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Demon's Souls - State of Play
- Thread starter Theorry
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This look freakin great. Cant wait to return to Boletaria. Watching the video, I got the impression that they had to understand the whole lore before they were allowed to develop the game. Feels like they did an amazing job.
The obligatory "gorgeous!" and "but meh on that very simplistic and flat UI" aside, what do you guys think about those damage type effects on the models? The effects quality is high and nice looking, no doubt, but I'm not a fan that you can hit a huge boss with one small fire blade and immediately its entire body is lit aflame like it's a torch, lol. It's fitting when e.g. the Flamelurker hits the player but looked silly with the Dirty Colossus.
As nice as the fire effects look, it also hides away the actual model's detailed textures. I know these 'entire models encompassing' effects are somewhat standard but a more localized effect here would be preferred, imo.
As nice as the fire effects look, it also hides away the actual model's detailed textures. I know these 'entire models encompassing' effects are somewhat standard but a more localized effect here would be preferred, imo.
The obligatory "gorgeous!" and "but meh on that very simplistic and flat UI" aside, what do you guys think about those damage type effects on the models? The effects quality is high and nice looking, no doubt, but I'm not a fan that you can hit a huge boss with one small fire blade and immediately its entire body is lit aflame like it's a torch, lol. It's fitting when e.g. the Flamelurker hits the player but looked silly with the Dirty Colossus.
As nice as the fire effects look, it also hides away the actual model's detailed textures. I know these 'entire models encompassing' effects are somewhat standard but a more localized effect here would be preferred, imo.
I thought that, too. It's a bit much.
The obligatory "gorgeous!" and "but meh on that very simplistic and flat UI" aside, what do you guys think about those damage type effects on the models? The effects quality is high and nice looking, no doubt, but I'm not a fan that you can hit a huge boss with one small fire blade and immediately its entire body is lit aflame like it's a torch, lol. It's fitting when e.g. the Flamelurker hits the player but looked silly with the Dirty Colossus.
As nice as the fire effects look, it also hides away the actual model's detailed textures. I know these 'entire models encompassing' effects are somewhat standard but a more localized effect here would be preferred, imo.
Though, one point that came to mind just now. Just maybe it's supposed to happen with the Dirty Colossus because it has a fire damage weakness (or so I assume from the commentary) and it's engulfed in toxic fumes that would ignite? But yeah, if it's just s.th. that generally applies to enemies of that scale then I'm not liking it.
Uhoh he called the octopusheads mind flayers now they need to pay out dungeons an dragons royalties
The obligatory "gorgeous!" and "but meh on that very simplistic and flat UI" aside, what do you guys think about those damage type effects on the models? The effects quality is high and nice looking, no doubt, but I'm not a fan that you can hit a huge boss with one small fire blade and immediately its entire body is lit aflame like it's a torch, lol. It's fitting when e.g. the Flamelurker hits the player but looked silly with the Dirty Colossus.
As nice as the fire effects look, it also hides away the actual model's detailed textures. I know these 'entire models encompassing' effects are somewhat standard but a more localized effect here would be preferred, imo.
It was a bit jarring, I don't mind the effect itself but it would've been better with a more gradual increase.
I just assumed it was because his poison gas got ignited or something.
I mean, it could run a switch as well with enough work.
It's a gorgeous and super detailed remake.
While it's not a 1 to 1 comparison to Bloodborne you should be fine using some of what you learned in that game here . It is slower paced as BB asks you to be more aggressive . Also if you really want easy mode (if they didn't change it ) start with magic!
I think I'm going dark. I'll soak up second hand impressions without watching this, and while I watched the DF around Spiderman I stopped the Giantbomb quick look in case of story spoilers.
I'll check out reviews, and technical impressions and comparisons for games I'm interested in though (Dirt 5 and Sackboy the two I haven't yet bought)
I'll check out reviews, and technical impressions and comparisons for games I'm interested in though (Dirt 5 and Sackboy the two I haven't yet bought)
Because it was the easiest. Especially if you choose a magic build.
Not only demon's souls but other soul's game, the remake looks much better. I heard the game looks like Dark soul's 3 on PC or Bloodborne.
This Dark souls 3 on 4k ultra 60 fps and the remake looks better
Same here for Bloodborne.
They said they fix boss glitches.
Easier I think, especially if you do a magic focused character.
Just beat the OG version a couple of days ago, and it was... fine? I totally get the cultural significance of it, but I feel like the later games were much stronger overall. Like, if they are going to fundamentally alter the original's aesthetic so completely, why not improve on some of the boss encounters or rework the grass system to be a bit more balanced? Something I've never seen criticized (so maybe its just me), is that the worlds just kind of end right after beating the second boss. After beating the Maneaters or whomever, you're then about 30 seconds away from the Old Monk, no further exploration of this awesome setting.
I mentioned this in another thread, but I really think Demon's deserved a more complete remake, something akin to the RE 1 Remake, which would both incorporate the improvements made since the original and surprise old fans by re-arranging elements and adding new obstacles as well. I know Bluepoint refrained from making a 6th Archstone, but fuck it, they seem willing to make drastic changes to everything else, why not make a new area.
When I get a PS5 sometime in the future, I probably will like Demon's, but it seems like it's going to be a bit more disposable than other Fromsoft games, both for the lack of additions to the experience and for the relative ease of the game compared to everything that would come after it.
I mentioned this in another thread, but I really think Demon's deserved a more complete remake, something akin to the RE 1 Remake, which would both incorporate the improvements made since the original and surprise old fans by re-arranging elements and adding new obstacles as well. I know Bluepoint refrained from making a 6th Archstone, but fuck it, they seem willing to make drastic changes to everything else, why not make a new area.
When I get a PS5 sometime in the future, I probably will like Demon's, but it seems like it's going to be a bit more disposable than other Fromsoft games, both for the lack of additions to the experience and for the relative ease of the game compared to everything that would come after it.
If they feel that the UI is worthy of constructive criticism, why should they not complain about it? Is it somehow off-limits?
I knew coming into this thread to read Gamer Complaints™ was going to be a mistake, alas, I did it anyway. Y'all just don't quit with the nitpicking.
The footage was amazing and I am beyond hyped to dive in on launch day :D
The footage was amazing and I am beyond hyped to dive in on launch day :D
Woohoo!!! nearly 5 weeks off starting December so all of this and SM will be in my ageing veins!!
I absolutely cannot wait to find and follow all of the NPC storylines in this, as well as see the difference depending on world tendancy.
Demon's is definitely the one I'm least familiar with and I never saw much of that stuff when I played it.
Demon's is definitely the one I'm least familiar with and I never saw much of that stuff when I played it.
Just a lot going on in that demo worthy of excitement, I usually find nitpicks about UI trivial especially when most games let you hide them.
The obligatory "gorgeous!" and "but meh on that very simplistic and flat UI" aside, what do you guys think about those damage type effects on the models? The effects quality is high and nice looking, no doubt, but I'm not a fan that you can hit a huge boss with one small fire blade and immediately its entire body is lit aflame like it's a torch, lol. It's fitting when e.g. the Flamelurker hits the player but looked silly with the Dirty Colossus.
As nice as the fire effects look, it also hides away the actual model's detailed textures. I know these 'entire models encompassing' effects are somewhat standard but a more localized effect here would be preferred, imo.
it's just an an amped of version of the effect that happened already in the original demon's souls dude. https://youtu.be/dUUA9yrq2a4?t=74
you even cheated here putting a video of Bloodborne alpha which looks better than retail (better lighting).
Uh, yeah, extremely 'amped up'. The one in the video has a more localized approach that I mention I'd take over immediately turning the entire thing into lava.
The game looks insane.
Now I want Bluepoint to remake every Souls game in chronological order. I doubt Elden Ring will have as good graphics as DeS lol
Now I want Bluepoint to remake every Souls game in chronological order. I doubt Elden Ring will have as good graphics as DeS lol
This looks better and better every time I see it, it's gone from being a game I wasn't really interested in to a must-buy. I went back to read my GAF posts about the original Demon's Souls when I first played it on PS+ and they were comically cringe, I was talking about ragequitting after dying to the initial fake-out boss. Surely I was being partially facetious but it was seven years ago so who knows. I hadn't played a Souls game before and I definitely remember being heavily influenced by the "you WILL die, this game is ULTRA DIFFICULT" narrative so I was more inclined to think everything was an intentionally cheap kaizo death. I tried to revisit it again a few years ago, but for some reason the download repeatedly glitched and the game refused to ever start up. I guess it was a blessing in disguise now that I can enjoy the remake as an almost entirely fresh experience.
This should be ban-worthy.
These devs worked their assess off, that kind of shit doesn't fly with me.
What you're seeing is the regular fire effect on top of the additional effect of the colossus burning, and you end up focusing on the regular effect on the bottom right, especially on the last hit when the player gets knocked away. It is far more pronounced in the remake of course (which fair enough can still be a criticism), but the overall fire effect on him in OG is more than you would see on most other enemies, and this is an extension of that.
