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Series X issues are dissapointing as I dont have a PS5, hope the day 1 patch fixes some of it at least.
Though I have it better than a friend of mine whos gonna play this on a OG Xbone.
Though I have it better than a friend of mine whos gonna play this on a OG Xbone.
The game is out in 21 hours in some regions, I really don't believe that the game hasn't had its day 1 patch deployed yet. That might be it, we'll see.
I can't believe this exists. It's not everyday that you can have absurd levels of hype and still be 100% sure that the real thing will surpass every expectation.
I feel like two of those aren't going to launch this year, but that's just me.
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You're most likely right assuming BoTW2 doesn't get delayed.
I've read nearly all the major reviews for BoTW and am a massive fan of the first game. Reading these reviews... I am not sure of the last time I've heard of the press gush about something like ER. It reads like ER expands on many things that made that game special and imprinted it with all that is good about Souls.
Should be interesting.
Well it's more that they run out of dev time to perfectly optimize particular platforms. That's just the nature of these things. This game was already delayed and seemed pretty down to the wire. I personally don't see this as a big deal, but I don't really think it's important for a game to be running at max performance to enjoy it, so whatever.
This reminds me of one of my favorite moments from Dark Souls 1.
(From an article I wrote on Dark Souls 1)
Probably my favorite example of how the game provides hints to the player is early on, at the beginning of the Undead Parish. The player runs into an armored boar enemy that proves to be much more powerful than anything the player has had to fight so far. A frontal assault is likely to prove ineffective, but there's a set of stairs to the side that the player can escape to.
After a few relatively easy fights up the stairs, the player discovers several monster lure items on a ledge directly above the armored boar. What the player should do soon becomes obvious -- throw a few monster lure items into a nearby fire, and watch as the armored boar commits suicide by running into the fire.
A lesser game would have had given the player a message like "Try throwing the monster lure at the fire to kill the armored boar!" when they picked up the monster lure items. By not explicitly telling the player what to do but by leading them towards the answer, Dark Souls allows the player to feel clever for figuring the solution out.
(end article excerpt)
The later games have gotten faster & harder, but something like Dark Souls 1 is much more manageable than say Ninja Gaiden Black or Devil May Cry 3. Patience is needed more than expert reflexes.
I love this as much as I love zero question marks on the map like every other open world game does.
This is exactly how it worked before in every other souls game and it is not like this game will throw 30 different questlines in your face every hour of gameplay.
I'm going to just use online guides for sidequest, I guess.
i do lol.
in BoTW i never used the radar thingy and hardly read the logs.
Miyazaki-san doing the work for me.
From the Eurogamer review:
Haven't followed closely, but this guys inclusion seemed like a slapped on "Tom Clancy" sticker at best, and completely unnecessary given the developer. Very impressive reviews.
Haven't followed closely, but this guys inclusion seemed like a slapped on "Tom Clancy" sticker at best, and completely unnecessary given the developer. Very impressive reviews.
thats my point.
if optimizing can be done, it will be done when they have the time.
but for now, if you are playing on x console, there is literally nothing that can be done, until a patch comes
Games like this don't have traditional quests with markers that tell you where to go and what to do. It's usually some NPC saying some vague shit and you figuring out what they meant hours later, only to return to the guy and see he disappeared and now shows up somewhere else in the game. It's part of the charm of these games. A quest log would kinda ruin that.
They don't have to be doing it on purpose. Its just a matter of fact that the majority of games have slightly higher fidelity on XSX and load slightly faster on PS5. Not crazy to think it wont get there eventually.
Gotta love the Fextralife review for ragging on the million editions of Skyrim. Sounds like Elden Ring is more approachable than the standard FromSoft fare. Should hopefully add more audience to the Souls community. I'm really looking forward to it.
I could maybe see that for Starfield but I think the rest can hit this year for sure
What do you mean? This is good and I think I'm doing this on my playthrough as well.
Knew it was going to review well, but damn this is something else.
Do we know anything about PS4 Pro performance?
Do we know anything about PS4 Pro performance?
So the PC port is in rough shape is what I'm seeing through all the mountains of praise for the game itself? I was wondering if I should try to get this on PC since it's my only option (PS5 is around the world at home while I'm abroad working) or if I should just wait til I could play it on PS5...
Ah well, waiting never hurt anyone.
Ah well, waiting never hurt anyone.
After watching the Easy Allies review, it looks like Dark Souls but open-world. I'm still not seeing the draw for me even with this absurdly high score. This could just be one of those hit games where I'm happy for the fans and I'll just be on the sidelines cheering for everyone.
Thats just my ESL ass.
I dont wanna quote anybody but the many one line "dont care" posts you see in here
so you'd prefer a bunch of icons that you mindlessly make a bee line for. ubi soft is right over there
I never got into any of the the souls game, But I love sekiro very much tho.
I would prefer the game to remember me if an NPC asked me for something 20 hours ago and not have to write it down. If the game is as massive as they say, having a quest log would be more comfortable for me.
For me FROM games aren't hard at all, they require more trial and error than what you regularly find in AAA games that is much easy to appeal a wider audience
For me hard games are I don't know bullet hell or rythm games on higher levels that require you to practice and specific stage or song an excessive amount of times before you get good at it
For me hard games are I don't know bullet hell or rythm games on higher levels that require you to practice and specific stage or song an excessive amount of times before you get good at it
The kind of NPC quests this refers to are never mandatory in Souls games.
They're not even really "quests" in the way you're thinking of if you haven't played Souls games before.
As far as I know, those performance numbers are the same we saw on the tech test a while back. If thats with the day 1 patch applied, the patch didnt do jack shit lmao.
people like to use "git gud" meme somehow have never heard of improving game design
the irony
That's not a good sign. Wonder if this is post patch. Either way, I'm playing on PC. Might pick up a second copy on PS5 or SX.
Doesn't matter. I still have the right to complain about it. If that takes away your hype and spoils your fun, then ignore it. Otherwise, why do you even care?
Horizon is already out of it with these scores for Elden Ring.
Zelda and God of War are the only two that might come close but with both of those looking more like iterative sequels I doubt they'll reach this high of critical acclaim (but still do very well, probably 90+).
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