Gryzemuis on 29/5/2019 at 13:20
That looks awesome !
If they manage to introduce ray-tracing in modern-looking games, that would finally be a good reason to buy a new videocard.
If that doesn't happen soon, then I think my 3-year old gtx1080 Founders Edition will last for another 3+ years. It's ridiculous. In 2012 I build a new PC. i5-3570K and gtx680. I planned to replace the cpu and gpu as soon as something new came along for roughly the same price but twice the performance. In 2016 I upgraded my then 4-year old gtx680 to a gtx1080. But I still have my i5-3570K. I recently looked at benchmarks. And unless you use software that really makes use of more than 4 cores, the most expensive intel cpu (at 500+ euros) runs only 25% faster than my i5-3570K (which costed only 210 euros). While using more wattage too. A bit disappointing.
froghawk on 29/5/2019 at 15:44
Good lord, why is that so bright? Not that it was the moodiest game to begin with, especially compared to the original, but what little it had is gone.
Starker on 29/5/2019 at 18:24
Quote Posted by Gryzemuis
And your point is: some players enjoy challenging games, and if you don't, go play something else.
No it's not. My point is that the challenge is an important part of Dark Souls and that almost anyone can get good enough at Dark Souls to beat it, because it's really not all that hard. I've seen it happen over and over again because watching blind playthroughs of Dark Souls is a small hobby of mine. It's amazing, a bit like watching the complete transformation of a person over a matter of weeks. If you are willing to stick to it, learn, and bend to the game, it will happen without fail. Your problem is that you want games to bend to you, to cater to your specific tastes as if it was something universal that most people wanted.
But the bigger problem here is that if you changed Dark Souls to cater to the mainstream, it would lose its singular focus and a lot of its appeal. That fan fervor, that joy of figuring things out, the shared frustration, it wouldn't exist to nearly the degree it has been for now. It would be just another game to play through. And the game is already balanced to the breaking point. If you pick up magic, it can break the game. If you level too much and get ahead of the curve, it will break the game. If you summon other players, they carry you through most of the game. God forbid they are the generous sort and give you items, because that will for sure break the game. I've seen a newbie get tons of titanite and other items from an invader and joyfully grabbing them, only to come to regret it later, because it took away most of the joy of searching for and finding items.
Anyway, I really hope that From will not start chasing that mainstream market, because it will only go downhill from there.
Nameless Voice on 29/5/2019 at 21:54
Not sure why all this Dark Souls talk is in the Hype thread, but... I've just been playing Dark Souls 3 myself for the first time, so I guess I can chime in.
Dark Souls' tutorial does not "tell you what the controls are and lets you figure things out on your own", because it doesn't even tell you the controls. My biggest annoyance with the game early on is that it always lists random symbols for controls and you have to work out which key that actually means by trial and error, sometimes by just pressing every key on the keyboard until something happens. I don't understand how a game that is so polished in other areas can't be bothered to change the labels based on the input device you're using.
Also, I have to agree that the game is ridiculously obscure in many areas. It doesn't explain basic mechanics that you need to know in order to actually play the game, some of them being so obscure that you are unlikely to figure them out without a wiki or stumbling across them by mistake.
It's also terrible at actually explaining what items and spells do, since the descriptions are always vague and certainly never give numbers.
The way the setting is barely explained and you have to piece together the parts of the mystery is great. The way that the actual game mechanics are not explained and you have to read a wiki is not. It's bad design which can be overlooked by all the other things which the Dark Souls series does right.
Twist on 30/5/2019 at 00:18
So back to games HYPED earlier in this thread: Anyone try Void Bastards yet?
Malf on 30/5/2019 at 07:54
I'm interested, but waiting to see what others think before taking the plunge.
Sulphur on 30/5/2019 at 08:32
Same here. Initial reviews seem good, even if the procedural nature of play means there's a certain grind component baked in.
Malf on 30/5/2019 at 10:35
I've taken the plunge; turns out I've just received a 25% off voucher for Void Bastards due to owning System Shock 2.
Sulphur on 30/5/2019 at 10:56
Good show. Tell us about it when you can! Meanwhile, I've gone and gotten Outer Wilds because the concept is almost immediately my jam.
Volitions Advocate on 30/5/2019 at 15:56
I just found out about Void Bastards yesterday. It's a pretty big want right now and strained finances are the only thing keeping me from a day one purchase.
I'll have to occupy myself with Audible today. They just released their audio drama of William Gibsons unproduced Alien 3 script. Michael Biehn and Lance Henricksen are both voice actors for their respective roles. That one's been pretty hyped for the last little while. Maybe VB after the next paycheque.
