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[Neoweee]

Those videos don't encompass every music, cc aspect, environment, story cutscene, boss and weapon in the game. Most of them re-feature things from the same 18-minute first segment of the game.

Yeah.

For scale, Dark Souls PTD has something like ~25 bosses and ~30 zones. Scholar of the First Sin has ~40 bosses and ~40 zones.

Granted, those numbers include DLC and patches, but unless Bloodborne is wildly lacking in content, we've barely seen anything.

 

[tcrunch]

Ooooh I didn't know the guns had alternate forms too.

I don't think they do, I think the flamethrower is his alt in the sense that he has 2 guns equipped and switches between them, not that the rifle transforms into the flamethrower.

I'm not sure though. Here is the original video (from Taipei Game Show) if you want to mine for deets- it is the same chalice dungeon playthrough from before, just diff weps on the asscreed man:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfkA491fnw0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-W115ow2AE

The flamethrower:

And a bow:

Yeah.

For scale, Dark Souls PTD has something like ~25 bosses and ~30 zones. Scholar of the First Sin has ~40 bosses and ~40 zones.

Granted, those numbers include DLC and patches, but unless Bloodborne is wildly lacking in content, we've barely seen anything.

Yamigawa (producer) said Bloodborne's "total game volume" is greater than Demon's Souls, which is shorter than Dark Souls (30 vs 50 hours) but absolutely nothing to sniff at. They may also not have compared it to Dark Souls due to their policy of never mentioning their dishonored multiplatform son near Bloodborne.

 

[SweetJohnnyCage]

Yamigawa (producer) said Bloodborne's "total game volume" is greater than Demon's Souls, which is shorter than Dark Souls (30 vs 50 hours) but absolutely nothing to sniff at. They may also not have compared it to Dark Souls due to their policy of never mentioning their dishonored multiplatform son near Bloodborne.

I think it's because this is a Sony published game, whereas Dark Souls was Namco/Bandai.

 

[Neoweee]

Yamigawa (producer) said Bloodborne's "total game volume" is greater than Demon's Souls, which is shorter than Dark Souls (30 vs 50 hours) but absolutely nothing to sniff at. They may also not have compared it to Dark Souls due to their policy of never mentioning their dishonored multiplatform son near Bloodborne.

Yeah, Demon's Souls is a lot lighter. I'd imagine that this is closer to vanilla Dark Souls in size, so around 20 bosses and 25 "zones" (which itself varies wildly in size and diversity). This is not a small game, and there are essentially no cutscenes inflating that game time. A two minute video isn't going to spoil much of note unless it is literally a montage of every boss fight stitched together.

Demon's Souls was "low budget". Now that the companies know that FROM's dungeon-crawling "series" has an international audience, they wont skimp.


It's interesting that guns can be viewed as the spells. Bullets are like Arcane arrows, Shotguns and Flames are like Pyromancy. Limited ammo that you can refresh, etc. Different gun types use different stats, perhaps?

 

[PolishQ]

And a bow:

Where do you see the bow? Are you talking about the folded up saw cleaver?

 

[tcrunch]

Where do you see the bow? Are you talking about the folded up saw cleaver?

Bow like the gesture.

 

[PolishQ]

Bow like the gesture.

Ohhhhhh!

 

[Giriath_89]

My god. Art, sound and graphics all come together to create an atmospheric game unlike any I've seen. We're just over a month away and this is where I stop watching. I've seen enough.

 

[SargerusBR]

31 more fucking days.

It's too long...

Which reminds me. Has the game gone gold yet?

 

[tcrunch]

Which reminds me. Has the game gone gold yet?

Nope.

 

[Retsudo]

Not seeing anything until this game drops, but from everyone's reaction i can't wait!

 

[Kiant]

dat music...LAWD

 

[Majmun]

Looks fantastic.

 

[Tom Penny]

Hope this doesn't get the Order treatment in reviews.

 

[ScottSullivan]

Hadn't seen that giant enemy at the end of the video. Amazing. Definitely got some Nito the Gravelord vibes there

 

[gunslikewhoa]

Hope this doesn't get the Order treatment in reviews.

You mean get the review/score it deserves? I do.

 

[aly]

http://giant.gfycat.com/ChillyClearFugu.gif

That thing is terrifying. I blame it's face.

I can't wait for people to be disappointed of the game because they already saw most of the game stuff from IGN and expected to be surprised.

They haven't really shown anything we haven't seen before in pics or the alpha.

 

[Giriath_89]

Hope this doesn't get the Order treatment in reviews.

Why would it? It looks like it will be very good and critics have been positive thus far.

 

[Straid]

Also looks better than the alpha. Can't wait!

 

[Giriath_89]

http://giant.gfycat.com/ChillyClearFugu.gif

The edge of the axe glows orange hot after the giant strikes the ground then cools off at the end. Laaaawd!

 

[Respawn]

Are you fucking kidding me? On the 24th bye bye sunshine.

 

[Akainu]

http://giant.gfycat.com/ChillyClearFugu.gif

I wonder if he wasn't knocked down he would be able to regain the health back.

 

[Finalow]

the more I see the more I want this into my veins, injected directly from a blood vial.

brutal and glorious at the same time, that gif.

You mean get the review/score it deserves? I do.

pretty much.

 

[Spineker]

http://giant.gfycat.com/ChillyClearFugu.gif

The edge of the axe glows orange hot after the giant strikes the ground then cools off at the end. Laaaawd!

I think that's just blood on his axe that is clashing with the lighting

 

[gioGAF]

I'm dying to get my hands on this. These threads just serve to make the wait harder :-(

Nothing stops this train!

 

[Stanng243]

After the hype for this game, I'm pretty sure the first hunt will be people looking for a broken street date, then there will be blood from people fighting over it.

 

[Neiteio]

Victorian Gothic horror at its finest. This continues to look incredible.

 

[Zaventem]

I can't be the only one happy that the rats actually move like rats now. The animations on them are amazing! It seems like such a simple thing but if you've played the souls series since the beginning this small change adds a ton to the aesthetic to an enemy we've seen before.

 

[Sid]

Holy shit at the last one

 

[tcrunch]

I can't be the only one happy that the rats actually move like rats now. The animations on them are amazing! It seems like such a simple thing but if you've played the souls series since the beginning this small change adds a ton to the aesthetic to an enemy we've seen before.

Hmm, yes, rat aesthetic animations... http://a.pomf.se/ivnbem.webm

 

[dddooozzz9]

Which reminds me. Has the game gone gold yet?

Soon. IT will have gone gold event on March 12.

 

[MercuryLS]

Next gen is riding on this game for me, most of the big games for PS4 so far have been mad disappointing. Please god let this game kick ass.

 

[RDreamer]

I never got through Demons Souls and didn't play Dark Souls at all, but man after watching that HQ story trailer I want to jump in solely for the art direction.

 

[Late Flag]

I want this game so bad.

 

[Atkison04]

Looks absolutely perfect! Can't wait for this one

 

[Alo0oy]

I never got through Demons Souls and didn't play Dark Souls at all, but man after watching that HQ story trailer I want to jump in solely for the art direction.

What are you waiting for? Go boot up Demon's Souls right now.

 

[Kalamari]

I ain't lookin at any of this shit.

I felt it was necessary to share that. Stay strong.

Amen, Brother.

 

[Qvoth]

holy fuck at the dancing witches on the graveyard, that's some creepy shit
gunsword doesn't seem to be that practical to use, too little aoe

 

[TheCobraTwister]

Chruch Giant's cape looks a lot like the Archdrake Robes from Dark Souls 2

 

[Skux]

Fuck yes, AoE chain damage.

Holy shit that last enemy.

 

[Nameless]

http://giant.gfycat.com/ChillyClearFugu.gif

The worst, most terrifying part of this encounter will be hearing that bell toll as you're eviscerated with a giant axe.

 

[StrongBlackVine]

Hope this doesn't get the Order treatment in reviews.

I expect this to be the first 90+ Metacritic PS4 exclusive. Have seen nothing to suggest it won't deliver on its potential. They seem VERY confident in their work.

I am on media blackout, but everyone's reactions are getting me even more hyped.

 

[tcrunch]

Re: blood bullets, Fextralife posted a translated ver of the Nico video, which offers no special insight, but after Yui asks "what was that?" and indicates the +5 counter, the reply is: "That +5 that's displaying there... Don't mind it. (laughing)"

 

[BabyFaceKillah]

Hmm, yes, rat aesthetic animations... http://a.pomf.se/ivnbem.webm

where is this from?

 

[aly]

It sucks that we only have three more of these left. I'm hoping for one to be about PvP.

 

[tcrunch]

where is this from?

When people broke into the alpha's lower area during the network test. There were a few other new enemies and another boss down there, but the environment itself was not finished. It's also how people know about

Spoiler

umbasa

.

 

[Elixist]

the only thing not doing it for me vs Dark is the style of some of the stuff all the top hats, not much metal armor. i hope you can turn off camera auto moving up and down while locked on i hate that crap. i'd like to lock on and control my own camera.

 

[Spineker]

Oh man, I just discovered that

Spoiler

you CAN transform into a Werewolf

Hype escalating quickly.

 

[Persona7]

fuck...just over a month left.

 

[Eppy Thatcher]

This is fuckin baller as hell but.... why are people SO HORRIBLE at playing games??!!

hype hypeity hype hype