Not sure about the player character, but that enemy definitely had a wooden plank shield.
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First official off screen gameplay for From Software's Bloodborne (PS4)
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Not sure about the player character, but that enemy definitely had a wooden plank shield.
all of it
http://a.pomf.se/vgzutd.webm
http://a.pomf.se/vgzutd.webm
Haha. Hang in there LeeRoy.
Yea, i missed that. Bad quality video.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
Enemies yes, player character no. It's been confirmed.
the demo seems devoid of any HUD elements. no lock-on, bars, or floating HP. it's almost like the game is still in development
Good point. My Soul is now at ease
man i hope its not too late to add some decapitations and bodies gettin cut in half anime style, especially for trash mobs. these games could really use some cooler deaths of the enemies. its something that dark2 really shit the bed on, lvl 160 character with a maxed greatsword hits a trashmob and it doesnt even react to the force just falls forward. still FOR of course just something i'd really like to see.
Yeah I believe they mentioned that instead each weapon will have different sort of gimmicks, so some could act in the function of what a shield could do in some situations.
sublimit
Banned
PodcastFips
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Well, so far I played ~15 minutes of Demon's Souls.
hey_it's_that_dog
benevolent sexism
If the same would happen to the player character, then yes.
I'm all for location-based damage, but in a game like this where you can't really aim precisely for certain body parts, designing the combat that way would likely introduce an annoying element of randomness.
But there's another game, Deep Down, which seems to be doing exactly this, with more control over how you aim your melee weapons.
Revolutionary
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I guess they didn't want people reacting negatively, but fortunately we've got gifs and video anyway.
Gonna be intense. 2015 pls come sooner.
OneEyeTwoHead
Banned
Uh are you sure?
From what I read, all they mentioned was they wanted to move away from the passive block/attack formula.
Even still, you can probably bet your ass you will be able to block. Judging from my experience in all the games' PvP, if there's no shield/block system, people will be 100% lost.
wapplew
Member
UC4, Halo 5 and more. GOTY fight will be bloodbath.
Just wanted to remark how much of a step up the graphics are compared to the other Souls games.
Also, stuff like this :
Is why devs don't show early footage of their games to the general public.
Also, stuff like this :
Is why devs don't show early footage of their games to the general public.
velociraptor
Junior Member
This is obviously an early build, and secondly, they've got plenty of time to optimise.
drotahorror
Member
Love the blood splatters. Also, it's really frustrating to watch people play the Souls games without locking on to enemies. I know you don't target always but, for instance watching Angry Joe play for 15min and not knowing you can lock on hah.
OneEyeTwoHead
Banned
Tell us your experiences of fightning mythological creatures.
Location based damage would be cool as hell, but they already sort of have that with weapons.
For example, the Halberd/spears types of weapons in DkS2 have specific ranges to do maximum damage.
Ya I can't believe people are complaining about shit like this. It's like developers know we're not smart enough to distinguish between a finished and in-development product. And we point out flaws like FPS problems like the developers don't already know.
This critical knee-jerky stuff is so bizarre to me. First there were the people thinking Bloodborne would be much more of a frantic action game in the vein of Devil May Cry since Miyazaki dared to say combat would be quicker and more proactive. Because everything Miyazaki and From in general have ever done wasn't a clue as to what he actually meant, of course.
Now there are the people hand-wringing about the player not using lock-on (with all three Souls games having lock-on, why on Earth would this one not when combat is clearly similar?) and a perceived lack of polish with the game still a year away.
Now there are the people hand-wringing about the player not using lock-on (with all three Souls games having lock-on, why on Earth would this one not when combat is clearly similar?) and a perceived lack of polish with the game still a year away.
Masquerader
Member
Oh, yes. The Old Monk: Reloaded. I am pleased by this.
they do. that gameplay is most likely just the same people who have been giving the demo thelast fews says. sincerely doubt it was miyazaki.
Relaxed Muscle
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KCroxtonJr
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I don't think there has been ACTUAL confirmation, just people saying stuff. I haven't been keeping up with interview though, so please link me one where it's 100% confirmed by a RELIABLE source.
Could be. The series has been using Sony's Phyreengine and it is available for PS4 as well.
OneEyeTwoHead
Banned
Get a grip dude.
They've talked a little bit about the weapon system for the game. You equip something in each hand, and while there are some weapons which can work for both hands, some weapons are fixed as either a left handed or right handed weapon, so I guess the "offhand" concept still exists, just in a different way. It's been implied that everything is a weapon this time, and that weapons have primary and secondary functions. So some could have defensive functions as well.
Clarkus Darkus
Member
Yeah it seems alot of us are amazed by what we saw and are acute enough to know it's an early build, And a few who are judging the game purely to find faults with it but not acknowledging its an early build and isnt out until next year.
Krusenstern
Banned
This is already better than the leaked webms and that was enough to put me in a happy mood.
Yeah, enemies have them.
I'm trying to dig up an interview but I swear it was mentioned that there were no shields available and that your shotgun would act as a shield (however that should work).
I don't think there has been ACTUAL confirmation, just people saying stuff. I haven't been keeping up with interview though, so please link me one where it's 100% confirmed by a RELIABLE source.
Yeah, enemies have them.
I'm trying to dig up an interview but I swear it was mentioned that there were no shields available and that your shotgun would act as a shield (however that should work).
Schweinehund
Member
MOAR
Looks a little choppy or some animations aren't in completely, but that is internal alpha for you.
I hope we can get some more info on combat system, hoping for power stance still.
Info like this, pretty neat-o. As much as I like Dark Souls its good to see them branching out. I'm sure DS3 will happen at some point.
Looks a little choppy or some animations aren't in completely, but that is internal alpha for you.
I hope we can get some more info on combat system, hoping for power stance still.
Info like this, pretty neat-o. As much as I like Dark Souls its good to see them branching out. I'm sure DS3 will happen at some point.
Relaxed Muscle
Member
What's more bizarre is that the first leaked footage has lock on...
shake your head all you want, dark souls 2 couldn't even maintain 30 FPS on the ps3 which was extremely disappointing. ended up selling my PS3 copy to play it on PC.
dark souls and demons souls aren't without their own hiccups either (looking at you blight town)
I love from's dark fantasy games, but they seriously need to get their stuff together in terms of performance and optimization
dddooozzz9
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Do you know it is just a alpha version?
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