platinumed all three souls games, jesus fucking christ

camera is a real issue against cleric beast, they need to fix that on the final version

 

[Ferr986]

The streamer Im watching (SepiSova) went afk and you can hear people crying in the background. wow...

 

[Drencrom]

Asking again; How's the framerate in the alpha?

 

[Man]

Impression 7: Counted upwards to 18 NPCs (humans) moving about in one scene.

 

[jacksepticeye]

It's weird to have Triangle be the heal button now and Square just for other items. I keep throwing molotovs when I want to heal

Asking again; How's the framerate in the alpha?

Pretty shit at times. Feels very sluggish

 

[fierrotlepou]

The streamer Im watching (SepiSova) went afk and you can hear people crying in the background. wow...

He said he had to "take care" of something.

 

[Nibel]

Asking again; How's the framerate in the alpha?

Inconsistent, but it's WIP so whatever.

 

[Alo81]

THE RAGDOLL IS BACK BABY.

OH SHIT.

 

[Angel Abaddon]

Oh god, I'm really feeling the pain of not being able to tank in this, missing my sword and board knight. Still loving it, just really needing to alter my playstyle.

 

[Ferr986]

He said he had to "take care" of something.

I mean in-game lol

 

[BatNIC]

Asking again; How's the framerate in the alpha?

It's not a steady 30fps game, but it seems fine to me and it's still in alpha

 

[jacksepticeye]

Heard NPCs shouting "It's all your fault" "you're not wanted hear" at the player

 

[Yoshichan]

>gives away 5 FFXIII games on Steam
>gets jack shit from Sony/From

 

[fierrotlepou]

I mean in-game lol

Oh okay, hahah. You never know with the streams in this day and age.

 

[Facism]

>gives away 5 FFXIII games on Steam
>gets jack shit from Sony/From

give away another one and maybe they'll notice

 

[silva1991]

I like the new crystal lizard or should i say the skeleton spider or whatever that is

 

[Qvoth]

french player said this has framerate issues as well, on average 20 fps, went as low as 15

 

[JimPanzer]

uh oh, framerate impressions sound horrible. 15 fps, really?

 

[Yoshichan]

Alpha

 

[jacksepticeye]

uh oh, framerate impressions sound horrible. 15 fps, really?

Yeah it gets pretty choppy but there's LOTS of time to fix that

 

[funkystudent]

It wouldnt be a souls game with a wonky framerate.


I fine that it is ok when you are fighting a crowd of dudes but once you are up high and looking over the town it goes to shit.

 

[JimPanzer]

Alpha

well, this is a very polished alpha then, considering it's the same which was shown on stages, boots etc.
I'm worried.

 

[Primeau31]

uh oh, framerate impressions sound horrible. 15 fps, really?

this is why they're not letting you stream it from PS4. ITS ALPHA. Its not finished yet.

 

[jacksepticeye]

The game does look pretty damn great though already. Lots of atmospheric stuff going on like flames and fog everywhere

 

[Qvoth]

this is probably the exact same demo as the tgs one, this is mainly a server stress test isn't it?

 

[JimPanzer]

this is why they're not letting you stream it from PS4. ITS ALPHA. Its not finished yet.

there's only so much you can do though. I'm not an expert on that stuff, but doubling the framerate while keeping the image quality seems impossible?

 

[John Bender]

uh oh, framerate impressions sound horrible. 15 fps, really?

Yes, this alpha version drops sometimes to 15fps.

there's only so much you can do though. I'm not an expert on that stuff, but doubling the framerate while keeping the image quality seems impossible?

? Yes... you can improve the framerate in the end.

 

[Donos]

there's only so much you can do though. I'm not an expert on that stuff, but doubling the framerate while keeping the image quality seems impossible?

Who says that the game is running constant 15 fps?

 

[Primeau31]

yeah, this is soley for them to test their network setup/infrastructure from what I understand.

I think/fear ppl are mistaking this for a retail demo.

 

[Man]

Impression 8: You know that *huge* spider we noticed in the backdrop... it seems like it has the head of Chtulu.

 

[Ferr986]

The ambient sounds are something else.
Dude just entered a dark room and you can hear someone wispering to himself inside

 

[Primeau31]

there's only so much you can do though. I'm not an expert on that stuff, but doubling the framerate while keeping the image quality seems impossible?

"not an expert on that stuff", yet this won't stop you from doomsaying on room for improvent six months out from release. OK.