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Oct 25, 2017
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I'm pretty sure Miyazaki said that after the title screen there's no influence whatsoever from Activison and this is a FS game through and through.

But I agree that those things could be better looking, that green circle is kinda meh
I don't mean anything bad by that, Miyazaki himself said that he thinks they're bad at tutorialization, and used Activision's knowledge to improve that, as well as play testing.

I'm not saying Activision forced this on them, just that what they did before simply because of a lack of experience was more interesting to me than this "improved" version.

It's not the end of the world if I can't turn it off, though, it could be worse.
 

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IDK what some people here are smoking, this looks cool as heck. Exploration in this game is going to be dope.
 

ASilentProtagonist

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I don't mean anything bad by that, Miyazaki himself said that he thinks they're bad at tutorialization, and used Activision's knowledge to improve that, as well as play testing.

I'm not saying Activision forced this on them, just that what they did before simply because of a lack of experience was more interesting to me than this "improved" version.

It's not the end of the world if I can't turn it off, though, it could be worse.

I dislike the UI, a bit overbearing. Everything else looks real nice.
 
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So there's a moment where it seems like you can almost switch attachments like items in Souls/Bloodborne, as in totally on the fly. Pay attention to the bottom right screen HUD elements around here:



This being seemingly the first/tutorial area, From always does this after all, I bet these will be highly strategic later on. For example, to get around the shield guys you're already being taught that you need the axe attachment for example.

Some general thoughts:

1. Combat looks absolutely fucking sick and weighty, love that everything is basically a finishing move like in Tenchu.
2. Stealth looks pretty swift and smooth and derived from the obvious Tenchu lineage.
3. There better be HUD options, gotta get rid of those fugly green grapple point indicators.
4. I basically love everything I'm seeing here but that HUD in general is absurdly shit. I hope it's an early place holder of sorts. Then again, as long as I can turn those indicators off I'm cool.
5. Looks like jumping, sliding, crouching and wall hugging stealth moves are all fully in.
6. You know this game is gonna get real when the promo footage has them slitting a senior's throat.



The momentum and action here look fantastic gameplay wise, damn.

PS: At least large enemies have grapple points.
 

Cerulean_skylark

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Video looks incredible. i'm extremely excited. Too bad about no stand-alone steelbook though :(
 

Khrol

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Gameplay looks ace. I just want to hear about the post game stuff and replayability.
 

StuBurns

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I'm not sleeping on it, but don't want to see any more of it, including this video.

I think plenty of Souls people know they'll get it, might as well save their virgin eyes for the day it comes.
 

Oghuz

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Combat looks phenomenal. It looks like a proper evolution of the Bloodborne combat (which has the best Souls combat imo).

This will be my easiest purchase ever.
 

Alex840

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Are people genuinely concerned about Activision's involvement?

It seems as though they would like a like a title that gives them goodwill, whilst also being almost certain to sell 2m+. They'll know From's reputation over the last decade and I doubt any execs are that interested in monetising the game in a way thy typically would as they're so heavily under the microscope.

Who knows though, maybe they add loot boxes, sell extra lives and monetise the shit out of it, but I just just don't see it happening.
 

vestan

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Fuck. Between this, DMC5 and REmake2, early 2019 is going to be amazing.
 

Buggy Loop

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Dream game? I was a huge tenchu fan in the PS2 days (wrath of heaven i think?). These games were not that loved but i loved sneaking my way around rooftops and assasinate my enemies.

This looks like the same mechanic but with dark souls. I'm really happy to see that enemies are not all bullet sponges and that if you stealth kill, it'll be (not sure if always) an instant kill. Stealth and Dark souls, i mean, yeah, GOTY 2019.
 
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