artsi
Member
Yeah, took a nap and it's still not there. 8PM here and it's a workday tomorrow so I'm bummed that I can't probably play it tonight.
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Dark Souls III [Import OT] Kindle the fire, one last time
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Yeah, took a nap and it's still not there. 8PM here and it's a workday tomorrow so I'm bummed that I can't probably play it tonight.
Love it. I wasn't really that big a fan of Bloodborne, and one of the reasons was definitely the smaller number of different weapons.
LucidMomentum
Member
No. Solo invasions have been happing on streams.
During launch, the odds of finding someone with a summon are high though.
N
Noray
Unconfirmed Member
Just to make sure, is the performance total shit for everyone? I only just took a break for food from my first session, but holy balls this game runs completely unacceptably bad. The area outside the first "proper" boss room feels like a slide show in particular, but it's bad everywhere. It actually made me decide to go for a strength character so I can use good shields, because dodging with this performance is just awful.
Other than that though I'm really liking it so far. It's quite tough, even for a vet! But part of that difficulty being because of performance issues is putting a huge damper on my fun.
Other than that though I'm really liking it so far. It's quite tough, even for a vet! But part of that difficulty being because of performance issues is putting a huge damper on my fun.
DieNgamers
Member
Sweet 60fps on PC streams...Yummy!
yes fps sucks balls
Then Krigaren is some kind of souls genius. We'll see when it will come out for the rest of the world
F0rneus
Tears in the rain
Or watch the streams, and see the streamers die 10+ times to each bosses. Including the guy who's the farthest in the game right now.
What you see above took me around 9 hours. I can't see people struggle with the first part of the game if you've played Souls before. It's pretty much Bloodborne in terms of difficulty at the start.
It's pretty funny how people somehow thinks the game is bad because you don't die enough, pathetic.
DieNgamers
Member
Bloodborne was fucking difficult for me at the start.
I'm pretty good at main Souls games, so I don't think I'll have too many problems. I died to bosses like Capra Demon or Gargoyles 1 or 2 times max on my first ever playthrough. *brag*
F0rneus
Tears in the rain
So the hardest game in the series?
SkyTurnsRed
Banned
Bloodborne was absolutely not the hardest. Y'all are crazy.
Yeah I'm playing on Xbox One and is a shit show when it comes to performance.
RoadHazard
Gold Member
Ugh, that sounds terrible. Which console? I don't want another DkS1 shit-show (performance-wise) after BB ran so well (yeah, it had a few issues, but mostly it was stable).
DoubleTake
Member
fag huh? It was an NPC most likely.
SkyTurnsRed
Banned
Cool choice of words.
F0rneus
Tears in the rain
KZXcellent
Member
Did you smoke em?
Mister Wolf
Member
Name all the spear type weapons and there locations please.
Mister Wolf
Member
I'd say vanilla Dark Souls 2's cheap bullshit and clueless approach to the world, enemy, and boss designs make it the hardest or at least most frustrating game in the series.
Bloodborne has a few crazy spikes in the 2nd half, but overall the difficulty balance is perfect. Not too hard, not too easy.
I remember it during week 1 though.... I had to solo every boss because I couldn't get any summons thanks to the Suspend/Resume bug (I was on a blackout during my first playthrough so I never realized the game was glitched)
so far, so good. Played around 1h on PS4, made my way to
from the Network Test. I like how they’ve just changed enough from the Network Test version to still keep you on your toes.
I had some problems with the camera early on, it felt like it was always trying to auto-correct my inputs and it either reacted too fast or too slow. What fixed it for me was disabling one option in the camera menu. It’s called カメラの壁自動回避 , or “automatic wall avoidance option for the camera”. If anyone else has the same problem, try disabling it.
Firelink Shrine and warped to the Highwall area
I had some problems with the camera early on, it felt like it was always trying to auto-correct my inputs and it either reacted too fast or too slow. What fixed it for me was disabling one option in the camera menu. It’s called カメラの壁自動回避 , or “automatic wall avoidance option for the camera”. If anyone else has the same problem, try disabling it.
OldGangWarily
Member
I loled at the two troll reviews for this game on Amazon xD
F0rneus
Tears in the rain
DSII is still the hardest (seriously) if only because it`s cheap as fuck at times. I still really love the game, but replaying it made me realize how horseshit some of it is. Earthen Peak has like 3 invaders, and like 12 extremely fast, powerful knights and dudes shooting arrows at you. You can`t avoid them. You can`t run to the boss without getting hit. You literally need to kill the enemies enough to stop them respawning just to get to the first boss.
But Bloodborne`s second half is easy though. It`s the first half that`s painful as hell. Bloodstarved Beast took me a year to fully figure out. It killed me more than any other bosses in the series. Second half spikes at Yahar`gul but it`s dealable. Cainhurst is supposed to be hard, but I`ve always found it and Logarius to be somewhat of a joke.
N
Noray
Unconfirmed Member
I'm on PS4 and wanna say it's way worse than both, definitely worse than launch Bloodborne (though at least the load times are reasonable).
been playing 3 hours and I've still not beaten the
first boss... (not the one before firelink, but the one at the bottom of the big stairs)
is it just me or is this game the hardest one yet in terms of the early game?
also can anyone update me on the xbox US version? is that legit and are people in danger of getting their accounts banned?
fatty
is it just me or is this game the hardest one yet in terms of the early game?
also can anyone update me on the xbox US version? is that legit and are people in danger of getting their accounts banned?
DoubleTake
Member
Perhaps the price we pay for shorter load times is worse framerate while areas load? If thats the case gimme long loads all day.
OldGangWarily
Member
That ice lizard is suggested to be a overgrown crystal lizard judging by the item it drops :O
d00d3n
Member
Nice, will make sure to kill it when the xbone version is downloaded.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Jobbs confirmed for scrub status
Also on PS4. The performance was pretty bad for me as well in the starting area (looks beautiful, but the frame-rate is all over the place). It feels better once you warp to another area, hope it stays that way.
The over abundance of bonfires and life gems in DS2 make it the probably the easiest game in the series.
It does have a lot of tedious and cheap moments though.
High Fry Frow
Member
Drake is such a badass Souls player.
Makes my bodice quiver.
Confused Cheeseburger
Member
The performance issues reported in this thread are a bummer. Is it significantly worse than BB?
TatteredHat
Member
Is matchmaking turned on by default? I can't seem to summon anyone even when I see their signs.
Also lol at the area
, straight out of bloodborne.
Also lol at the area
after the second boss
iRAWRasaurus
Banned
I can notice a few instances when the fps drops also to help make that more clear I couldn't notice the frame pacing issues in Bloodborne. The fps drops are pretty noticeable. Only in the 2nd area currently.
you're on the right page. The game was available for preorder for months, preload started 2 days ago and it's now officially available. but according to people in this thread, you can't purchase it on PSN right now. No idea what's up with that.
This is the PSN store link for DS3, keep checking that and see if they make it available for purchase again.
It definitely had the hardest beginning at least.