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[Thief1987]

True upgrade from the original, leaving Square-enix was a good choice for the developers

Wat?

 

[VeganElduderino]

looks like the Ps5 Bloodborne we never got ! hopefully it is.

 

[mrmustard]

Looks very good.

 

[Terenty]

Looks very generic.

 

[PlayofSparta]

Looks awesome.

 

[VeganElduderino]

Looks very generic.

there's always one...

 

[ClanOfNone]

This looks awesome and if it was called "Dark Souls IV" and was made by company called "From Software" the hype would be insane.

Second half of this year is very busy and I am pretty sure it will be a bloodbath, many developers are gonna be unhappy getting lost in the shuffle...

Baldur's Gate III
Atlas Fallen
Immortals of Aveum
Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
Starfield
The Crew Motorfest
Lies of P
Mortal Kombat 1
Cyberpunk: Phantom Liberty
Payday 3
RoboCop: Rogue City
Forza Motorsport
Assassin's Creed Mirage
Lords of the Fallen
Alan Wake II
Marvel's Spider-Man 2
Alone in the Dark
Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora

Yeah, the back half of this year is pretty loaded, there's a buncha smaller titles like Blasphemous 2 and others bringing up the rear as well.

Is Elden Ring dlc dropping this year too?

 

[CGNoire]

The cartoonish sound effects when he hit doesn't help at all, the slashes with the small weapons sound like you are hitting with a limp dick.

I noticed that too. The Sound Effects seemed place holder quality.

 

[Neolombax]

I kind of expected more, the reveal trailer was amazing. Also it seems to lack impact? Dont know how else to express this,movements look a bit janky.

 

[Salz01]

Looks very generic.

Every time I see a post that Includes the word ‘generic’, it makes my skin crawl. Generic compared to what? It doesn’t have its own identity? Generic in the Souls genre?

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

Is this another Souls clone?

 

[Salz01]

Is this another Souls clone?

Yes. Seems like it.

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

Yes. Seems like it.

 

[dreamstation]

Looks pretty good to me. I actually enjoyed my playthrough of the first game though. It was far from perfect but it was a solid Souls clone at the time.

The only thing that I don't like, and this is also an issue with the Souls games is how enemies commit to some big attack launching through the air so you roll to avoid the attack but the enemy auto aims in mid air changing the direction of their attack. You could see it several times in the gameplay video linked here. Not a big gripe in the grand scheme of things but it has always irked me with all these games as combat is supposed to be the focus. Anyway, looks good otherwise!

 

[fart town usa]

Watching it right now. This looks dope, it really has the FromSoftware look to it. Some of the attacks in that first fight, lol, directly lifted from Elden Ring.

I plan on getting it. It looks solid as hell to me, pretty stoked for this to release.

 

[simpatico]

Dark Souls at Home. Still enough of a junkie that I'll check it out.

 

[JCK75]

Looks incredible to me

 

[abstract alien]

This game is going to frustrate the shit out of me and wreck my nerves. Day -1 with a preorder as soon as a performance mode is confirmed.

 

[//DEVIL//]

Man. I can never for the life of me enjoy these type of Soul games. I have always been a Ninja Gaiden fan type. fast action game or even games like Ghost of tsushima. these games are just slow and boring and annoying.

Hope this game is coming to Game pass or something. ill try it there because there is no way I am going to pay full price for this game.

 

[Pejo]

Crazy how this went from lords of the fallen 2, to THE lords of the fallen, to just lords of the fallen again

Ok that explains it, I was like "I swear this game came out years ago".

The game looks VERY inspired by FROM stuff, but we'll have to see how it plays and feels. I feel like they still don't understand the atmosphere/ambiance in a souls game though, and the animations feel a bit slow.

Is there going to be a demo, anybody know?

 

[tusharngf]

Animations need little work here apart from that everything looks good.

 

[Shodai]

This is an unapologetic copy of dark / demons souls. I approve.

 

[Raven77]

Looks decent. A complete rip off of Elden Ring, which is good, I wish more games borrowed from it.

Gameplay looks a bit stale, hits don't seem to have much of an impact. Graphics are underwhelming.

BUT I'm a sucker for souls like games so I'll try it.

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

Day one if the performance is good.

 

[Aion002]

This looks awesome and if it was called "Dark Souls IV" and was made by company called "From Software" the hype would be insane.

This is unfair... Lords of The Fallen (2014) was the first Souls like game from Deck13, it was quite bad, but Deck13 learned from their mistakes with The Surge 1 and 2... However, this new game is not being made by Deck13, it is the first game of Hexworks a new studio founded in 2020.

The game seems interesting, but it also carries the baggage of being a "sequel" of a terrible game and being developed by a new studio.

The hype not being insane is expected.

I am hoping for the best, but if this game ends up being terrible I won't be surprised.

 

[Kakax11]

Wat?

SE was the publisher of the original game

 

[ZehDon]

Looks pretty good to me. I'll keep an eye on word of mouth once it lands.

Though, seems they're locking the Dark Crusader class behind their special edition, which I'm not a fan of.

 

[april6e]

I'm confused on whether this is a reboot or spiritual sequel. But anyhoo, as someone who didn't play the originals because they looked generic and uninspired, this upcoming game looks completely different. It legitimately looks incredible so I hope it can deliver.

 

[Agent_4Seven]

HARD PASS. It looks like they almost learned nothing from the very first game when it comes to combat and character movement - I mean, sure, you can jump and all, but everything else feels like straight from the first game with some tweaks here and there.

 

[Thief1987]

SE was the publisher of the original game

Square never had anything to do with Lords of the Fallen

 

[DavidGzz]

An early Christmas gift. I think this looks amazing. This will get me through the end of the year and then early next year we get Dragon's Dogma 2!

 

[kikkis]

Am I crazy thinking that elden ring looks better graphically despite the engine and generation upgrade?

 

[Lux R7]

looks amazing, i'm sure i'll have so much fun with this. All the mechanichs of the lantern seem interesting.
Also, damn yt compression, i want a 4k uncompressed version of this video.

 

[Fools idol]

It looks like the thingy you had in dishonored 2 to see the past in one of the latest missions.

the way it was done in Dishonored was a technical marvel.

In fact the whole game was incredible. One of my all time favourites.

 

[VeganElduderino]

Am I crazy thinking that elden ring looks better graphically despite the engine and generation upgrade?

Probably just you !

 

[Caio]

It's very promising, I like the graphics, art design, gameplay, and "The lantern concept" is cool. I'll stay tuned

 

[PanzerCute]

The more I see of the game, the less I like it. Hopefully Im wrong and it ends up good.

 

[March Climber]

Am I crazy thinking that elden ring looks better graphically despite the engine and generation upgrade?

From what I’ve witnessed, high profile Japanese developers usually make sure that their animations are top notch or at least charming/quirky enough so that things don’t appear too stiff. Graphically though they usually come in second or third place.

It’s why games like Street Fighter 6 or Armored Core 6 look the way they do, but then play and animate amazingly.

HARD PASS. It looks like they almost learned nothing from the very first game when it comes to combat and character movement - I mean, sure, you can jump and all, but everything else feels like straight from the first game with some tweaks here and there.

That’s odd considering that this is an entirely different studio with an entirely different design philosophy. This already looks faster than LoTF 1 which is a good thing.

 

[Soodanim]

I hope there's a offer where I can be reimbursed the amount I spent on the original so that it can be put towards what looks like an actually fun game. The original was the worst £3 I've ever spent.

 

[Hayabusabruh]

I hate how souls feel the need to punish every freaking thing. Fun police the game. A resting point uses resources? Really?

 

[Kenneth Haight]

Wanted to post this, it's 60fps on PS5 and Series X!

 

[Xtib81]

Looks very solid imo.

 

[GigaBowser]

Metacritic 77

 

[Agent_4Seven]

That’s odd considering that this is an entirely different studio with an entirely different design philosophy.

And it doesn't look like they've made a game worth buying and playing, at least for me and it's fine, not every game should / needs to be.

This already looks faster than LoTF 1 which is a good thing.

Still, I'm looking at gameplay, art design, visuals and I don't want to touch it, even for free. Atlas Fallen looks more interesting to me, but I reckon it'll have its own problems related to open world structure.

 

[Thief1987]

Some new footage

 

[JusticeForAll]

I think it looks great.

 

[Giallo Corsa]

I think it looks great.

It surely doesn't look bad, they really have to fix some sound FX and animations though.

PS: lol at the animation at 1:47

 

[abstract alien]

Wanted to post this, it's 60fps on PS5 and Series X!

That was the only piece of info I needed. I'll be there with everyone on release day.

 

[VeganElduderino]

Some new footage

the best souls like I have seen yet.