@Dezzy Have to agree with ya there. I'd describe it as "hauntingly beautiful" more than anything. I get why people don't care for the Souls series and its progeny - heck, I'm not even that much of a fan, honestly. I don't mind punishing difficulty so long as getting back doesn't take too long, but Dark Souls can be a real slog sometimes thanks to its emphasis on blocking and just...a generally bulky feeling to its movement and combat. More realistic, I guess, but it slows things down too much for my liking.
But I can't deny that I always feel engrossed in their worlds. Where others see dreary, I see the ashes of a dying world - one I've been tasked with saving. You can often see the remnants of the heights it once took, particularly in Dark Souls, though the Victorian architecture in Bloodborne still fascinates me. I just get sucked in, you know? There's a fair bit of attention to detail, and that atmosphere...play it in a dark room, and I forget that there's a world outside of it. And I couldn't ask for more.
For those who go on to complete the likes of Dark Souls and Bloodborne will appreciate the interconnected ‘world’, and realise that the level design is an absolute masterclass in world building.
Kicking down the ladder underneath the dragon bridge in the Undead Burg is genuinely one of the coolest moments I ever had in any video game.
It was just like : "Wow, why haven't more games done this?"
Alright, you all have convinced me. I'm adding Bloodborne to my list to get once I (finally) get a PS4. Just waiting for E3 to see what's announced for bundles...
@NEStalgia if you really dislike bloodborne, you should really just cancel your dark souls pre order, its uglier, clunkier, slower and less accommodating to beginners.
@Dezzy Although I prefer Bloodborne and Demon’s Souls more so than Dark Souls, I will say that the letter provided me with more of those ‘aha, now that’s clever!’ moments than the former two games.
On the subject of Dark Souls, I won’t be buying the remaster at the end of this month because I have gone through the original game twice and with two very different characters/builds too. My partner and I are also moving house in the first week of June so, a game like Dark Souls isn’t going to be my cuppa tea.
On a completely different subject altogether, whilst it is unlikely to be true, there’s an ‘unconfirmed list’ of games to be shown at Sony’s E3 showcase in four weeks time, and if true - which it in all likelihood isn’t - then I would be a relatively happy chap!
Conference opener ~ Ghost of Tsushima, gameplay reveal (2019)
Shadows Die Twice reveal, console exclusive (2019)
Shawn Layden takes stage to introduce the show
Devil May Cry V reveal
Shenmue III trailer
Kingdom Hearts III trailer and release date
Final Fantasy VII trailer, episode one in 2019
Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII trailer and DLC first deal mentioned
Destiny 2 new expansion trailer
Red Dead Redemption 2 trailer and DLC first deal mentioned
PlayStation VR segment (2 to 3 new VR exclusive games to be announced)
Concrete Genie trailer and release date
PlayStation indie games (a montage trailer featuring all upcoming indie games in 2018 and beyond)
MediEvil trailer and release date
Kojima takes to the stage to talk about Death Stranding, and shows first gameplay demonstration
Spider-Man trailer
Dreams trailer (early 2019)
Days Gone trailer (early 2019)
BluePoint Games reveal new remake/game, console exclusive (2019)
Shawn Layden takes stage to say goodbye and introduces...
The Last of Us Part II first gameplay demonstration, which closes the show
@Peek-a-boo I think I've seen that list before. The only issue I have with it is that Square is doing its own conference this year. If Kingdom Hearts and FFVII are at Sony's conference, what are they going to show during theirs?
I also believe that Bend/Sony said that Days Gone won't be at E3, hence the extensive Game Informer coverage this month.
Dreary and beautiful maybe. This definitely can't count as ugly:
I can definitely appreciate it from an artistic point of view, but I just generally don't enjoy such depressing worlds in games, especially when dying over and over is already depressing. I can see that a lot of effort and skill went into it, but I personally much prefer a world that looks similar to Breath of the Wild in terms of art style and whatnot.
After hearing that the project has switched hands at least once and the team is basically re-imagining the entire premise, now, according to a behind closed doors conversation between producer Yoshinori Kitase and development lead Naoki Hamaguchi at the Final Fantasy 30th Anniversary celebration event, we have a guesstimated release window. It's...drumroll...2023, the 35th anniversary of Final Fantasy. Hamaguchi seemingly finds this unacceptable, so the team is working to have it out earlier, but that could be a very probably reality.
The transcript was obtained by someone attending the event, and we've reached out to Square Enix to corroborate the statement (and if they could have been referring to "all of the episodes" in this episodic release), and to get a possible updated release window. For now, that window could be "by 2023." If they don't offer a comment we'll probably get some sort of update during Square Enix's pre-recorded E3 video.
I was being sarcastic when I said it would be a PS5 game people!
If you read the original post on Lifestream, he does make it clear the 2023 thing was said jokingly because it would be the 35th anniversary of FF.
Hopefully that's just destructoid misreading something.
Trying to get the intended meaning out of translations is notoriously unreliable. Like that time they said the world of Xenoblade Chronicles was the size of Japan and it was obviously not a literal statement (and he probably just meant "it's REALLY big") but loads of people interpreted it as one.
@YummyHappyPills oh gosh relax lol, I see more of a hissy fit in that reply than what Bethesda did. I mean most of the stuff in the Walmart leak was known/teased/heavily rumored for months anyways. Not that big of a deal imo.
@YummyHappyPills yeah I saw what he said. Didn't take it as anything bad. I personally viewed it as them just leaning into it and having some fun as opposed to the standard copy/paste "we have nothing to announce at this time" line we get from most companies.
@Octane Only just platinum’ed God of War, and I am left with a gaping void in my playtime. I have a few other games to play, but I just know they are not going to be as engrossing as God of War...
I shall probably give gaming a bit of a break until I move into my new house, as I am sure the desire to boot up and play a new game will eventually come back to me after a few months.
Not really in the mood to play something interactive-ish like Detroit, and Dark Souls Remastered sounds like hard work at the moment! I have got Mario Tennis Aces to look forward to towards the end of June.
p.s. That Rage 2 teaser on the page prior to this one looks absolutely nothing like the original game...
Just realised FF7 remake for Xbox One was part of the same Walmart leak that had Rage 2 on, which has just been confirmed, along with that list of other unannounced games (that all sound very likely)
Given that it looks very much like a list of E3 reveals, I hope that means we're seeing FF7 at E3. Why else would they have recently got info that it was coming to Xbox too?
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