df2469 No.16527310
A online beta is going down this weekend and I got to play around with it a bit.
Here are my impressions so far.
>Character creator is great with a ton of options to tweaking your character. The only thing it really lacks is proportions. You can make your tits slight bigger/smaller but no flat or mega milk. Guys can get slightly wider but not ripped. You can't change facial structure much either. Still, there are plenty of hairstyles, accessories, scar/facial features, hundreds of colors/patterns, and much more to choose from. It's no Soul Calibur 6 but it's better than most games.
>Soundtrack is pretty great so far. Go Shiina is doing the music in this game and he's the guy behind God Eater, Tales of Legendia, and some Ace Combat music.
>Environments look good and seem pretty organic for a destroyed city.
>AI partner isn't shit and can keep themselves alive pretty well. However they can make the game pretty easy in certain parts (only reason why I beat the boss on the first try). Hopefully the rest of the game is harder. There's a dungeon after the demo which is hard as hell. Recommended level is 40
>Game doesn't keep a consistent framerate on the PS4. Waiting to see how it performs on PC whenever that comes.
I'll go into detail about the gameplay, classes, and combat in the next post.
df2469 No.16527342
<Combat
>You have light attack, strong attack, and a God Eater devour attack. All take up stamina with the devour attacks taking up the most. Strong attacks and devour attacks can be charged and, even if you're using the same type of weapon, it may do something different depending on what sub class of weapon it is. Like the rifle given in the tutorial has a straight shot for the strong attack while the first rifle you find has a spread shot. The devour attacks give you MP back. You can stack your MP over the maximum continuously as long you keep devouring various enemies. What devour attacks you have depends on what armor set you're using.
>Skills in this game come from classes. Each class has a bunch of passives and skills you can get from this. Magic attacks use no stamina while the physical skills do. So it's a good idea to use magic at the end of attack strings to keep up pressure. All skills have cool downs as well and your partner has unique skills that both of you can use to power up for a ton of MP. You can get skills/passives from classes and use them on other classes if you master the skill by doing certain requirements like "kill an enemy with this move". So you'll be jumping between classes plenty. EXP and money are the same currency like the Souls series. You'll be using those to level up, buy skills, upgrade items, etc.
>You can block and parry as well. Blocking nullifies around 70% of the damage and you can parry most attacks (haven't tried projectiles yet). Parrying makes you use a devour attack on the spot and you're invincible during it. Your parry window depends on what armor type you're using.
6b409b No.16527349
>>16527310
This game looks like God Eater 3, and looks like it plays like God Eater 3. I didn't particularly like God Eater 3 and, while cautiously optimistic, this game looks like it will turn out very generic.
df2469 No.16527357
So far out of all the weapons I enjoyed the rifle/bayonet and katana the most. The bigger weapons do have some nice weight to them but they aren't as fun to use for me. I haven't gotten the last armor type yet but the claw devour has to be my favorite. Hit box for the charge attack is tiny and puts you next to the enemy with barely any stamina. However the combo attack for it is very fast and is great for knocking people down.
>>16527349
It definitely looks like God Eater 3. I'm enjoying myself so far but I'll wait for the PC version. That's assuming it turns out well.
ddbefe No.16527384
>>16527310
Will this give me the souls-like experience that I've been craving?
df2469 No.16527399
>>16527384
Well it's a chunni souls so sure. But in all seriousness it's pretty similar to the "Souls experience".
be4e7d No.16527406
>>16527384
>Will this give me the souls-like experience that I've been craving?
Look like a cross between Souls and God Eater so I am looking forward to this but I am not sure if Code Vein will scratch the Souls itch some people are looking for. The game FromSoft is calling Great Rune just now is more than likely a Souls game of some sort so you do not need to wait long Anon.
70df72 No.16527424
>>16527406
>Great Rune
Do I dare hope?
be4e7d No.16527452
>>16527424
I am a little worried about Great Rune as it sounds like a souls game on paper apparently you ride out to city states and kill the rulers to get their strength. Its that ride out bit that worries me…its open world with horses. Sounds very fucking BOTW to me..
70df72 No.16527468
>>16527452
I guess I don't hope after all, then.
9a5256 No.16527551
I want to hold hands with Io.
b30f55 No.16527595
>>16527468
Hope is the first step in the road to disappointment, anon.
a9af68 No.16527604
It looks great! I wish the character creator was a bit better (no boob slider is TERRIBLE), but other than that it seems very fun. When does it come out?
442e0e No.16527617
The style of the game looks pretty good, but I wish the character creation would let you be more autistic with it. Every time one of these animu games with character creation comes out you really don't have much say in your character's body type.
65ee31 No.16527636
>>16527604
Bamco removed the boob slider
This game is censored trash
a9af68 No.16527643
>>16527636
Something tells me you are not being fully honest. I wouldn't put it past them, but something in your demeanor inclines me to believe for the best. Do you happen to have proof of some sort?
cd4fec No.16527650
>>16527617
>Play that Sword Art shooting game
>Plan to make a big tits qt sniper girl as my protag, all goes to plan
>To compliment her playstyle her sidekick will be a huge tank with miniguns, Boris the Siberian Love Machine
>Can't make the dude buff
>Can't make the dude gruff, only bishi options allowed
>Can only make him taller which increases his lankiness
>No masculine voice option
>No facial hair whatsoever
When are japs going to get with the program?
df2469 No.16527674
A good deal of my deaths comes from trying to use R1/R2 to attack.
99c740 No.16527677
>>16527650
what do you expect, they live on soy
c92062 No.16527687
That's cool and all, but where the fuck is the gameplay?
93b8b9 No.16527706
>>16527687
He brings it up here >>16527342
e4f7f7 No.16527707
>>16527674
> filename
I smirked
4b0f6e No.16527711
>>16527650
That's more like SAO's problem.
You can make decent buff old guy characters in Phantasy Star Online 2, but from what I've seen in SAO female characters must be qt so they can become a part of Kirito's harem and males must be twinks so they can look like generic self insert MCs.
2ca6fc No.16527723
>>16527687
It's Souls but without interesting weapons and worse large mobs (they sometimes don't stay planted while they swing their weapons around sometimes and can end up turning towards you while swinging a weapon, it's Chivalry cheese all over again). Also I fucking hate God Eater, it's insultingly easy and full of awful cutscenes and characters, but this wasn't quite as bad. Definitely won't compete with even the worst Souls gameplay From has put out, though, or Nioh, unless they put more work into it.
65ee31 No.16527964
a9af68 No.16528005
>>16527964
Not a single thing in the video the article links denotes bust slider. Not the nip, nor any of the actual footage. You might have been lied to by morons.
65ee31 No.16528027
>>16528005
Unless the feature is in other platforms this is censored garbage
http://archive.is/pHEd0
a9af68 No.16528039
>>16528027
>全身のバランス
>Boob slider
Pick one. This is the problem when you rely on dipshit translations. That's entire body balance, aka small/large scaling. Nothing to do with breasts alone.
2a974f No.16528053
>>16528027
>those man shoulders
Anon that's not a boob slider and is still in the game, and they still affect boob size, in fact it affects your entire body.
Do your own homework next time.
5b6d88 No.16528104
>>16527636
>>16528027
>complaining about something censored when it's not
>relying on OAG in the first place instead of actually doing your homework by looking at multiple japanese sources
ff2b98 No.16528135
d4dacf No.16528173
So, how does leveling work in Code Vein exactly? Seems like nobody has thoroughly tested it. Do you just pump levels and you get random stats to go up? Do you pump levels and certain stats go up? Or do you pump levels and depending on the Blood Code you have, certain base stats go up each time, so for the character to have the corresponding ranks they want in stats (D/C/B/A etc), they have to take into consideration the codes while leveling up?
Or is it some obscure shit, like you level up and the more you get and master abilities from Blood Codes, the stronger those Blood Codes get, thus the effects they apply on your base stats become more potent etc?
2a974f No.16528207
>>16528135
I wish, the way this performs on PS4 makes me really skeptical of the PC port.
It gets Drakengard 3 levels of bad sometimes when you are online, this shit can't handle particle effects.
Try to break a bunch of boxes at once, you'll reach single digit frames.
>>16528173
From what I got it's preset, leveling up levels your base stats, Blood Code is what determines your "build", so to say.
But because of the inheriting system you can have a pretty good mixed build, nothing stops you from despite using the berserker code to also be able to use powerful spells that you already mastered, though you won't be as effective with them because the code changes up your base stats.
The good thing is that it allows for a good amount of customization even on the fly, the bad thing is that every playthrough will feel the same until you get that one code you wanted.
2759aa No.16528211
>>16528027
gameplay > your errection
62d056 No.16528217
>>16527310
Is there pantsu? From the 4th pic it looks like yes.
d4dacf No.16528225
>>16528207
Thank you for clearing it up my man. I guess it's the best way to do things for this type of game they are making, since from what I saw, your Blood Codes retain their loadouts completely, as some kind of preset build you made, so a skilled player could switch blood codes on the fly so to say to deal with different situations. My only complaint so far from this seems to be that in the control customization scheme, you can't exactly re-allocate the targetting button to being a shoulder button like the old God Eater game and instead it acts like the shitty targetting from DS. Could be wrong though.
>>16528211
Thankfully those two go in tandem in Shift games, dublicious dubsman.
2a974f No.16528248
>>16528225
It also allows you to play with anyone regardless of level without getting carried by a friend on big dick levels that one shots everything for you, or without some dumb restrictions such as soul memory.
Instead they just lower your level down to the hosts range, you still have access to your build and all the weapons and skills will work just fine, your stats are just lowered so you don't curb stumb on everything.
I'm not sure if they also re-scale your weapons down, but I feel like levels play a big role here, at least survival wise a couple of levels make a huge difference.
2a974f No.16528262
Invidious embed. Click thumbnail to play.
Also posting the best part of the OST so far.
fa1dd0 No.16528268
god those characters look ugly as fuck
67af98 No.16528297
>>16528268
my dick disagrees
d4dacf No.16528301
>>16528248
Fucken nice. Saw that you can "transform" your weapon and blood veil as well which is a fancier term for "added" bonuses and beyond the standard ones saw some interesting one like lighter weight and such. Feels like that one year did pay off. Hope it's a case of "God Eater 2-itis" where during that one year they did advance the formula but broke a lot of things as well only to fix them in 3. Wonder if in the later parts of the game they have something to make you have 8 passive abilties instead of just 4, to match the amount of actives you have.
>>16528262
Forgot to comment on it but wasn't Go Shiina supposed to retire after GE3? He posted something on his twitter a year or so ago.
9a830f No.16528311
>>16528268
shut the fuck up goblino
8178aa No.16528322
>all the anons are playing as girls
2a974f No.16528344
>>16528301
Code Vein was announced first, I don't know why but GE3 ended up launching first. Judging by the performance issues I guess the team was and maybe still is having a rough time with the Unreal Engine.
He'll likely finish Code Vein and be done. I hope not though, GE3's OST might've been the weakest in the series but it was still consistently good.
d4dacf No.16528383
>>16528344
It's a bit of a complex issue : for one it's the main guys who do Code Vein while GE3 was done out of semi-obligation and half the game was co-developed by Marvelous 1st Studio, the guys responsible for the Fate Extella games.
As for Go Shiina, turns out he went full freelance like so many composers before him. I guess that's a positive, Bandai Namco will keep using him but pidgeonhold him, given how iconic his tracks are. Wonder if he'll be in future Tales games though, his tracks in Zestiria where the best thing about the entire game.
fa1dd0 No.16528398
>>16528311
No, really. All these characters are terrible discoloured.
It's like the devs don't understand proper skin tone.
d0129c No.16528399
>>16528322
can't get a gf? become one!
c6b87b No.16528401
9a830f No.16528403
fa1dd0 No.16528405
9a830f No.16528411
d4dacf No.16528414
>All those summerfags responding to baits
>Complaining about skin tone
>IN A FUCKING VAMPIRE GAME
Don't you retards and tripfags have to attend pride rallies over at resetera and reddit with Mark? You know, this thread : https://8ch.net/v/res/16466983.html
fa1dd0 No.16528418
>>16528411
indeed, i though you would've disagreed more.
cd4fec No.16528528
>>16528495
>Loads of clothing options that show off the midriff
Subarashii
df2469 No.16528531
>>16528027
Anon I even mentioned that in the OP.
>The only thing it really lacks is proportions. You can make your tits slight bigger/smaller but no flat or mega milk.
That gauge determines how wide your character is. It does increase your bust as well but not by that much.
>>16528322
First character looked like Albert Wesker but I couldn't resist making a brown girl with freckles.
>>16528398
This game has like 50+ color palettes from Shalltear blue-white to "might as well be purple" grape nigger. I just made my character very pale and slightly tanned on purpose.
c6b87b No.16528650
>>16528528
I'm willing to try this game out on that alone. But does the customization stop there? Am I unable to equip or alter my cute girl self during the course of the game? That's almost the deal breaker.
df2469 No.16528796
Trying to solo this semen demon at the moment. I think I almost got her down. LV 30 at the moment.
ca4d8f No.16528797
Is it like MH/God eater that you set out on missions with AI/online buddies? Or is it open world?
d4dacf No.16528811
It's mission based on very large open fields, think Darksiders 1 type of deal and you can rest at a Mistle / "Bonfire" to change your A.I. partners or have none.
df2469 No.16528816
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>>16528796
Nice. I finally beat her. Oh shit she has a second phase.
d4dacf No.16528826
Well, that answers how difficult the game will be and I guess Blade Bearer gave us the answer. Playing with half an erection is quite challenging.
One thing I forgot to ask, did anybody try the various dodges based on mobility, blood code and weapon combinations? Because I know the ranger does a weird floaty thing with its dodging if its equiped with a bayonet but I haven't seen people try the "fast" mobility dodges. Unless that was it because for the Ranger the bayonets give a fast mobility stats.
df2469 No.16528878
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>>16528797
More like large stages. Not an interconnected world like DS1 but still pretty large maps.
>>16528826
>Playing with half an erection is quite challenging.
She has nice boob physics that's for sure.
>…did anybody try the various dodges based on mobility, blood code and weapon combinations?
The ranger has a active skill that gives you a teleporting roll. If you are using a weapon that gives you quick mobility, then you can have those mist dashes. That depends on your armor and class though.
df2469 No.16528909
Another thing I noticed is that certain weapons block much better than others. Big weapons reduce damage to stamina and health by like 90% while the fast ones reduce it by 50-60%. You can tank pretty well with them. Just don't expect to be casting spells a lot. Smaller/fast weapons get you MP really fast. Big weapons really help you stun enemies. If you go with the ranger class, the teleport dash helps you against unblockable moves and getting close the enemy quickly to make up for the lack of spells.
d4dacf No.16528938
But anon now I gotta play with a full erection 8^)
So basically the size of the weapons determines not only their attack but their defensive properties, kinda like how the shields affected the defenses and parries in God Eater? Neat.
df2469 No.16529020
>>16528938
I've also noticed that you can block cancel recovery animations for attacks. Mainly important for heavy weapons if you want to keep moving forward without rolling so you don't constantly use stamina.
a9af68 No.16529042
>>16528262
Fantastic song. Shame it ends so abruptly though I suppose that's because it's demo version or whatever.
d4dacf No.16529135
>>16529020
Nice. Hope it has a nice skill ceiling like GE1 had with its advanced techniques.
a78ced No.16529192
>>16528909
Oh, just like in Dark Souls 2. Can I beat things to death with an entire tree? I want to caveman people.
What even is the weapon selection in this game? I haven't paid an ounce of attention to it since the first trailer dropped.
df2469 No.16529957
>>16529135
I miss God Eater Resurrection. If only 3 was more of that.
>>16529192
Rifle w/ bayonet, long sword, buster sword, hammer, polearm and I think there's one more. Armor types are claw, spike, hounds, and tail. Honestly the weapons that feel the most fun and unique are the rifle and hammer. Everything else is pretty standard. Sadly, they aren't nearly as fun as their God Eater counterparts. The polearm probably being the most boring one.
d4dacf No.16530168
>>16529957
In waht aspect? To me Resurrection was all that was wrong with the anime and Rage Burst, except slower and with half-cooked Predator styles instead of developing the Blood Arts, which thankfully happened with the Burst Arts, something I wanted since the first DLC of 2 on the PSP where they started giving out "levels".
d528b9 No.16530408
>>16528322
Maybe it's like the SAO games and you can only make twinkie dinkie faggy fags,so you might as well just make a girl
Are those DBZ games the only anime games where you can actually make buff dudes?
a0fa7b No.16530510
How multiplayer-centric is it? I prefer to be alone.
2a974f No.16531501
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>>16530510
If you mean solo, and I mean solo as in "no AI partner", you can definitely play it that way, you are never forced to have some one with you, be it online or offline.
Though, at least from the Beta Test area, many encounters and even bosses seem to require you to bring your partner, they throw a lot more enemies at you than in regular souls game because they expect you to divide and conquer with your AI partner, they do a pretty good job staying alive and dealing with enemies on their own, and if your hp reaches 0 they will, around 95% of the times get you back up if possible. There's almost no reason to not have your partner around with you given that they are very useful at staggering bosses and supporting you, unless you're going for a challenge run. You also get access to special buffs that are exclusive to your partner.
One time I got ambushed with some dogs and a big elite type enemy with a greatsword, Yakuno focused on him while I dealt with the dogs, as soon as I deal with them I turn to help Yakuno only to see him deal the killing blow all by himself, this was during the time that I was still underleveled in the Network Test area, I don't think I even saw his health go down.
Another bit that I find very amusing is that if there's a ranged enemy firing at you, your partner will block the bullets for you, you can then use this to simply take him out with magic or firing a rifle shot over your partners head.
They aren't Dark Souls level of companions, they are very solid throughout, the only partner that I felt was a bit on the weak side was Mia, because she has the lowest health pool of them all, therefor anything that hits her will bring her down. but Yakuno and Louis are very solid.
2a974f No.16531505
>>16531501
woops, didn't mean to spoiler.
a0fa7b No.16532541
>>16531501
Sorry, I should have clarified I meant online. I wouldn't mind solo challenge runs, but I was primarily concerned with being forced to go online or not. Even if the game is balanced for online human partners, so along as it's not mandatory to go online, then I'm happy. Though your answer suggests I won't be forced too. Thanks for the answer.
321027 No.16532631
>Protagonist = Chosen Undead
>Io = Fire Keeper
>Revenants = Undead
And so on.
So not only did they lift several entire animations (especially among enemies) from the Souls games but they also wholesale took concepts from the series. Okay. At least it explains why enemies respawn after you rest at bonfires the flower things, unlike in Sekiro where there is NO reason these generic human enemies just pop back into existance when you rest at the bonfires statue things.
I will say though that the gameplay
SUCKS
Speed is everything in a Souls game, speed triumphs over blocking, helps determine invincibility frames for rolling and is intrinsic to stamina management. But in this game almost everything is SLOW. Enemies are slow, your weapons are slow–even the single handed swords are SLOW. The only weapon not painfully slow is the Queenslayer, but guess what? The idiots didn't tool the game to be receptive to such a thing. The only weapon that swings like it would in real life, the only weapon that swings like a proper single-handed blade, barely does a single sliver of chip damage on the first boss. Go screw. Go screw yourself.
If I wanted to play like an invalid I'd play in mud. I'm not going from Bloodborne to this. Are you retarded? Not even Sekiro had the painful crippling of slow. Eat garbage I'm not playing this crap until the either speed up the single-handed weapons or up the damage of the speedier attacks to be at least vaguely effective.
I knew they were going to screw this up.
321027 No.16532647
>>16531501
>you are never forced to have some one with you
Except for how everything, especially the bosses, are designed with the "AI partner" design philosophy in mind. Yes you DO need to have an AI partner because unless you're overleveled the entire game is made with the expectation.
When you go fight Father Gascoine Oliver the AP and HP of the enemy is so bloated you'd never be able to do it on your own, hence why they FORCE you to have a partner, even if you rejected his offer to join earlier in the dungeon.
"You are never forced to have someone with you"
You dummy.
681bd0 No.16532697
>>16528322
>/v/ is actually full of closet trannies and traps
Not that surprised to be honest.
643744 No.16532753
>>16527310
>another shit game trying to float by on muh dick sensibilities
colour me surprised
d4dacf No.16532798
>>16532697
It's been like that for nearly 2 years now. It's a shame as I thought the site would at least be faggot-free until its "5th anniversary" coming this fall but we won't be so lucky it seems.
>>16532647
>Except for how everything, especially the bosses, are designed with the "AI partner" design philosophy in mind.
People were bitching about the same shit when GE came out as well and guess what, they were simply utter shit at the game just like they were pure shit at the PSP MonHuns. Instead of trying being a tryhard, get to condense your post a bit by lurking moar, reddit This is trying to be an utter Souls like to please the Soulsfag, otherwise it wouldn't even be so slow or have its retarded aiming system, something that would make me happier at least but hey. It ain't the first time Soulsniggers somehow find the same faults they would at Dark Souls but since they are made by Miyahacky, they are forgiven and exalted and instead get to vent on the next poor sap that copies the formula they praised.
47fe78 No.16532832
>>16532647
>>16532798
The network test doesn't have much in the way of upgrade materials for your armor, so it's possible bosses will do less damage in the full game and you won't need allies.
47fe78 No.16532833
8038bd No.16532948
>>16532647
You sound like a faggot who has never beaten the Asylum Demon with his bare hands
bf8aa9 No.16533186
If you haven't beaten the Milk Bearer yet, your 13-year old goon opinion about anime games is fucking worthless,.
1de490 No.16533280
>watch someone play beta
>they start complaining about anime titties
Wish these fools would clearly mark themselves as fags and not waste my time.
2a974f No.16533285
>>16532631
Nigger normal attacks deal little damage, you use them to build up on ichor for powerful moves and to stagger enemies so that you can set up powerfull moves just fine. Your R1 spam isn't going to deal any fucking damage in this game.
>>16532647
Yeah and I'm right, after the tutorial the game never forces you, but expects you to at least have your partner, that's what I said you retard.
And yes you can solo every boss in the beta test because I just fucking did. If you want a challenge you can do it, which was what I said.
Sounds to me like you're bad at video games.
>you probably can't beat the first boss solo.
Nigger in the beta test there's two of them at once and I did it, if I had the option I'm pretty sure I could do it, the game isn't even fucking hard, you're just garbage.
If you're gay, stay away.
2a974f No.16533310
>>16533285
I forgot to mention that buffing is very important as well, it can make your regular attacks quite powerful.
In short just use your fucking ichor.
d4dacf No.16533429
>>16532832
The values chaning in the final game isn't a thing I'm worried about, they said that the dungeon after you finish the story segment the demo gives you, it's supposed to be "special" and thus you have to overlevel and see all that for yourself. But there are people complaining about soloing fucking Oliver which is laughable beyond reason.
The one thing that annoys me greatly is how a lot of the weapons follow the ultra gay "moveset" SoulsBorne-Kiro uses of repeating attacks instead of combo strings like Nioh, despite the stamina use. I'd vastly fucking prefer that since the way you could weave combos in God Eater allowed for some pretty interesting ways to poke and bamboozle enemies with unexpected weakness like using slashing attacks to stun an enemy and then wanting to do pokes with your short sword to get that sweet piercing damage the enemies legs are weak to. So you do the first two slashes that come out ultra fast and while the enemy is dazed you use the strong attack which is thrusts and now you skipped the two slow start thrust and went to the two fast thrusts, wrecking the enemies legs and whatever. That is infinitely more preferable and less stilted, even at slower speeds and the hammer movesets on GE2 for the PSP showed it.
df2469 No.16533697
>>16532647
>Yes you DO need to have an AI partner because unless you're overleveled the entire game is made with the expectation.
Yet I was able to beat the first phase of the Blade Bearer without a partner while underleveled. With some more practice I can get the second phase down as well. That's like saying you need Tarkus to defeat the Iron Golem in Dark Souls.
Once you get the rhythm of the game it starts feeling a lot like God Eater. Applying pressure with physical attacks and using spells to deal big damage when you're out of stamina. Spells have a lot of stopping power to make up for those using weak weapons. Weak/fast weapons allow you to gain blood very quickly.