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[Rob2K19]

It feels like it should be $50, but go get that extra $10 Bamco.

Seems like a strange choice to put on Xbox.

Gotta experiment.

 

[Sammy Samusu]

The teaser was so good, but the actual game looks really bad and generic.

Isn't it being developed by the God Eater team? It shows.

 

[D4rth Man7iz]

Looks promising. Cool visual style.

 

[dragonlife]

They improved the hit feedback since the last trailer. Now they sound meaty--that's good!

 

[darkwing-buck]

Anime souls, Im down.

 

[DangerMouse]

Yep, looked great.

 

[Chaos2Frozen]

It feels like it should be $50, but go get that extra $10 Bamco.



Gotta experiment.

I feel like we are passed the "experiment putting Japanese games on XBox" phase but I suppose

 

[Inuhanyou]

Are the terrible anime faces supposed to attract japanese audiences or americans?

People who like anime, or people open to the idea of games with anime. Seems pretty simple

Maybe its a minority for folks on Xbox outside of DBZ and Naruto, but i guess its worth a shot for them to try

 

[DangerMouse]

Even though it was clearly coming to both I thought it felt like the trailer for this had the "console launch exclusive" tag during the MS conference, but I guess this coming at the same time for all 3?

But I guess the games with that just blended together eventually (probably just like they wanted).

I think they were pretty good in this trailer.

The regular enemy reacts accordingly and enters hitstun in the first and second hit of a 3 hit light attack chain with a short sword.

Another enemy gets stunned by the lance-thing.

Not worried at all about that aspect anymore.

The cutscene animations are incredible, holy shit. I need a gif of that girl activating her bullshit anime power up mode.

 

[K.Sabot]

THEY ADDED HITSTOP

YES

 

[manfestival]

looks interesting and I am open but I am unsure of what to think yet

 

[Mihael Mello Keehl]

looks good

 

[JaseC]

I find it a rather strange Bamco waited four months to confirm the obvious in there also being a PC version (all Dark Souls releases on Steam have north of 1m owners, so there's undeniably a big audience for these sort of games). Maybe it was hoping for another petition to emerge in the interim.

 

[OdysseusVA]

Loving the art style and combat. Looking forward to seeing more.

 

[Mister Wolf]

PC better be a good port

 

[Nirolak]

Seems like a strange choice to put on Xbox.

I feel like we are passed the "experiment putting Japanese games on XBox" phase but I suppose

Dark Souls sells really well on Xbox.

 

[Kazuhira]

I need to see more gameplay but i really like what they've shown so far.

 

[Roubjon]

This looks so good. There are definitely some tiny, but noticeable improvements since the last trailer too!

 

[texhnolyze]

Is it just me or do the hit reactions already look better than previously?

Absolutely. That's the first thing that I noticed as well.

I'm looking forward to this now.

 

[Gbraga]

So smooth

 

[rockmanjoe]

Looks great!

Music sounds like Go Shiina? I hope it's him.

 

[Derkon]

Down for some Anime Souls, will probably Day 1 this.

 

[Jigorath]

Looks pretty cool.

 

[RoboGeorgeForeman]

Guess I'll grab it on PC. Was hoping for a handheld version, but I can't complain.

Edit: Hope it's not 30FPS locked on PC.

 

[arigato]

Going to definitely be getting this regardless of impressions and reviews upon release.

 

[Chaos2Frozen]

Dark Souls sells really well on Xbox.

But this is extra Anime though, and not the DBZ or Berserk kind of anime.

 

[JeffZero]

I'm colorfully intrigued.

 

[Rncewind]

But this is extra Anime though, and not the DBZ or Berserk kind of anime.

gonna tell people then they should not buy extra anime games on xbox and rather on other plattforms

 

[psyfi]

This game looks dope but mannnn the anime characters totally kill it for me. Like, I'll play it and enjoy it, but they look so out of place in the otherwise original and stylish visual style.

 

[Usobuko]

I think the character designs are atrocious but the gameplay is fine.

 

[Chaos2Frozen]

gonna tell people then they should not buy extra anime games on xbox and rather on other plattforms

People can do whatever they want, that's not what I'm saying.

 

[Rncewind]

People can do whatever they want, that's not what I'm saying.

what are you saying then? xbox one have the most "anime" games on it on a console after ps4 then any other console, doesnt seem odd to me

 

[Jiraiza]

Oozing with anime, I'll take it. I'm assuming the characters in the trailer will be taking similar roles in the plot as the characters in God Eater.

 

[Chaos2Frozen]

what are you saying then? xbox one have the most "anime" games on it on a console after ps4 then any other console, doesnt seem odd to me

My point was just that I find it surprising that Bandai Namco is also putting this game on XBOX given that everyone knows Japanese/Anime games don't exactly sell well to that audience. I'm not saying they can't do it, I'm just surprised they did it with this game.

I suppose they're banking on it being like Souls enough for people to ignore the aesthetics.

 

[Ascheroth]

Yeah, the hit feedback does look and sound improved over the teaser, nice.
Also nice to have platform confirmations, though they weren't exactly unexpected

My point was just that I find it surprising that Bandai Namco is also putting this game on XBOX given that everyone knows Japanese/Anime games don't exactly sell well to that audience. I'm not saying they can't do it, I'm just surprised they did it with this game.

I suppose they're banking on it being like Souls enough for people to ignore the aesthetics.

Souls games sell on Xbox, so it's not a wrong idea. They might want to see if gameplay > artstyle.
Still, I'll be very interested in the platform split.

 

[Qurupeke]

It doesn't look as bad as I initially thought. The artstyle is almost pleasant actually.

 

[Durante]

PC confirmation and dual audio confirmation are two of the three confirmations I was looking for. Now where's my coop confirmation?

PC better be a good port

It's UE4.

You have to work really hard to make a bad PC version of a UE4 game, and if anything Namco-Bandai tries to make good PC versions, they don't go out of their way to make bad ones.

 

[Kyuur]

I honestly forgot that Namco actually had in-house teams. Was trying furiously to figure out who the heck was developing this!

It looks good enough to consider purchasing but will probably wait on some impressions.

 

[Crazy Diamond]

Just caught up on this. Top-3 of the show thus far. Looks like improvements have been made to what was shown in the reveal, so expecting big things from Weeb Souls. God Eater team can deliver. The setting already looks marvelous as well. Interesting game overall.

 

[Kysen]

I'm still salty NB made this instead of God Eater 3.

 

[Oregano]

I'm still salty NB made this instead of God Eater 3.

God Eater 3 has been announced for a while, they've just gone quiet for a while. It might be shown during Sony's conference.

 

[Ascheroth]

I'm still salty NB made this instead of God Eater 3.

Aren't there different teams working on this and GE3?
Well it shares the God Eater director and Go Shiina music, but I think the actual development team is different.

PC confirmation and dual audio confirmation are two of the three confirmations I was looking for. Now where's my coop confirmation?

It's UE4.

You have to work really hard to make a bad PC version of a UE4 game, and if anything Namco-Bandai tries to make good PC versions, they don't go out of their way to make bad ones.

Yeah, only Koei would manage to severely mess up a UE4 port.

 

[laxu]

This looks like something that will appeal to edgelords everywhere.

 

[Nestunt]

I don't know about this game. The aesthetic does not seem cohesive and the combat seems to be forcing Souls too much. Hopefully I'm wrong like I was with Nioh.

 

[Hentailover]

Hit impacts are fine now. Can still be improved, but this feels alright. I like how monster staggers in the direction of your swing. Really goes a long way on making it feel hefty...

 

[Mifec]

Hit impacts are fine now. Can still be improved, but this feels alright. I like how monster staggers in the direction of your swing. Really goes a long way on making it feel hefty...

I'm just glad you can't stunlock them, they stop being stunlocked after 2-3 hits.

In DS3 you could 1 combo most enemies.

 

[Nyoro SF]

The artstyle didn't click with me that well but I liked the combat that I saw. I'll keep an eye on the game for sure.

I'm just glad you can't stunlock them, they stop being stunlocked after 2-3 hits.

In DS3 you could 1 combo most enemies.

DS3 is actually the hardest game to 1-combo enemies because they added ridiculous poise to them. I still have nightmares about those stupid knights on the way to the tower hall with the boss brothers.

 

[InsaneTiger]

I wonder if they'll release on Switch or Vita

Port begging already, nicccccce.

 

[Inuhanyou]

Hit impacts are fine now. Can still be improved, but this feels alright. I like how monster staggers in the direction of your swing. Really goes a long way on making it feel hefty...

The third swing doesn't stagger the enemy though

 

[CertifiedFP]

The third swing doesn't stagger the enemy though

That's called game balancing.

Do you want to return to Dark Souls 2's dark-age of Infinite Stunlocks?