/v/ - Video Games

Nope, two threads already up.

>>14950569

Being gay is wrong

Fuck you fromsoft where are the robots?

>>14950637

wait for devolver conference

This thread should have died first. The other guy at least had some greentext.

>activision

dead on fucking arrival.

How much better will Nioh be than this?

>Activision

in the trash it goes

>>14950698

Pretty sure all they're doing is publishing

>>14950717

You say like publishers don't force devs to heavily alter games all the time.

I'm fully expecting the game to be gutted and the stripped content to be sold in a season pass. Also tons of microtransactions

>>14950726

M-maybe its both a Soulslike AND a Tenchu game? What if you can stealth and/or fight?

The stealth addition will make the game feel a bit more refereshing, but its just going to be another Souls game by FromSoft. Disappointing in a lot of ways but I was expecting it. Its an easy way to make money for them. Would have been nice for them to try something new at least and the Tenchu rumours got me a little invested. Will still play it, I'm a sucker for the Souls games even if they are played out.

>>14950689

I bet the combat will be just the same, standard light and heavy attacks, blocking and countering. Emphasis on wombo combo enemies moving at incredibly hihg speed, so you have to dodge, dodge, dodge like BB and DSIII. Nioh has the far superior gameplay and mechanics but inferior world, lore and enemy design.

the grapple arm looks great. I hope it's not the same slow, deliberately paced from software combat I've grown so tired of these past 10 years.

>>14950750

Whether they have much influence or not is still completely up in air, and you're reaaallllyyyyyy jumping the gun buy assuming theyll gut the game and have microtransactions n shit. Fromsoft is usually pretty good about this stuff, so I think it's stupid to condemn it after the very first reveal. It's okay to have some faith in a studio that's done pretty well in the past, I know that's a foreign concept to a lot of people here, but it's totally acceptable to have some tempered optimism

>>14950726

not a single part of this trailer says souls gameplay to me except that the main character fights with a sword

>>14950901

You're blind, my man

>>14950820

Nioh's lore is real though, other than the amrita and youkai of course. It's based on history. William adams was a real boy who assisted tokugawa with his campaign, and reinforced his shogunate, and William was indeed made the second foreign samurai in history.

>>14950944

explain then

>>14950689

Way better considering how fucking clunky the combat looked in this compared to how smooth Nioh was. (And i fucking liked the story, blow me, it was good, had deep roots in japanese history and you learned shit from it).

It will be interesting to see though, i love samurai-games.

>>14950966

Sure, I'm busy right now but I'll come back in a bit and do it if someone else doesn't

>>14950858

I think nioh and the souls series are pretty on par. Nioh has more/better mechanics but reused way too much content, and I'm not sure if the mission based format was better or not. Also the whole gear grinding stuff was just there for padding and really didn't add much of anything in my opinion. Souls games tend to have a lot of content but very few worthwhile mechanics other than the standard block, hit, parry, spell. And I like the uniqueness of the gear in souls games better than the RNG drops of nioh. Though this conversation makes want a nioh 2: electric boogaloo now, so I guess that says something.

>>14950726

Are you kidding? I'm a huge Tenchu fan and seeing this was a new IP was a fucking relief. Do you really want the 'souls community' crawling like a cancer all over the franchise whining and moaning about every little thing? I love the games but they think that any game that isn't identical to DaS1 or BB is complete trash; any new From game is going to have those insufferably faggots swarming all over it. Just wait and see how utterly fucking up the AC community gets when the soulslime bandwagons onto it when the next AC game is inevitably announced. Sometimes dead is better. Remember the Thief reboot? Wanting a new Tenchu is as big of a monkey's paw as that, probably bigger.

>>14950820

>M-maybe its both a Soulslike AND a Tenchu game? What if you can stealth and/or fight?

I'd rather shoot you and then myself. A game isn't a stealth game unless the combat is so punishing you actively avoid it and let's be honest; I like the souls games but they're the easiest action games I've ever played. Combing the two is how you end up with 'stealth' games like human revolution.

Wish for Shinobido 3 instead.

>>14950952

All the supernatural stuff is from Japanese mythology though, which is kinda cool.

>>14951018

The only problem I had with Nioh was reused assets and enemies, and basically no diversity in level design. Other than that it was a solid game, maybe Sekiro can one-up it, looks sick.

>>14951018

I'm pretty sure japs don't have amrita in their mythology though. That was borrowed from alchemy/ made up for plot reasons.

>>14950952

William Adams wasn't a spunky Irish rebel.

>>14951066

>spunky

what is it with you europeans and cum?

>>14951013

I'd love a spiritual successor to Nioh where its fictional Japan vs. fictional Europe so we get all kinds of armours and weapins and monsters to fight.

>>14950860

>having optimism with the current state of the industry

Its time to let go, anon.

>>14951066

Yeah they took some liberties on his character, in reality he was just the navigator for the liefde which got stranded in nippon if I remember correctly.

>>14950858

Except performance on PC.

>From Soft

>Nioh Clone down to the voiced protagonist

>After saying they didnt want to make another souls(like) game

>Activision

>Re-used DaS animations and sounds

>Not Armoured Core

I AM ANGRY

ANGRY ABOUT VIDEOGAMES

>nioh clone

Fuck off. This is so bland. I hope this isn't miyazaki's next game.

>>14951052

couldn't see the first two but the third one i finally noticed

The graphics look good for what it is..

>>14951188

Not really. The areas they were fighting in looked so bland.

>>14951129

He served Ieyasu as an attendant and negotiator for dutch trade. That propped up the tokugawa bakufu for most of the edo period.

As far as I know, William isn't attributed to any exploits in battle. Probably more intrigue and political shit that isn't honorable to discuss. He was given a good title for a foreign warrior, albeit a small stipend. I can only guess that William chose a small stipend, as to not impose as a foreigner.

>>14951153

There will probably be some kind of twist, like how bloodborne was shown to be about werewolves but ended up being about an alien invasion

>>14951158

It might be made by the DS2 team, hence why it is bland and unimaginative.

If it's a proper single-player game that actually lets me pause (because I have a fucking life and sometimes I need to get up and do shit), I'll play it.

>>14951389

Miyazaki doesn't personally design every room and encounter, he isn't some magical auter of videogames. Might I remind you he also directed DS3.

You fags are literally incapable of enjoying anything. This game looks bad ass and I want to play it. Salty little bitches on this board. It wasn't even remotely this bad a year ago.

>>14951420

He's company lead, so he's going to use the good resources if he's directing something. It's common sense.

>Might I remind you he also directed DS3.

You mean the game that's most consistent than DS1 and 2 both? Then I have no reason to be concerned, thank you anon.

>>14951389

Is that confirmed? Because that means we COULD also get an AC game as well.

>>14951420

Hence why it was better than DS2 which he didn't direct.

>>14951515

Most news sites seem to write that he is directing it, yeah.

>>14951420

>>14951509

>>14951515

>arguing about the ranking of individual souls titles

Oh fuck off. I wanna talk about notNioh, not the same shit that's been said in every fucking souls thread for the last seven years.

>>14951548

Talking about Nioh is how we got onto this

>>14951158

im getting and playing it and going to enjoy it

>>14951614

getting or buying

>>14951592

I'm well aware, just saying the whole ranking bullshit is obnoxious.

>activision

well its fucked

I'd be excited but the activision side of things has me worried.

>>14951698

Are you ready to pre-order that day one DLC skin pack for your arm with the collector's edition katana all for the low low price of $200 $399

:^)

>>14951626

>single-player

That's pretty bad, don't get me wrong the game looks fun and there's alot of really good single-player games, but a big part of the Souls series longevity was it's multiplayer.

>>14951440

This is /v/ newfriend. No vidya is good here.

>>14951707

>no pvp

Come see me at the torii gate, faggot. Or is a 3d fighter not what you had in mind for pvp?

from pvp was always shit, and only good for greifing faggots, or banning accounts

>>14950858

Fuck off. Souls series did a lot more than Nioh did. Sure Nioh has more complex combat and better difficulty but it's loot system was shit. It's upgrade system was tedious. I will give you the fact the online connectivity is great compared to the souls games.

>>14951440

>enjoy actvision

yeah good luck with that. i cant wait for the "dlc trailer" that will come in the next 2 weeks

>>14951440

This always happens during E3 though.

>>14951641

>published by activision

getting (unless my pc breaks and I need to buy it on ps4)

>>14951788

*snap*

>>14950858

>nioh better then souls

this is bait

>>14951788

>Looks like you'll be needing some Surge-ry, make it 2

*CUE THEME MUSIC*

>>14951440

It's summer my man

>>14951626

Take the good ideas in design from Souls, aesthetic improvements and neat tricks from Bloodborne, and drop them in a medieval-contemporary Japanese setting. It's not ambitious, but it'll probably be good.

A return to/increased focus on stealth is also promising.

>>14951898

Eh, I get what you mean, some people ONLY played the PVE aspect of the Souls games, I kind of did to for Bloodborne.

>>14952089

Why are you shitposting? Surge 2 might be good and worth discussing.

Might. I'm one of those retards who liked the first one

>>14950726

What happened to ghost of tsukushima?

WTF bro?

>>14952089

Damn, getting tired of this shit. The first game had terrible balancing, especially in terms of making medium and heavy armor useful and making farming for equipment not tedious.

I was interested in the first game before the release and I got incredibly disappointed in that raw product after playing. I did clear three bosses but I lost the remains of my interest afterwards.

No much use in having hope about unreleased games.

>>14952276

>e3

>most anticipated

Anon please, the only seal of quality is actually playing the game.

>>14952276

Oh, so it was you all along. I thought before someone fucking paid a shill for the second game.

>>14952276

Honestly, I may have not given it a fair shake (even though I don't join discussions on it), but it was just so boring to me I couldn't be arsed to play it past the first boss you encounter. The controls, movement and targeting system felt like a bore, stiff and repetitive.

It just couldn't keep me hooked.

Did it pick up later on or something? I can't imagine it being that much different, except for maybe an increase in pace.

>>14952291

What I want to say is that I highly doubt the devs will fix those faults without fucking something else up instead.

Here's a cool thing:

隻 (せき) = Seki. According to jisho.org, it's a counter Kanji that's used to count ships, for "half of something" and for various objects like fish, birds, and arrows.

狼 (おおかみ・ろう) = Ookami/Rou. It simply means wolf.

Put them together and you get "隻狼" (せきろう), which can mean "One Armed Wolf", which is likely in reference to the fact that the main character seems to be missing a hand and has replaced it with some king of contraption.

I just wonder if it's also some kind of play on words or something.

>>14950449

Now this legit looks good.

>single-player only bloodborne

rip

>>14951741

Fuck off

>>14952383

What, paying for multiplayer is better?

>>14952291

>especially in terms of making medium and heavy armor useful

Heavy armor adds stability (poise) and impact (poise reduction on enemies). It's a pretty fair trade-off for the power consumption, but some later sets did have unreasonably high power requirements.

>and making farming for equipment not tedious.

Debatable, you get parts from just picking shit up, and the slicing mechanic is very fun.

>>14952294

I know, I know, but what the devs have planned sounds unreal.

>>14952323

Half the fun of the game is switch builds on the fly and your options expand as you get further into the game. You might enjoy playing more once you find a crazy weapon/drone/implant combo that's really fun. I'd say give it a go.

>>14952443

>I know, I know, but what the devs have planned sounds unreal

E3 made DMC5 look questionable at best. Don't get your fucking hopes up anon.

>>14952453

>>14952434

>one of the most innovative aspects in souls games isn't important

ok

>>14952478

in what manner is it innovative?

>>14951787

Within the next 24 hours. I can't into desertleaf time

>>14951788

>wasting dubs

anthony bourdain yourself, nigger

>>14952478

I don't play multiplayer games. This news basically guarantees a sale from me.

>>14952443

>Heavy armor adds stability (poise) and impact (poise reduction on enemies). It's a pretty fair trade-off for the power consumption

Poise is fucking useless if the damage reduction is laughable. At this point you either get lowest armot with the biggest weaponized scrap metal or you die.

>Debatable, you get parts from just picking shit up, and the slicing mechanic is very fun.

<slicing particular bodyparts again and again and again and again until you get thing from it and do that with other bodypart to get all the stuff is fun

inb4 skip content and save time

I don't think so, anon.

>>14952478

It's innovative the first 5 times or so until you realize the combat was never designed for pvp or any sort of online play

>>14952478

The multiplayer made the series full of cancer with each new game. It would be a bit better with pvp-only, but not when you have to pay for it like sonykikes make you now

I'm now kind of interested in this Sekiro.

TOO BAD NO ARMORED CORE FOR NOW

>>14951626

See >>14952659

>The single-player game

>>14952509

>Poise is fucking useless if the damage reduction is laughable. At this point you either get lowest armot with the biggest weaponized scrap metal or you die.

People die a lot in The Surge late game because they don't realise at least four slots should be health bar upgrades unless you plan on dodging expertly. It's like wearing Black Iron/Havel's set with low VIT, you will still get stomped regardless of your gear if you haven't got the health.

>slicing particular bodyparts again and again and again and again until you get thing from it and do that with other bodypart to get all the stuff is fun

You can complete the game with a full set of Lynx/Rhino gear you can get within the first hour of the game. And yeah it's a pain to build every set in the game but you get schematics beforehand telling you what each part does, so you can just build the parts you want. I don't really find the grind criticism very relevant when this board shills Nioh hard and that's a game that is way grindier and more repetitive.

>>14952556

but there's only so much you can do in terms of interaction with AI opponents. stuff like dark-handing someone to drain their humanity or using that spear in demon souls to break your opponent's equipment is so cool

>>14952703

and dont get me started on fucking with the level structure like rotating the thing in the sen's fortress or flipping brodges in the catacombs

>>14952682

I'd like to point out that "the single player game" implies that there is an additional "game", or game-mode, that is not single player. Otherwise, it's a sign that the writer isn't precise, which opens up the possibility that this was just miscommunication.

Either way, I think it'd be silly to write off multiplayer integration this early before release, since that's easily From's biggest draw.

If this does turn out to be single-player only,

>The single-player game puts players

versus

>This single-player game puts the player

>"Sekiro" puts players in the

why are they paying these guys?

>>14952814

I see you've never tried to get a smithing text.

>>14952828

Well you got me there, dubsman.

>>14952816

>"the single player game" implies that there is an additional "game", or game-mode

Maybe. I think it's more likely that

>the writer isn't precise

But, even if there is a second mode, I'm fine with that. I just don't like mixing single-player and multiplayer modes. If there's a multiplayer, that's fine, but I will only buy the game if it's completely divorced from any multiplayer component.

>why are they paying these guys?

Because it would probably still be much worse if a Nip did it, given how bad they tend to be at other languages.

>>14952828

Also, I'm surprised you said Nioh instead of monster hunter. Monster hunter is a much, much more appropriate comparison.

>>14952814

The diablo style loot system, NG+ mechanics and replayable levels lend themselves to grind.

>>14952814

>You don't have to grind at all in Nioh.

The game is 90% grinding. Stop lying.

>>14952816

it says it's a single player game on the official jap site

Is this a fixed main character? He looks really bland.

>>14953077

If you needed to grind a lot before hitting post WotN ethereal autism, you blow dicks at vidya.

Demon king revealed shits out amrita on WotStrong and above. And if you need stones, go to Queen's Eyes amd farm clone kelley

>>14953192

＞And if you need stones, go to Queen's Eyes amd farm clone kelley

And yet you just posted that "you don't have to grind at all in Nioh". I'm not saying the first difficulty requires a lot of grinding, but the game overall is absolutely filled with grinding. Saying there isn't grinding in the game straight lying.

>>14953349

>can't greentext

You don't need stones, unless you are a LWshitter who needs endless gauge.

That is the only common example of grinding/farming outside of ethereal autism.

You obviously had a hard time with Nioh, but that doesn't make it "unnecessarily grindy"

>ps4

why is ms retarded

>>14950449

Is like FromSoft saw Nioh and said "hold my beer"

Also

>Fromsoft

>Activision

Is this shit for fucking real, did I wake up on bizarro world?

>>14957556

deepest lore

>>14957391

Well, Fromsoft did need to find a new publisher after leaving Namco Bandai's clutches

>>14957556

>>14957651

took the words right from me

>>14957651

more like reused assets which there seem to be a lot of in this game. I'm slightly optimistic but it might be like code vein and just recycling souls/BB material to cash in

>>14957654

I know but I didn't expect them to partner up with a western publisher and less so with Activision, this tells me that either Activision approached them really early in development or they were unable to find proper funding there in Japan.

Also, what kind of crap is Activision smoking, like I'm glad that this exist but is like waking up one day and seeing EA publish something like Stalker or Persona.

>>14957794

>more like reused assets

that's literally an entirely different asset, stop talking about things you don't know anything about.

>>14958125

go back

>>14953143

I hope not

Sekiro: The Petals Fall Twice

>>14958334

It's alright. Pretty traditional.

>>14958496

Yeah, but there they always hid the face.

>>14950449

So is this like the Japanese version of Nioh?

>>14957654

and they go for actvision from all things?

what the matter was EA too busy?

>>14950726

>wanting From to touch Tenchu again

What the fuck is wrong with you?

>>14958565

Activision has published From games in the past (Lost Kingdoms and its sequel), though so has Ubisoft.

>>14958517

obvious loli

>>14958565

Because they want to own their IP?

>>14958517

In the trailer is refered has his "master" so I'm guessing a shota

>>14958704

FANTASTIC. lolifags btfo.

>>14958704

Wat?

>its a samurai game not connected to any previous works

Fromsoft is making their own Nioh from the looks of it, and that is not a bad thing.

>>14958793

I will miss diablo loot tbh.

Just because it's a cute little boy doesn't mean that you have to stick your penis in them.

>>14958807

It does.

>>14957651

oh fuck is vaati already hard at work making a 3 hour video on this preview?

>>14958845

Now that is an interesting question. Is Sekiro suppose to beset in "real" Japan like Nioh or a fantasy Not-Japan?

Here's the full Nipponese release on story. I'm too hung over from Bethesda's conference to translate it properly. Of note is that Activison isn't just the publisher, but co-developer (PANIC!)

https://www.4gamer.net/games/422/G042234/20180611005/

時は戦国。

雪深い峠を越えた先に、葦名の国はある。

「剣聖」葦名一心が、わずか一代で国盗りをして興した、北国の雄である。

だが、その葦名は存亡の危機にあった。

一心の孫である 葦名の将は、窮状を憂い、自らの手勢に密かに告げた。

「もはや、寄せ手から葦名を守るための、尋常の術は無い」

「今こそ、あの皇子が必要だ」

かくて皇子は、囚われとなる。

皇子と言うが、その身は天涯孤独。家族も家臣も、なにもない。

ただ一人の忍びを除いては…。

これは、寄る辺なき、孤独な主従の物語である。

>>14959025

Fairly certain From won't let Activision meddle in their game as much as Namco Bandai did with their previous games

>>14958388

what game is that?

>>14958718

>imply the lolifags dont enjoy shota just as much

fucking pleb

>>14959168

It's concept art from DS2. I thought it was funny that the gravestone text was written in hebrew

>>14958936

>Activision is Co developer

Nooooooo! Hopefully they won't ruin it. It would be sad to see Miayazaki's talent get sucked down the pay to win pipe

>>14950449

>Vertical Traversal

Crazy man Miyazaki did it again, but hope he has learned to let Vaati and ever pathetic deeplore faggots out in the dust while he gives out some good combat.

>>14959219

now I understand why I hate DS2 so much

>>14951720

>but a big part of the Souls series longevity was it's multiplayer

Hardly. MP is dying out for the souls games because everyone is finally realizing that these games were meant for PVE. The connection is trash and will always be trash, and the meta for all the games is cancerous. Not only that, but getting soft banned is pretty easy. I like where they're going with this so far.

>>14959397

>>14951720

If they do something like Nioh's pseudo PvP revenant system then it would be perfect. Co-op PvE would be nice too.

>>14959473

Yeah I'd enjoy that too, coop DS was pretty fun. Fight clubs and invasions were cancer though. The one thing I enjoyed pvp-wise was the dragon covenant from DS1. You would invade players that have dragon titanite and you'd steal it for upgrading dragon weapons and/or larping. It was pretty great until dark magic, scythes, or gravelord niggers start ruining your fun.

>>14951786

>I will give you the fact the online connectivity is great compared to the souls games.

Bullshit. I had great internet at the time of playing and couldn't get fucking anyone. The few times I could would often have connection errors.

>>14959397

>Hardly

The games need multiplayer to give the players a break from their oppressive atmosphere. It might not be the case with Sekiro but it was for the previous games.

I cant believe they ripped off Nioh

Nioh was literally Japanese dark souls and now this is literally Japanese Nioh

what the fuck is wrong with japs

>>14960428

How is Nioh being its own thing bad? It has enough charm and it is good enough to stand as its own franchise. Hell, maybe it is for the best. If this game end up sucking, and it is clear that normalfags will be all over it, at least they will leave Nioh alone. There is nothing worse that having SWJ, normalfags and journos become fixated with a game or franchise.

>>14960447

Nioh is just japanese dark souls with katanas and fursonas

>>14950449

So it's Dork Souls: Sammer Guy edition?

>>14959393

Fuck. I meant to reply to this fag.

>>14958334

Looks kinda lame tbh

>>14960573

THAT STOLE MY SOULS

JUST LIKE DARK SOULS

>>14951626

Question is what is Japanese patches going to look and sound like?

>>14958334

>2 swords 1 sheath

i guess he stole one from an enemy?

>>14960453

>Nioh is just japanese dark souls with katanas and fursonas

more dark souls combat made better, with diablo loot system made better(grind can be paid for with resources allowing you to make your build with less RNG at cost) and ninja gaiden's penchant for throwing legitimately overpowered enemies at you without warning.

shits fun for hop-in hop-out fun though once you're done with the grind and training.

>>14952478

Good thing this isn't a souls game then.

>>14961391

Look below "shadows"

>>14950449

Looks like shit. Japanese settings are garbage.

>>14961408

>with diablo loot system made better

I didn't know Nioh had a Diablo-like loot system, you've refreshed my interest anon-kun.

>>14959363

There's no need to shame Vaati, he already does it alone

>>14958334

yep that's a western made game alright.

>>14961391

He has a sheeth on his left hip as well as his back, you just can't see it due to the shadows.

YEAR OF THE SAMURAI

>>14951626

>published by Activision

wait, what?

soulslike

Listening to a jewtuber talk about potential mechanics and mentions that "shadow dies twice" might be literal given the trailer featured resurrection on death. This seems similar to Death's Walking supposed to feature a similar mechanic. I wonder if Kojewma will be salty that the only gameplay feature of his walking simulator is likely going to be done better by japborne.

>>14958334

The main character looks boring.

>>14978658

Everything about it looks boring.

>>14950726

the closest thing I have found from the modern age to Tenchu is Arigami.

>>14959280

When they stop being fun.

>>14950820

Nioh falls flat in terms of how much farming needs to be done to get to end game content. It also gets easy to steamroll through some fights by just having the right build.

More info:

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is set in a reimagining of 1500s Sengoku era Japan. You play as an unnamed shinobi, tasked with protecting a young lord of mystical lineage, who is left for dead when a powerful samurai attacks and chops off his arm.

It is an action adventure game, not an RPG. There are no stats, armor, weapons, classes, or multiplayer. But there are “Prosthetic Attachments” that you earn as you explore, which can be attached to the “Shinobi Prosthetic” that replaces your hand and help you progress.

While the protagonist wields a katana in his right hand, the prosthetic arm that constitutes his left can be attached with various offensive and supportive tools. An axe add-on can destroy an enemy’s shield; a firecracker can stun enemies; a torch can set them ablaze; and a shield can block attacks. These tools can be combined with the katana. For example, you can thrust the katana through the torch arm to set the katana on fire.

Environments are built vertically. You can use a grappling hook to reach cliffs, rooftops, and more. Based on PC Gamer’s impressions, the grappling hook is not locked to specific grapple points. It can also be used in combat to pull in enemies or get behind them.

Combat is based around posture. Enemies can easily block attacks, but will gradually lose posture. Once lowered enough, you can finish them with a “Shinobi Death Blow.” However, you will also lose posture as you are attacked, unless you block perfectly—which doing will cause the enemy to lose posture instead.

The Kanji symbols that sometimes appear above the character’s head serve different functions. A danger symbol, for example, signals that the enemy is about to use a special attack.

Knowing what the incoming attack is and how to avoid it requires reading the enemy’s animations. Enemies will have patterns of attack. Some enemies can use sweep attacks to knock you down that cannot be blocked, but can be avoided with the jump button.

The game’s “light stealth mechanics” include instant stealth kills, pressing up against walls, hanging off ledges, and crouching in grass to stay hidden. You will be able to finish off any enemy that comes close when hidden.

You can approach situations in various ways. For example, in one situation a woman would alert the guards if she spotted you. So you can kill her to remain safe.

The boss battle of the demo is the Corrupted Monk, who is a large woman with a naginata. Her attacks can be predicted and dodged or blocked with the help of the Kanji characters that appear above the player’s head.

When you die, you can revive immediately and return to combat. Though dying causes enemies to immediately lose interest in you and return to what they were doing. That said, you can use death as an “opportunity” to surprise and kill enemies who were not expecting you to revive. However, there is a limit to how many times you can revive.

Sekiro has an expansive and interconnected world that players are free to explore.

Many gameplay scenes will involve “cat and mouse” segments with large monsters. For example, in the demo the player had to wait for moments when the large snake monster that appeared in the trailer was not looking to make his move to traverse a canyon. PC Gamer describes these as appearing more along the lines of environmental puzzles than traditional boss fights.

There is a currency system, but it is different from the Souls and Blood Echoes systems of Dark Souls and Bloodborne. It is used for some sort of upgrade system for your gear.

>>14986920

>While the protagonist wields a katana in his right hand, the prosthetic arm that constitutes his left can be attached with various offensive and supportive tools. An axe add-on can destroy an enemy’s shield; a firecracker can stun enemies; a torch can set them ablaze; and a shield can block attacks. These tools can be combined with the katana. For example, you can thrust the katana through the torch arm to set the katana on fire.

Sounds like an adaptation of Bloodborne's trick weapon concept.

>Environments are built vertically. You can use a grappling hook to reach cliffs, rooftops, and more. Based on PC Gamer’s impressions, the grappling hook is not locked to specific grapple points. It can also be used in combat to pull in enemies or get behind them.

>grappling hook

Oh yes. This going to be just like the kusarigama in Nioh.

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is an action adventure game without stats or classes

http://archive.is/0yhLi

>>14986920

>>14987034

>no stats

Is this good or bad? It seems like it could add to the combat design, but ruin some of the exploration.

>>14986920

>>14987034

>>14987242

I'm happy about it. I'm fucking sick of every game being about rifling through your pockets and class building these days. Give me a handfull of weapons you actually spent time on, and point me at something hard to kill. I don't need to sort through a thousand swords and a class tree to have fun stabbing things to death.

>>14982518

>those lame as fuck executions

>throwing object insta-kills

>bodies can disappear

Don't kid yourself Anon, this is fucking ass

>>14987242

It's just fine. From never used stats well, especially in ARPGs.

A well thought out and deep action game with decenthopefully good platforming would be a godsend, seeing as we have been dry on these for some time. I would love to see a create a combo system ala god hand, but i doubt we will ever see it again.

>>14987242

I honestly think that all physical stats should be naturally built up based on your characters activities rather than being assigned by points (see San Andreas) and that intelligence stats shouldn't exist at all, being entirely dependent on the player.

>>14953393

I believe Miyazaki said there will be multiplayer in the form of invading players worlds as buffed monsters.

Vaati the Queer mentions it on his Sekiro video.