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Demon's Souls review gameplay

I love that this man got his levels all correct for recording, output and upload to youtube, this video looks amazing, the black level is so perfect. I also love the physics interactions in these games, like the arrow bit.

Did anyone notice in one of the latest gameplay trailers he knocks a zambie backwards and the ragdoll smashes just the corner off the pew? It was sweet. I just started Dragon Quest XI last night and smashing pumpkins is very fun and reminiscient of Souls games.
 
Game looks great, but that woke character creation system stands out. "Body type A/B" instead of gender, default black guy in a game with a European setting, female head presets on male bodies.

inb4 I'm accused of white supremacy: I'm not European. The politics bleeding into gaming are just obvious.
 
Not watching this
 
It's beautiful, but the core game is still Demon's Souls with all it's flaws. I expect that some issues will be fixed, but I don't see it going over 85 meta.

The main problem with DeS was that it felt old and janky being on PS3. The same game rebuilt from the ground up should fix that IMO. I expect high 80s.
 
It's beautiful, but the core game is still Demon's Souls with all it's flaws. I expect that some issues will be fixed, but I don't see it going over 85 meta.
Could be! But Souls games gained a lot of popularity so Im thinking that the game would review better today than it did back in the day.
 
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Is it youtube or the game plays like 15 fps? I mean yes, its undeniably beautiful, but the fps is kinda complete shit?
 
Is it youtube or the game plays like 15 fps? I mean yes, its undeniably beautiful, but the fps is kinda complete shit?

He's using the 4k 30fps cinematic mode. You can lower the resolution for 60fps if you want.
 
For those avoiding spoilers the video only shows the first area of the game.

with excellent frame pacing and good image quality even 30 fps can be very good
Nah man, 60fps all day every day. It shouod be the standard after this many generations.
 
That cinematic mode looks a bit slower than 30fps but it might be the capture.
I will for sure play it in high graphics mode
Also - I kinda don't feel the "from" atmosphere.... somehow but it's fine
 
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Compared to later Soulsborne titles, DeS gameplay is left in the dust. For the veterans, it's hard to overlook when we're used to titles like Bloodborne, Sekiro, and DS3.

That being said, DeS already has better gameplay than like 90% of games in existence lol.

I'm predicting 85+ on metacritic.
 
Yoooo it's looking really good.

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As long as Sony pumps games like this out, they're Gucci.
 
Game looks great, but that woke character creation system stands out. "Body type A/B" instead of gender, default black guy in a game with a European setting, female head presets on male bodies.

inb4 I'm accused of white supremacy: I'm not European. The politics bleeding into gaming are just obvious.

The heck is wrong with you?

Don't you know that Gender A and B exist?

It's about time they get some representation. They have rights as well.
 
Game looks great, but that woke character creation system stands out. "Body type A/B" instead of gender, default black guy in a game with a European setting, female head presets on male bodies.

inb4 I'm accused of white supremacy: I'm not European. The politics bleeding into gaming are just obvious.
I think you may have been dropped on your head when you were a baby. Seek help.
 
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So here we go. If modern "journalists" are beating this game, then you know that secretly Bluepoint did nerf it in some way. I'm hoping to see a lot of lines like "You can tell the gameplay is dated because I couldn't even beat the first boss!" or "this game would have benefited greatly from an easy mode", or "I asked my mom to beat this boss for me because I couldn't do it, and I feel fine!".

My biggest complaint about what we've seen is that I hate the art direction that turned every building from a run down functional building into a gothic church, and every enemy from a pitiful lost soul into a hulking demon beast out of WoW.
 
I think you may have been dropped on your head when you were a baby. Seek help.

Now now, don't get your genderless Body Type A underwear in a bunch.

edit: Sorry, that was insensitive. I forgot to consider you might be on your Body Type A time of the month.
 
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YOU DIED
YOU DIED
YOU DIED
YOU DIED
YOU DIED

...there's a dude (?) with blue long hair who just ran straight at Phalanx, and got absolutely mullered, without taking any health off it at all.
Beautiful
 
Game looks great, but that woke character creation system stands out. "Body type A/B" instead of gender, default black guy in a game with a European setting, female head presets on male bodies.

inb4 I'm accused of white supremacy: I'm not European. The politics bleeding into gaming are just obvious.
Yikes buddy. Souls games have always let you make whatever weird character you want. It's not woke. It's called a good character creator.

TIL calling female and male body types "A" and "B" is considered woke.

Get off of Reddit and NeoGAF for a bit because this mindset isn't healthy for you
 
Now now, don't get your genderless Body Type A underwear in a bunch.

edit: Sorry, that was insensitive. I forgot to consider you might be on your Body Type A time of the month.
I'm not the one easily triggered by a non descript type A and type B character selection screen and the presence of black people in a game. Oh i forgot you're not a racist bigot.

fake edit: Sorry that was very inconsiderate of me, you just want politics out of your games.
 
Yikes buddy. Souls games have always let you make whatever weird character you want. It's not woke. It's called a good character creator.

TIL calling female and male body types "A" and "B" is considered woke.

Get off of Reddit and NeoGAF for a bit because this mindset isn't healthy for you

Yikes, you may be right sweaty. I think I'll retreat to my safe space now y'all.
 
The "parry" animation looks really jank in 2020, if you get the riposte right it skips a ton of frames of animation and draws the enemy to where it needs to be for the quick kill... I know IT'S PART OF THE STYLE OF THE GAME, but things could have been fixed to look better.

It looks pretty slick overall.
 
Seen a few plays now on YouTube , and the graphics in fidelity are fkin gorgeous , the lighting , the water reflections, and dat sound, oh yeah ,I'm ready
 
Yikes buddy. Souls games have always let you make whatever weird character you want. It's not woke. It's called a good character creator.

TIL calling female and male body types "A" and "B" is considered woke.

Get off of Reddit and NeoGAF for a bit because this mindset isn't healthy for you

Instead of saying for him to get out of NeoGAF and Reddit you could explain why gender change from male and female to 'A' and 'B'?

You can't ask someone to take a time from NeoGAF when you're the one that most complain about this place, mainly on TLOUS2 threads.
 
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