Aazealh said:
Here's the trailer for Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, the new From Software game:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGPknmiLxGo
No joke, earlier today before I saw that you had kindly sent me the trailer link I'd already locally ordered an E3 discounted PS4 to play Bloodborne tonight and presumably it's follow up next year, and I thought, "But what if it's not Bloodborne 2 or even for PS4, it is just a rumor after all..."
Anyway, so was that PS4 as it turned out because they didn't actually have it available for in-store pickup today, so fuck it, I'm probably canceling that order and Bloodborne will retain #1 contender status on my backlog. Maybe I'll just wait for my brother-in-law to give me his PS4 like I did with the PS3/Demon's Souls. There's gotta be a better way than dropping hundreds of dollars to play one damn game (I'd play lots of others if I got one, but Bloodborne is why I want one at all).
Walter said:
Sekiro looks damn good. Would it make more sense to merge this with the Ni-Oh thread though?
Aazealh said:
Haha, I hesitated between this and the Bloodborne thread actually, because the gameplay looks like it's even more dynamic than Bloodborne's (a good thing if you ask me). But yeah, they must have been pissed when Ni-Oh was announced, it kinda stole their thunder. I've yet to play it, so maybe I'll do them back to back to compare.
Yeah, Nioh is a real winner here, this will put it back in the spotlight and they go from looking derivative to the derived from (even though it's more complicated than that both ways). It was already the consensus #1 Soulsborne clone, but now it's practically a naturalized member of the series!
![Guts :guts: :guts:](/forum/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/berserk/guts.gif)
Then again, maybe this isn't so great if they had plans for Nioh 2 in the not too distant future. Anyway, I agree Sekiro looks great, I'm happy that it looks to retain the Souls-like combat but the overall action looks to have more dynamics and variety with sneaking, a hookshot, etc. Made me think of MGSV crossed with Souls, which would be fine with me! The most interesting wrinkle though was the whole "you won't die easily"
![Ganishka :ganishka: :ganishka:](/forum/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/berserk/ganishka.gif)
twist and how they'll incorporate that. Something akin to the death mechanic in Braid? Will you literally die twice? Whatever it is it was a neat switch to see you as the ressurecting "monster" and it'll either be a very cool mechanic or a very underwhelming non-factor and more a narrative device. Speaking of which, and also like Nioh, it looks like it has a dedicated protagonist character and plot (wonder what that means for character/weapon customization, if at all), though that
could just be an example for the trailer, but I doubt it.
VladimirPutin said:
Gameplay is looking great and I'm really looking forward to it. But I completely don't dig the atmosphere. Maybe I'll change my mind after new footage of game.
Well, if you love Bloodborne's style this is definitely a 180 as far as art direction goes. The thing I like about it besides the bright colors etc is the environments looked a bit more natural, so despite still having giant monsters etc it could also feel a lot more like wandering a real world enviroment than Soulsborne's more fantastical areas.