Dark Souls 3 New Boss Footage [off-cam] [SPOILERS]

[tcrunch]

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There are boss spoilers in this video, location spoilers (Firelink Shrine), and NPC spoilers if you can read Japanese.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBNTZuU8lzU

In this edition of Shaky Cam Souls, our hero Shirtless Pate faces the Ashen Adjudicator himself, Iuuuuuuuuuuuuuudeeeeeeeeeeex Guuuuuuuunddddddddddyyyyyyyyyrrrrrrrrrrr!

....and destroys him with incredible ease.

¯\_(&#12484_/¯

edit: additional shaky cam screens from reddit

(character spoiler) - https://imgur.com/a/nP4kf

Spoiler

Blacksmith Andre

+ Strengthen Weapon
+ Alter Weapon
+ Repair
+ Distribution of Estus Bottles
+ Strengthen Estus Bottles
+ Talk
+ Leave

edit2: Firekeeper Dialogue: "Welcome to the bonfire of the Ashless Flame. I am the Firekeeper. I am here to tend to the fire, though I will serve you as you seek out the kings that abandoned the throne. Please accept my services."

edit3: Q&A details - most of this is not new info but here it is
+ Global servers
+ Summon friends with the password system like Bloodborne
+ Level-based matchmaking
+ Voice chat
+ Can't change appearance, can change stats
+ Can warp between bonfires
+ 3 slots per arm for weapons
+ FP gauge is for magic as well as melee specials
+ Enemies do not despawn when killed repeatedly
+ JP Windows version is also not out till April 12

 

[orochi91]

Movement/fighting animations are pretty underwhelming, as is that HUD.

 

[Karspankey]

That water and it's effects looks amazing.

 

[Safeto20Scroll]

IM GOING IN!!!

I HAVE ALREADY FORSAKEN MY EXISTENCE

 

[ubiblu]

Movement/fighting animations are pretty underwhelming, as is that HUD.

U wot m8? Do we play the same franchise, because this is literally like complaining about the sky being blue. The souls series has the ugliest HUDs and jankiest movement of any game series I know.

 

[Nere]

You linked one pic from the video and you had to capture it while it was buffering?

 

[Jb]

U wot m8? Do we play the same franchise, because this is literally like complaining about the sky being blue. The souls series has the ugliest HUDs and jankiest movement of any game series I know.

Hyperbole much? Ever heard of Fallout or TES?

 

[InternHertz]

I don't think I'll be able to wait until the release in the West...

I have the Collector reserved for PS4, I will buy a standard version for PC.
But I really want to preorder the game on the Japanese PSN in order to play almost 3 weeks earlier...

I really want those 3 weeks in advance in my veins.

 

[FrenchToastDisciple]

Movement/fighting animations are pretty underwhelming, as is that HUD.

As long as the hitboxes are better, the fucking thing could move like oblivion, and I'm not sure I'd care too much.

 

[KTallguy]

That boss died a bit too quickly... especially after that awesome ... thing that happened...

 

[Neoweee]

People found in the other threads:

Focus is a new stat, which takes part of Attunement's place.
Luck is a new stat.
The game keeps the difference of Vigor/Endurance/Vitality that Dark Souls 2 used.

The souls series has the ugliest HUDs and jankiest movement of any game series I know.

Are you counting King's Field as part of the series, or something? Because if not, uh, King's Field at least.

 

[Sub_Level]

Looks EZ.

 

[Lux R7]

so now dark souls movements are bad. yeah sure.

 

[SugarDave]

Spear bro knows what's up!

 

[hey_it's_that_dog]

Looks EZ.

It's like the 900th Souls boss/enemy with that kind of move set. How could that be difficult at this point?

 

[Deku Tree]

That player makes the boss look ridiculously easy. Hopefully it's some pro mode dude like ENB.

 

[Lux R7]

It's like the 900th Souls boss/enemy with that kind of move set. How could that be difficult at this point?

more like it's the asylum demon of this game, it's not supposed to give you trouble.

 

[enkaisu]

That boss seems underwhelming. I mean,

Spoiler

it transforms

, does one move, then just dies.

 

[byropoint]

It's the tutorial area boss guys, I wouldn't worry about it.

 

[Kenzodielocke]

That boss seems underwhelming. I mean,

Spoiler

it transforms

, does one move, then just dies.

that player is damn good and so is the spear.

 

[-Horizon-]

That

Spoiler

transformation

though :0

 

[Sn4ke_911]

Yup, that's a Souls game.

 

[Ricerocket]

Love the arena.

After this, I've seen what has happen twice now with two different bosses so I think or hope this is a reoccurring thing with DS3 for all bosses which is pretty exciting just to see.

 

[Dr. Benton Quest]

What was I worried about? This isn't Bloodborne at all and I'm so happy about that,

Dislike having to use another maiden to level though.

 

[Ellite25]

It's strange watching a gameplay video like this where the player isn't actually horrible.

 

[Dresden]

man this just looks like clunkier bloodborne now.

 

[Dr. Benton Quest]

man this just looks like deeper bloodborne now.

FTFY

So glad for the return of a good souls game.

 

[DoubleTake]

Movement/fighting animations are pretty underwhelming, as is that HUD.

Apparently it feels much better to play than it looks. Its really weird seeing the character movement animation quality look worse after BB.

As long as it feels great to play like DeS/Ds1, like most have been saying, then im happy.

Also poise is back in some form

 

[iRAWRasaurus]

Intro boss I am assuming.

 

[Magic Mushroom]

man this just looks like clunkier bloodborne now.

Yeah, combat-wise it might be hard for me to go back. Gonna miss those lightning fast dashes and awesome trick weapons, but we'll see. Bloodborne's combat really raised the bar for me.

DS3 is still my most wanted game this year though.

 

[DoubleTake]

Yeah, combat-wise it might be hard for me to go back. Gonna miss those lightning fast dashes and awesome trick weapons, but we'll see. Bloodborne's combat really raised the bar for me.

DS3 is still my most wanted game this year though.

In the livestream thread they show there is a way to have those dashes, though not quite as polished as BB

 

[DarkFlame]

I gotta admit that some of the movement,attacking and jumping animations are kinda clunky/rough,even in comparison with previous Soul's games.Hope this is just an early build and these things have been fixed or will be in the upcoming months

Yeah, combat-wise it might be hard for me to go back. Gonna miss those lightning fast dashes and awesome trick weapons, but we'll see. Bloodborne's combat really raised the bar for me.

DS3 is still my most wanted game this year though.

I replayed SotFS after BB and had literally no problem at all.It's all in your mind bro,if you convince yourself that you'll have a problem,you'll end up having one

 

[AmyS]

Praise the sun.

Half way through the video I was OH SHIT.

 

[convo]

That boss seems underwhelming. I mean,

Spoiler

it transforms

, does one move, then just dies.

We'll see how a bad player will look fighting this apparent introductory boss.

 

[Dresden]

In the livestream thread they show there is a way to have those dashes, though not quite as polished as BB

umbasa

 

[bidguy]

is the music in the background related to this bossfight? it seems out of synch or like its coming from another tv ?

 

[BY2K]

Frostbite, huh? I wonder if it's just gonna be some form of petrified.

 

[hey_it's_that_dog]

more like it's the asylum demon of this game, it's not supposed to give you trouble.

When people were truly new to Souls not even the asylum demon was a breeze.

 

[Neiteio]

Looks easy, but probably a tutorial boss, and he must've died to the boss in earlier run(s) because his soul stain is on the ground.

Shame the boss is defeated just as it transforms.

 

[Crossing Eden]

Please tell me that you drink estus within a reasonable time frame without having to invest in ADP to do so. That would already make this game a shit ton better than DSII for me.

 

[Tatsumi Oga]

I have a feeling this is going to be more up my alley. Dark Souls 2 SOTFS for some reason just didn't click with me. This one clearly has the Bloodborne movement and response and that's a good thing.

 

[convo]

When people were truly new to Souls not even the asylum demon was a breeze.

Yeah people aren't exactly lttp anymore, people have played these fucking games. These games have Veterans now. Incredible how jokes about highly skilled asian gamers are not a thing anymore, everyone is a grand master now.

 

[Thewonandonly]

FTFY

So glad for the return of a good souls game.

Right I'm excited to have my magic back

Told myself I was going to go on blackout but nope I had to watch it. It looks amazing to and is easily my most pumped game of the year. Should I buy the collectors edition for 120 I need a good decoration for my mantle

 

[tcrunch]

Frostbite, huh? I wonder if it's just gonna be some form of petrified.

There was a miniboss in the network test that could use frostbite, it prevents you from regenerating stamina.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLGSAW7Amkk

 

[DustyVonEric]

Regarding the ease of the fight, there is a boss fog gate.

So maybe it's at least one rematch and he's seen the boss' moveset. That's if DkS3 does it like Bloodborne though, no fog gate until the rematch.

Or maybe the difficulty's still being fine tuned, or that dude is just that damn good

Not that difficulty is be all, end all for me. I love DeS' and those weren't too hard for the most part, just tricky.

 

[convo]

You gotta love the variety of items DS has, more loot people have been missing so much since Bloodborne.
How many people here have never actually seen a souls game before and judging this games' 'jank' for the first time in their lives?

 

[Aikidoka]

Gonna assume that demo character is buffed for demo purposes since he's basically one-shotting enemies.

The boss should probably "heat up" as From callls it sooner to make it more impactful.

Super-excited though!

 

[DoubleTake]

Please tell me that you drink estus within a reasonable time frame without having to invest in ADP to do so. That would already make this game a shit ton better than DSII for me.

ADP is no longer a thing.

 

[tcrunch]

The boss should probably "heat up" as From callls it sooner to make it more impactful.

It's interesting to see the difference between this demo and the first leaked screen of Gundyr from The Know:

It's hard to tell if they redid this arena except for the water, or if there is a rematch somewhere down the line and water on the floor is just Gundyr's callsign or something.

 

[ZangBa]

Watching that guy pick up like 2 or 3 weapons in that little time warms my heart.