Has the staggered release of the english version of DS3, along with the partial early access given to streamers and JP/ENG press release version workout INCREASED or DECREASED your desire to play this game?
>>332176117
>oh look mom another thread about being retarded
go back to plebbit, it had no effect at all.
Increased.
I was skeptical because it was looking to be too easy and too bloodborne-ified.
Now that I've watched some streams and seen some later bosses It looks fantastic and some of the bosses look pretty challenging.
>did u know bamco is retarded
lolya
Decreased. Been considering the early Xbox version just to do the achievements but I don't want to butcher my experience .
Meanwhile I have dumbasses already spoiling the game to me
>>332176212
I have only watched the early press stuff, which looked incredibly easy. I'm assuming that the final game is somewhat different?
The only real "concern" I have.
I'm so damned hyped, if you ask me. I'm currently playing other games to distract myself for the next 2 weeks. Or watch anime since I haven't picked up a new show this past season.
I don't give a fuck about the separate regional release, it's a business decision that fucks over customers and they can suck a dick for it but it's in the realm of forgivable.
Giving the game to e-celebs 3 weeks before release made sure i will never purchase this game for full price and will probably stick to the pirated version, fuck them.
Increased.
I wasn't waiting for it that much, but after seeing some boss fights I'm kinda intrested.
Even thinking about doing that loophole with bone, since my pc won't be able to run it properly anyway.
>>332176323
>>332176212
Read in a youtube comment that this pre-release version of the game is easier just to get positive reviews. But he didnt have a source and neither do I so it might be the this way when it comes out too
>>332176323
Yea there's some real dicky shit in the later areas. Enemies that decrease your health 10% of its maximum value while applying a faggot dot on you as well.
>>332176449
xbone version is on patch 1.00
1.00 has 20% less enemy and boss hp and enemies deal less damage.
>marketing question: what makes you more hype, getting to play the game or watching other people play the game while you can't?
>>332176328
>>332176212
>NOT PLAYING THE GAME GETS ME HYPE AS FUCK I CAN'T CONTAIN IT
>wowww, why won't game companies do universal release dates, it makes no sense for Europe to get it X days early, what are they thinking?? :S
None of the above. I've it preordered and I don't watch jack offs play a game.
>>332176582
The fuck are you going on about you crazy person?
>>332176449
This wouldn't surprise me, given we are in an era where press reviews hold way too much weight.
>>332176534
Good, goooood
>>332176994
>>332176915
It really does sound reasonable enough to be not ignored immediately like all un-sourced statements on the internet.
I'm fucking furious at the insensitive way Bamco is handling things. Dark Souls is a specific franchise where any sort of spoilers or pre-knowledge can really ruin the enjoyability of your time with the game.
My need to play this game hasn't increased or decreased, but my opinion of Bandai Namco and the likelihood of me buying other games published by them is significantly reduced.
>>332176489
So Curse + Poison?
>>332176649
If you can't follow that shit I would like to raise some serious concerns about your reading comprehension and critical thinking, anon.
>>332177227
More like Nashandra's Curse Orbs (if they stuck to you) + Toxic
>>332177227theres is Frostbitten effect that seems to slow you down and lowers encumbrance
>>332177274
You're injecting your own stupid interpretation to what was said in those initial posts just so you can be a faggot.
Fuck off.
increased exponentially
I was worried that it would be shit, and now it looks like it probably isn't
>>332176117
It just ensured I'll pirate the game.
>>332177535
>He doesn't know.
I'm sorry, Anon.
>>332177374
>straight forward question about whether a staggered release date has literally increased or decreased your hype
>bunch of fucking responses showing at worst people didn't care and bought it anyways, at best it has made them hyper than ever
>people complain about staggered releases
>you think that took extrapolation of any sort
Tell me anon are you literally fucking learning impaired?
>>332176117
Neither because I never buy games on day one and wait for word of mouth impressions first
>>332176117
I had absolutely no hype until about two days ago, when it hit me like a tidal wave. Now I'm planning out which build/weapons I'll use and which covenant I'll go with for my first playthrough. I'm still not sure, but right now I'm considering making aqualitybuild.
>>332177603
>cheap assholes like Bamco
>affording Denuvo
wew lad
>>332177760
Denial isn't healthy anon. Take care of yourself!
>>332176117
Decreased heavily. Wanted to do a blind playthrough, now i know so much about the game. Some huge fucking spoilers regarding locations and npc's / bosses. Fuck bamco.
Absolute worst case scenario. Namco has managed to dampen and or ruin the enjoyability and mystery of a fresh Souls game.
It used to be that the first 3-4 Weeks with a Souls game was a flurry of community exploration and discovery of secrets, covenants and more. Now that's all going to be significantly changed or ruined in favor of this idiotic staggered release. Namco has managed to specifically mishandle and misunderstand the specific strengths of their franchise.
>>332176117
I'm still going to play it but its decreased my interest by a large amount. it won't feel like a real souls game release by doing this staggered bullshit.
Nigga I already beat it. Now I'm going around trying to find shit I missed. Found two optional zones so far.
DECREASED defiantly. Multiplayer was the only reason to get this on launch for me. Since it will be full of console assholes and pirates who will whoop my ass because they played weeks before, I don't see a reason to play online anymore.
>>332178381
Did you put all the heads on the thrones for the true ending?
>>332176117
looks like a hodge-podge of all the souls games in one... and not necessarily the good stuff, either
>DECREASED
what do you guys think?
>>332180720
Glad. My toaster might be able to get to 60 FPS.
>>332180720
Supposedly a lot of the video settings don't change until you reload the game even though it doesn't tell you that. So I wonder just how accurate some of these comparisons are.
>>332181031
There appears to a lot of LoD stuff, foliage transparency stuff between the images.
As well as I'm sure some truly horrible looking and optimized SSAO settings that can be safely turned to low or off.
>>332176117
Increased.
People have been saying good things about it.
AlsoAnor Londogot me pretty excited
>>332181031
I hope you are right because minimum should not look almost like maximum. But other than that it looks alright to me.
>>332181635
If the texture can change without having to reset I can almost guarantee that everything else doesnt need too.
>>332176117
I just feel a little bit sad. Feels like everybody has played to completion, yet i have to wait 3 weeks to play it. I didn't watch any stream and i got spoiled the ending and some other shit.
Thanks a lot Bamco, great work as always.
>>332176117
my desire was decreased to zero after seeing a pre-order version with a day-one season pass
>>332176117
It's increased my desire to play a pirated copy of the game.
I don't get why people are getting so mad. Whether you like it or not, streamers and LPers are part of the industry and an important part of advertising your game.
Back in the day magazines got review copies early because most people found out about games by reading magazines. Now the landscape has changed and people watch streams to find out if they like a game or not.
Plus, I'd rather play the game by myself at my own pace and without having to pander to a bunch of children watching my stream. People who think streamers are living some perfect life because they get to play games early are being dumb.
>>332182887
people are mad because this opens the floodgates for spoiler webms and posts to flood everywhere. the only surefire way to avoid spoilers is to leave /v/ entirely, and people are upset at that prospect
It wasn't a problem when Super Mario Maker came out 3 months after e-celeb had the game, why would some niche hacknslash be a bigger deal?
Cause Dark Souls is "/v/'s game"?
Well it's not.
Stalker, Deus Ex and Pressure are /v/-core.
Get off my board with your praise the sun memery.
>>332182996
It's always okay when Nintendo does it.
>>332176117
decreased.
I don't know why but I lost all the hype, even though the game looks 10/10.
>>332176165
Dark souls is reddit the game you delusional retard.
>>332182968
>leave /v/ entirely
actually, you have to pull the plug from the internet not just /v/ if you really want to avoid spoilers
bamco is retarded and the person/group in charge of this decision were clueless and didn't know one thing about video games.
>>332182968
I've avoided Bloodborne spoilers for coming up to a year now despite coming to /v/ for all that time. I just don't click on BB or DaSIII webms and don't go in threads where there is a risk of spoiling. It's simple.
>>332176328
Fuck off already
>>332176165
>OP asks how you feel about something
>Hurdurd mum no effect go to reddit
Do you have autism?
>>332183195
>It's simple.
Really is. Fromsoft games aren't like spoiling the last Harry Potter novel. No one actually gives a rats ass about this video game.
>>332176117
Decreased pretty bad, the new game experience is gone now which is pretty important for Souls.
Will probably just pirate it and wait for the bundled version later now.
Increased.
The final boss hyped me like never before.
>that music
>that Ultimate Blade Works battlefields
>challenging 1v1 Knight opponent
And it looks fat better than any other souls game.
>>332176117
Decreased. Even going out of my way to avoid information I'm still finding out things I'd rather not know. I don't usually care about spoilers but going into a souls completely fresh vs knowing things is a completely different experience. I haven't been fresh since Demon's
>>332183160
It became reddit post-PC release. Various PC subreddits over blew DaS into ridiculousness.
Can guarantee that if DaSIII wasn't being released on PC none of this Namco fuckery would be happening.
I've been interested in playing this since the gameplay reveal around August, and other than a couple of choice moveset webms, I remain unspoiled. The messy launch leaves my hype unaffected.
>>332177535
>petition to get a game series on your platform of choice
>lol do they really expect me to pay for their shit game XD
PC gaming was a mistake.
>>332183360
I know that feel.
I've acutally lapsed in judgement and watched quite a few hours of streams.
Thinking back at it, I was probably really lucky, they haven't done shit other than run around aimlessly around the firelink shrine and die horribly in some generic looking basement hallway.
So I haven't really been spoiled on anything other than what like three bosses look like and what one boss fights like, I've seen one boss weapon being used other than that all i've seen were like two ports of old armors and a couple of old weapons.
Its a bummer I spoiled the last boss for myself, but its not like a super big deal.
>>332183540
I ain't supporting Bamco's fuckery.
Decreased. I can deal with the delayed release, it's not something new, but giving it to some random dipshits so they can stream the whole game ruins it.
>>332176117
Im happy. The little i watched kinda confirmed everything i wanted. If there no invasion timer I'm golden so I can pick off ganker fags slowly with hit and runs with a bow, spear, lucerne, claymore, estoc, or war pick. Gonna hornet ring, back protect ring, old leo ring and fap ring it up and pure physical this shit or maybe have a few utility spells like hidden body and repair so i can have the fp for weapon arts.
>>332176117
decreased
I've seen too many spoilers and I can't even watch my favorite streamers because they're all playing it
Decreased because I actively have to dodge spoilers left and right constantly instead of being able to play the fucking game
Decreased. Because now I know what kind of content awaits me and even where the death traps and secrets lie. Also spoilers everywhere.
A shame too, because it's definitely better than DS2.
>>332176117
INCREASED desire to play
DECREASED desire to buy it to zero
so guess what I'll be doing
feels good playing on PC and having that choice
>>332183829
>>332184323
You're lucky this series even made it to PC. If From had their way you wouldn't ever touch it.
I've been playing it for a couple days so I'm pretty still feeling god about it
>>332184459
>trying this hard to force some console war shit
I own a PS3 and PS4. I've played these games on console and PC.
Still pirating this shit.
>>332184459
From did have their way.
>>332184459
>If From had their way you wouldn't ever touch it.
Pretty sure no actually that makes the games shares the delusion that rules the perception of your hobby.
Neither. I don't pay attention to streamers.
Although if they fix some shit in the game like the Bloodborne patch that halved load times and replaced the logo, I'll be happy JP got it first.
>>332183171
>bamco is retarded and the person/group in charge of this decision were clueless and didn't know one thing about video games.
The only group of people that would make a decision like this would be the marketing department. And we all know that those kind of people, regardless of the game company, never played a single fucking game in their life before.
>still no dynamic shadows and almost no shadows at all, everything looks flat just like in DaS2
fuck everything
>>332176117
This tactic does not encourage people to buy it.
The ones who were not interested in buying it aren't bothered buy a staggered release seen as they aren't interested enough to buy it anywy.
All it does is piss off people who are fans of the series, who have bought the game.
Yeah, this increases peoples want to play it. But as I said, unless you are someone who bought the game then doing shit like this has no effect on people who were not going to buy it anyway.
FROM is a faggot, not only are they making loyal fans of the series wait two weeks for nothing they are making it even worse by giving the full finished English version to streamers and youtube e-celebs.
>>332185201
From doesn't decide when to release.
It's these shitheads.
>>332176443
You'll be able to run it fine
>>332185185
MORE AMBIENT OCCLUSION PLEASE
increased a lot i mean is the last souls game directed by miyazaki and looks visually akin to des more than das a pure berserk fucked up world visually more than the fantasy/LOTR world that was das 1
HYPE X1000
>>332176406
Edge lord to the max
>>332185185
I've never played it but did bloodborne have many shadows at all? I mean it's dark but I swear all the images I see of it lack actual shadows.
>>332185731
Not really/
>>332185185
>Expecting FromSoft to get gud with graphic's
You do realize that FromSoft never wanted this game series to be on PC right?
>>332185871
I don't want good graphics, just dynamic shadows
>>332176165
Not OP but why the aggressive response?
>>332176117
Decreased. If there is going to be a DS4 I would pirate it and not give any more money to Namco.
Now thanks to them, I have to keep away from /v/ and other game sites because of spoilers about bosses, secrets, levels, characters, etc. It also shows that the game is finished, but they keep it hostage and give streamers preferential treatment in an attempt to create some sort of artificial hype. Especially bad since a lot of people would have had time of over Easter and could have played the game over the long weekend.
>>332184459
because of your stupid as fuck post I just had a revelation
Console fags have to buy games no matter the quality or they just plain have nothing to play
Masterrace can decide to buy and play games even if they don't buy them
and there is the very reason gaming went to shit, you vote with your fucking wallet but consoletards just say yes to everything making the masterrace votes worth only half as much and the muh piracy excuse does take care of the other half
consolefags ruined gaming
>>332185871
that's surprising considering how shit it runs on consoles
>>332186264
All the Souls games run pretty badly on consoles except for SotFS on next gen.
>>332186491
too bad they didn't bother to fix the 60fps durability nonsense in SotFS
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>>332186639
it was "fixed" i swear it actually got worse. before getting the bracing knuckle ring i had weapons break before finishing the tower of flame.
>>332186639
Yes they did. They patched it out about a month after scholar dropped.
>>332186738
You do realize that's because there's more enemies you're hitting your weapon on now, right?
So I guess you're not wrong, they did make it worse buy forcing you to break your weapons on shitty hordes of enemies.
pc torrent out yet?
>>332186997
Give me 2 hours.
>>332186957
before the heide knights agro its the same amount.
QUESTION
How's the durability system in this game? Do weapons degrade fast like DaS2 or pointless in DaS1? Is it something in between?
>>332181635
>>332180720
LMAO PC master race indeed.
>>332187236
It wasn't pointless in DaS1. It was used pretty well there. Early to obtain weapons that were fairly strong throughout the entirety of the game were easy to break.
Example: Uchigatana.
To answer your question: It seems on par with DaS1 again.
>>332186225
How about making more money and paying more for games?
In a free market, the highest bidder gets the goods. You can't outbid "console plebs"? Btw, there are people who can afford BOTH a gaming rig and consoles.
Feels bad to not have money.
>inb4 I just dont want to spend more
>>332187236
It's a little in-between
Weapons are automatically repaired when you rest at a bonfire, and from what I can tell, it takes a good amount of time before they are actually at risk of breaking
It's significantly better than in DaS 2, that much is certain
I feel like if every big game got released like this a lot of anons would save themselves buyers remorse when buying out of hype.
severely decreased. Will still buy but just makes me not like bamco.
I never watched a stream or read spoilers but sometimes just read posts about anons experiences. Feel like there's nothing new for me to discover that hasn't already been found. Doesn't help when people like oroboro say they still liked DaS1 more.
>>332187517
I'd believe this is very true. If fallout 4 was like this I wouldn't even have bothered pirating it. If MGS5 was like this no one in their mind would buy it after seeing streams.
>>332176165
First day here? Might not want to try so hard to fit in.
It kinda killed it for me. Glad From is breaking away from Bamco after this. I'll probably wait for a sale or something.
>>332176117
Cancelled my preorder. If I have to wait I may as well wait for a crack
>>332186727
everyone knows dude
3 weeks prerelease isn't good for keeping plot points secret
>tfw so very tempted
>>332189926
Why is dark souls giving a slanted thumbs up?
>>332183406
You have a living breathing example of how cancerous a souls community is even when deprived of a PC release.
Jesus look at Bloodborne.
It hasn't effected my desire to play since I was going to buy it regardless. I am annoyed about having to be more cautious with spoilers though.
>>332181770
u wot m8? It's very common that certain settings require a game restart, while others don't.
It actually looks good, unlike DS2, which I still haven't bothered touching after trying for 15 minutes.
Thinking of buying it right now desu
>>332183406
>Can guarantee that if DaSIII wasn't being released on PC none of this Namco fuckery would be happening
You should be in a Ripley's Believe it or not museum for the man with a talking ass.
>>332184459
So From would prevent me from buying their game on my consoles if I owned a PC? Why do you support these fucks again?
>implying this game will be
>>332187350
>playing at 30 fps
>>332180815
it's confirmed to be a shit port
CPU load isn't spread evenly, it's all concentrated on one core.
an i5 4770k can't stay at 60fps steady.
>>332192836
>pre-release version runs like shit
No shit. Bamco already confirmed a day one patch with fixes.
>>332192836
Maybe you should post a source
>>332186264
I think you're forgetting DS1
>>332176165
kill yourself make the world a better place
>>332176117
It has increased my desire a lot, wich is surprising since the only game I played was DaS on the PS3.
I'm tempting to buy it in the first days after release, but I feel the pulisher mustbe punished for this decision.
Is there a way to avoid giving Namco money?
>>332193814
look on youtube for dark souls 3 performance test
you should come across some b34ko dude or whatever's vids.
>>332193789
>p-patch will fix it!
if that were true it'd be fixed by now, faggot.
>>332184063
Don't forget warmth
Would've been nice if it just got a worldwide release on a set date, but I understand that Fromsoft won't change their Japanese release date just because of Bamco's fiscal year. So far I've been able to avoid most spoilers.
The biggest loss is that all secrets will probably be revealed before the game has been released.
>>332195865
Pretty sure the Japanese version is published by Fromsoft themselves rather than Bandai Namco. You could also check for an English Asian version, but I think Bamco handles these as well, if they exist. A more practical way is to pirate, I guess.
>>332176117
I'm pretty happy about it. I was content to wait until after release and pick it up cheaper, but seeing how it looks from actual final gameplay earned it a preorder.
I loved DaS1 and played the shit out of it during its heyday, but seriously lost faith after DaS2. I'm glad it looks like they pulled their collective finger out.
>>332196009
It took a couple of months for them to put out performance patches for Bloodborne.
>>332197898
and it still stutters like a motherfucker
what's your point?
>>332196009
Point is, it's not the final version you utter retard. Why would you judge performance by a pre-release version?
>>332176117
I can read Jap so it didn't affect me in the slightest. If anything it made it easier to avoid spoilers. The game is great and the PS4 version actually runs better than I thought it would. Noticable slowdown in combat has only happened once when I got mauled by some giant ass fuckers in the swamp
Got the gook version and more than half way through.This whole fiasco has left a bad taste in my mouth and as a result i will be geting the english version used. Scamco is not geting a cent from me.
>>332198028
My point is that they wouldn't necessarily have fixed it by now, as you erroniously claimed.
Bloodborne plays much better than it did, and there's a plenty reasonable timeframe left for performance patches to come out.
Well it hasn't really affected my hype much.
I'm not going to watch any streams of it.
The only thing I'm worried about is that it apparently only takes 20 hours to go through the game.
Every other Souls game I've played has taken me at least 60. BB is not included in that as I haven't played it yet.
>>332177603
wheres the sauce at
and im talking about real concrete information not your shitty fucking speculation
>>332176117
This deffinatelly increased my interest, then from raised the price of the game for no fucking reason so i was completely dehyped, then i found out the game has only 20hours i am double dehyped right now, i m starting not to like this game, then i found out it was downgraded, and thats it, cannot pay for a downgraded short game that suddenly decided to charge me more ...
Fuck this game.
>>332199154
Well, do you think you could buy me the game instead?
https://steamcommunity.com/id/mythreadsaredoingironmannumbers
>>332199226
>being this fucking poor
anon
go outside for an hour or two
>>332199051
Do note that the English pre-release version is a lot easier than the Japanese/day-1 patch English version for some reason, so that might be why. There's probably a lot of optional content as well that a lot of the streamers haven't gone through.
>>332176117
I cancelled my preorder desu. I will not be cucked.
>>332176534
>still believing this "preview version is made easier" meme
>>332199226
Stop begging for people to buy you the game, it is pathetic.
Go fucking kill yourself poorfag, I hope it has denuvo so you can't pirate it either you fucking degenerate.
>>332181770
the guy who made dsfix already said you need to restart the game for some changes to actually work
FInishing off BB in preperation
HOYYYYYYP
>>332177050
DS is a retarded mess of text, there is nothing to spoil besides the visuals of the bosses
>>332176117
Decreased because I'm already spoiled in cool shit that happens
>>332176117
Preorder Cancelled
Nuff Said
Decreased, mightily. You could say my desire to play was backstabbed by a black phantom while my attention was on several other enemies.
PS4 OR PC VERSION?
>>332199992
PC
itll probably run a whole lot smoother
just plug in your ps4 controller
>>332177050
Dude most everyone plays Souls with wikis or forums anyway.
>>332185185
>dynamic shadows
Wut ? I think i've seen dynamic shadows.
>>332177535
>Playing offline, like the secluded fuck that you are
>>332199992
PC for higher fps. As for community, we'll just have to wait and see. DaS1 ran better on PC with dsfix but the much better PS3 playerbase made me play that version more.
>Dont want to be spoiled so dont watch anything related to the game
>cant decide if i will preorder because i know nothing about the game
WAKE ME UP INSIDE
>>332200374
pc is gonna have CE users up the ass guaranteed
I'll probably stick to PS4 for the sake of my sanity
>>332177963
This. Those threads were always my favourite thing about the series. I probably won't be playing DaS3 at launch, which is a first for this series for me.
>>332199992
ps4
Leak fucking when?
>>332200515
>CE
