Bloodborne

[dyne]

I'm mostly peeved about the loading times. Figured those would have been fixed after 3 games.

[jsteinhauer]

Well, none of the Souls games pushed the graphical boundaries, either, so that does not really surprise me.

Not being able to roll while locked on is pretty lame, though. Rolling to survive was an essential tool.

The one early gameplay report I saw advised against using too much care in approaching enemies and suggested more aggression than you might have used in Souls.

[Dirk504]

Guess I'll just watch streams and read the reviews. I already paid the game off, but I can get DMC Remastered and Ryse for $60 total if Bloodborne doesn't live up to the hype.

[Danchez]

I'm perplexed by the assertion that the graphics look last gen. Everything I've seen from the game thus far has looked brilliant.

[Goodintentions]

Originally Posted by Danchez

I'm perplexed by the assertion that the graphics look last gen. Everything I've seen from the game thus far has looked brilliant.

Exactly why im calling " early attention grabber". Weve seen very recent gameplay videos and they are far from " barely better than ps3 graphics. ".

[moviedude 2K15]

I wonder when IGN and Gamespot will have their reviews up, I'm curious to see what they give it. Apparently it's a 40+ hour game so it could take them some time to beat it but since it's a single player only game they should be able to get up a review fairly quick if they have their review copies early enough as they won't have any multiplayer stuff to test out.

[Dirk504]

Someone's streaing on PSN now. The guy playing isn't good, but at least u can see the game.

[Goodintentions]

Only watched it briefly so not to spoil it for myself but looks fantastic.

[Scottie]

Having not played Demon's Souls or Dark Souls, will I be able to play this one?

[Elandyll]

Originally Posted by iScottie

Having not played Demon's Souls or Dark Souls, will I be able to play this one?

It is a standalone game, just in the same vein as the Souls series in that it's about finding the ennemies' attack style and adapt yours to defeat them.
It seems that anyone can expect to die a lot at first, but with experience the game becomes "easier".
I find the blood mechanic interesting, as it encourages offense instead of turtling/ avoidance.

[22soultaker]

Im broadcasting gameplay now. Not very good either haha. My PSN is

cSOULTAKERc

[jsteinhauer]

I think it totally sucks that some guys can get their hands on this early (or that the rest of us can't). Not blaming those who got it, but really, this is just stupid that most of us have to wait for some arbitrary moment, when the product is already there.

[22soultaker]

Originally Posted by jsteinhauer

I think it totally sucks that some guys can get their hands on this early (or that the rest of us can't). Not blaming those who got it, but really, this is just stupid that most of us have to wait for some arbitrary moment, when the product is already there.

Yea i dont get it. Like i get my movies 2 weeks early. If the studios give them to the retailers that early why not just make the release date at that time.

[Hellraiserfan]

Originally Posted by 22soultaker

So far 2hrs in. I will say the loading time sucks. Eveytime I die (which is alot) Its a good 2mins of a loading screen to get back to the check point. There isnt alot of them either. I took my time with each enemy afraid to die and start all the way back from my last check.

It has that doll effect to. When you kill someone and walk over there body. The limps like grab on to you and you drag them like a doll. I think it was oblivion on ps3 that did that. Its super annoying. Literally walk over there body and u drag it like 5 feet hahah. Its funny at first but annoying.

Still can't wait to play this but if you're not exaggerating and the load times are really that long there is no excuse for that bull s***. We're on this generation of consoles in 2015 and they can't make load times faster than the previous gen?

I was hoping they would get rid of that sticky effect, where the enemies you walk over attach to your character and slow you down. There's no reason for that other than to annoy the player.

[KRW1]

Isn't there a day one patch? Has it been applied to early releases and, if not, is it really fair to judge performance until it has?

[Steelmaker]

Originally Posted by KRW1

Isn't there a day one patch? Has it been applied to early releases and, if not, is it really fair to judge performance until it has?

I was just about to post this. I'm pretty sure a day one patch is supposed to reduce load times.

Also, anyone who honestly thinks this game looks like a high res PS3 game is nuts. I'd say if this game doesn't impress you visually, then you're setting your expectations WAYYY to high for this generation. Also comparing it to The Order really isn't fair because we can all see what sacrifices needed to be made in the game play department in order to achieve that level of visual fidelity. While The Order may look great, there has to be a balance between visuals and gameplay. It's obvious that RAD spent the lion's share of development focused on visuals with The Order.

[Darkhawk9587]

Originally Posted by Steelmaker

I was just about to post this. I'm pretty sure a day one patch is supposed to reduce load times.

It's really interesting how games nowadays almost always have day one patches to fix things. I'd prefer for developers to take their time and release a game that doesn't need patches (especially ones that need multiple patches).

[skullman80]

Originally Posted by Darkhawk9587

It's really interesting how games nowadays almost always have day one patches to fix things. I'd prefer for developers to take their time and release a game that doesn't need patches (especially ones that need multiple patches).

I think we would all like that, but that's just not the way it's gonna be most of the time. With tight deadlines, and all that good stuff. It's not how it should be, but it's the reality I guess.

[Darkhawk9587]

Originally Posted by skullman80

I think we would all like that, but that's just not the way it's gonna be most of the time. With tight deadlines, and all that good stuff. It's not how it should be, but it's the reality I guess.

True, and I understand that. But, with some games, they can get delayed to put out things of quality rather than just be released on schedule.

[detective392]

Originally Posted by Darkhawk9587

True, and I understand that. But, with some games, they can get delayed to put out things of quality rather than just be released on schedule.

Delays are very common in this generation and I think studios/publishers are trying to get away from that. So they'll release a game on time and just patch it day 1.

Personally I don't care about patches. If a day 1 patch fixes/makes the game better than I'm all for it being handled that way. If a game comes out and needs all these patches that are spread out over months after launch than yeah, a delay should have happened.