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Bloodborne load times look to be a bit longer than hoped
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Gunstar Ikari
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I'm sure that the loading times will be addressed in a patch, so they shouldn't be a major issue for anyone interested in the game.
...but seriously, 30-40 seconds after death is atrocious, especially in a game where the difficulty is a huge draw. The game won't suddenly turn into shit if you admit that much.
...but seriously, 30-40 seconds after death is atrocious, especially in a game where the difficulty is a huge draw. The game won't suddenly turn into shit if you admit that much.
v0mitg0d
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Shill!!!! How typical. So many XBONE fanboys on this forum! UGH!!
I did watch the eclipse this morning so possibly.
People are complaining about 30-40 second loads and a non interesting load screen. Let that sink in for a while. I recommend half a minute.
Night Angel
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Krusenstern
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In another thread someone said I'm just hating on the game because I dislike the aliasing.
There is only black and white to those people.
Silent Chief
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10 minutes? Not seeing the problem, honestly. The games tries to punish you if you die but not too much so that it becomes hopeless. A 30 seconds load time is a poetic solution.
fuzzyreactor
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git gud
Ravensmash
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Well then, you guys best get good at not dying then!
Veritigo_X
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If only there was a solution to not dying...
Monty Mole
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Poetic solution? This must be a meme.
RedNumberFive
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I think I died 16 times before the first boss.
I agree to some degree, but i still think that there is no need to make a thread about a game having 10 second longer loading times then regular games.
I let it sink in and I still don't get your point. 40 seconds of load times aren't a pain in the ass every time you die? You are going to be doing that frequently. That time adds up as you play. Let's say you die 10 times in one 30 minute session. That's 5 minutes of staring at a blank screen right there. No one is saying they aren't going to buy the game over this or anything, but to say no one should complain is stupid
Imagine sitting through 3 computer boot ups every time you die. It barely takes 40 seconds to do a whole system and game boot.
Night Angel
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Good for you. I'm sorry you had so much trouble with the game. Maybe you should have picked Pyromancer (... getting my souls games mixed up) and built a broken character like me.
The greater impact this loading screen will have is on soul farming for people who are good at these games.
Good for you. I'm sorry you had so much trouble with the game. Maybe you should have picked Royal and built a broken character like me.
The greater impact this loading screen will have is on soul farming for people who are good at these games.
Okay, so you knew what you were doing before you started playing (as in building a broken character / using a guide)? I have roughly 300 hours in DS and none of my playthroughs were below 20 deaths.
Guess I'm getting old, but min/maxing on the first playthrough is not how I enjoy my souls games.
This is getting better and better.
I don't believe you. Its a shame that your best reported performance was on the game that doesn't record the count for you. But pre Nerf pyro was great.
What was the # on DeS or DkS2?
So if the load time is 20 seconds then in your same scenario you're spending about 3 1/2 minutes of "staring at a blank screen". Oh lawd, the injustice of it all.
Solid SOAP
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Why do load times get longer each gen? I feel like it should be the other way around!
MikeE21286
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If you played Skyrim on console you basically know what to expect.
Only problem is Skyrim you don't die every couple minutes.
Still excited.
Only problem is Skyrim you don't die every couple minutes.
Still excited.
you actually just watch the blank screens? Yes load times can be irritating but we are all used to it by now (especially souls games)
I'll probably just take a quick gander at GAF Everytime I die. Should be enough time to read about 5-10 posts or so.
Ok, so listen. There is something wrong with every single game that exists. A lot of games have issues much worse than this. So it would be ok to make a thread for every existing issue of every game ever made? That is what your saying. Loading time is an issue on such a small scale its not even funny. Has nothing to do with ruining hype. It has to do with people grasping at straws trying so hard to find something, anything wrong with a certain game. Or the hardware limitations are not understood. The ps4 is only so powerful. If that is the time it takes to generate the world, so be it. What would you have them do? Scale the game down? Make it less detailed? Less enemies? You tell me. It sounds like a hardware issue with the platform the game was developed on. There has to be a compromise somewhere. Not entirely developers fault. Surely you understand that.
Incompetent or lazy devs.
Krusenstern
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Spin spin spin! Spin it till it sounds good.
It's the developers vision to make you stare 45 seconds at the same bland logo everytime you either die or warp to an area.
A death every 3 minutes? Nobody's that bad, right?
Where did I say it was the end of the world or anything? I have the LE pre ordered and will play the game no matter what load times, but that doesn't mean they can't be improved. Especially since you will be dying a lot. It just really bothers me that people complain over people complaining about a legitimate problem.
So basically you're thread whining? If you don't care about this thread, don't come in here. Is that so hard? Who said anything about ruining hype? Grasping hard to find something? Do you have evidence for that? Hardware power has little to do with long load times. There are ways to optimize them.
You've seen nothing...
The average PS3 player died 860 times before completing Dark Souls 2. If each loading time was 30 seconds the time spent staring at the loading screen is over 6 hours.
Kenzodielocke
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You've seen nothing.
TheLostBigBoss
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Ahh, I see it now. The load times aren't even a small issue, they are actually a good thing for the gamer as they are allowed to ponder what they did wrong.
The lengths people will go to defend their purchases will never cease to amaze me.
I was trying to look up the average death per run, I assumed it was around 300, but if it's up in the 800 range than you just proved my point for me.
Original Man
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I'm dying here. 13 pages because of a load screen. *dead*
Wait, is this a joke I'm totally not getting or is this just a coincidence?
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
I think that you're a great poster
always have. Peace and love, brother.
Now you gotta wait half a minute before you can post again.
I'm not sure how many of those responses are serious, but it's a bit weird, I agree.
cheezcake
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Yeh...
I still can't fucking wait for release day but at the same time I think long load times are shitty and an objectively bad element of the game. The most weird part of this thread to me are the people trying to spin this into a good thing or saying it doesn't matter, you can still immensely enjoy a game while accepting some parts could be improved.
TheLostBigBoss
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